Preventive Medicine in General Internal Medicine Residency Training
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1985)

Position Papers1 June 1985Preventive Medicine in General Internal Medicine Residency TrainingPREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE COMMITTEE, SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN PRIMARY CARE INTERNAL MEDICINEPREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE COMMITTEESearch for more papers by this author, SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN PRIMARY CARE INTERNAL MEDICINESearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-102-6-859 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptA set of interventions by clinicians, specific to a patient's age and sex, is generally believed to be effective in preventing disease. Clinical preventive interventions include efforts to prevent diseases from arising (primary prevention), as with immunizations or counseling on smoking cessation, and efforts to detect diseases earlier in their course when they can be treated more effectively (secondary prevention), as with mammography, cervical Papanicolaou smears, or stool testing for occult blood. Information supporting the effectiveness of clinical preventive interventions done as part of periodic health examinations is summarized in recommendations by several expert groups that have been published in...References1. . The periodic health examination. Can Med Assoc J. 1979;121:1193-254. MedlineGoogle Scholar2. EDDY E. ACS report on the cancer-related health checkup. CA. 1980;30:193-240. Google Scholar3. FRAMECARLSON PS. A critical review of periodic health screening using specific screening criteria: Part 1. Selected diseases of respiratory, cardiovascular, and central nervous systems. J Fam Pract. 1975;2:29-36. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*Members of the Preventive Health Care Committee for 1983-84 include Robert H. Fletcher, MD., Chairman; Claudia Beghe, M.D.; Henry R. Black, M.D.; Robert C. Burack, M.D.; S. Edwards Dismuke, M.D.; Molla S. Donaldson, M.S.; Philip Greenland, M.D.; Vernon B. Hunt, M.D.; Charles E. Lewis, M.D.; Eric B. Larson, M.D.; Albert G. Mulley, M.D.; Richard K. Riegelman, M.D.; Alan L. Silver, M.D.; David M. Smith, M.D.; and Priscilla E. Zahn, M.D. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byIncreasing Cervical Cancer Screening Among Underserved Women in a Large Urban County Health SystemClinical Preventive Medicine in Primary Care: Background and Practice: 2. 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GREENLEE, M.D. 1 June 1985Volume 102, Issue 6Page: 859-861KeywordsHealth careHealth information technologyHealth services administration and managementHematologic testsMammographyPreventive medicineResidencySmoking cessation ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1985 Copyright & Permissions© 1985 American College of PhysiciansPDF downloadLoading ...