The Small Animal Internal Medicine section at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine is comprised of 5 Diplomates of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and 3 medicine residents. All of the Diplomates practice general internal medicine, but each has sub-specialty expertise in specific areas such as gastroenterology, oncology, urology, infectious diseases, emergency and critical care medicine, and feline medicine. Other specialists in cardiology, oncology, neurology, ophthalmology, and dermatology are part of the medicine section and have separate description elsewhere on this web site. Our teaching hospital has active clinical support services in clinical pathology, pathology, pharmacology, bacteriology, virology, immunology, toxicology, endocrinology, and parasitology. A large and diversified caseload provides an excellent clinical environment for teaching students, interns, and residents internal medicine.
Teaching is a priority with active participation of senior faculty in clinics.
Objectives of the medicine residency training program are to train specialists in internal medicine and to prepare them for board certification. These objectives are achieved through close guidance by senior faculty in advanced clinical medicine, daily group rounds and formal training sessions, seminars and journal discussions. Urology cases are usually seen on the internal medicine service unless arranged as part of a specific clinical trial. Specialized diagnostic procedures are available for urology cases. Nuclear scintigraphy is available to best evaluate kidney function.