MedTwitter Curriculum Developed by GIM Faculty Aims to Enhance Medical Education and Patient Care
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Comprehensive care for adults, children and the elderly
General internal medicine practitioners are trained to provide comprehensive primary care services to adults in an outpatient setting as well as to hospitalized patients suffering from a broad range of ailments. Many of our practitioners are also board certified in pediatrics and some in geriatrics. We manage chronic health conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and developmental disorders, treat acute illness like respiratory infections and joint pain and provide preventive health care with the goal of preventing illnesses before they start.
Our aim is to develop long-term healing relationships with our patients and help them navigate their care within a complex medical system. Our healthcare team is composed of board certified physicians of internal medicine, geriatrics and pediatrics, as well as nurse practitioners, pharmacists, social workers, registered nurses, medical assistants and many skilled support staff. Within our rich academic environment, we dedicate ourselves each day to providing the highest quality care to our patients, the highest caliber education to our learners, and the highest impact research to drive clinical innovation. We are proud to be advocates for our patients and mentors for tomorrow’s physicians.
General Internal Medicine clinics are located in several Ohio State medical clinics across Central Ohio, including General Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Grandview, General Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Hilliard, Martha Morehouse Outpatient Care, Outpatient Care East, Outpatient Care Lewis Center, Outpatient Care New Albany, Outpatient Care Stoneridge Dublin and Outpatient Care Upper Arlington.
Recent Highlights
GIM Researcher’s Work Helps Give Patients More Active Role in Their Healthcare
GIM Assistant Professor Receives SGIM Award for Pharmacist Reimbursement Study
GIM Physician and OSU Multidisciplinary Group Examine Perceptions of Opioid Treatment Agreements
GIM Team Publishes Meta-analysis of Medications for AUD in JAMA
Diverse faculty provides language concordant primary care
Additional Initiatives and Highlights
Four faculty members at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center are working to advocate for a more comprehensive approach to pain management for adults with sickle cell disease. They have outlined a pain management model that frames pain as a complex phenomenon with neural, psychological and social dimensions. The group includes Janet Childerhose, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine; Associate GIM Professors Robert Cronin, MD;Andrew Schamess, MD and Maryanna Klatt, PhD, Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and Director of OSU’s Center for Integrative Health.
GIM Director, Dan Jonas, MD, MPH, was featured in a New York Times article titled “According to Medical Guidelines, Your Doctor Needs a 27-Hour Workday.” The article examines the challenge of incorporating numerous recommendations into clinical practice. Dr. Jonas explained that guidelines from well-known national medical groups are helpful, but it is a challenge to determine how to best prioritize them in a busy primary care practice.
Dr. Jonas was also featured in another recent New York Times article for his work in lung cancer screening research. In an article titled “Do Cancer Centers Push Too Many Tests?”, Dr. Jonas speaks to the importance of providing balanced information to patients. Dr. Jonas has done extensive research related to lung cancer screening. The evidence review of many facets of lung cancer screening done by Dr. Jonas and his team and their use of predictive modeling data was used by the US preventive Services Task Force to help inform updated national lung cancer screening guidelines.
The Ohio Department of Health enlisted Dr. Sarah Jonaus to help show businesses and organizations throughout Ohio how to support employees who breastfeed. Dr. Jonaus, who is the lead physician in General Internal Medicine at Outpatient Care Upper Arlington and an associate clinical professor, is featured in ODH’s released video on how employers can establish or enhance breastfeeding accommodations. Breastfeeding employees are supported throughout The Ohio State University and the Wexner Medical Center and Dr. Jonaus discusses how this is done in her area specifically. She notes how making arrangements to give employees and trainees both a comfortable, private space and time in their schedule to breastfeed makes them feel appreciated and valued and leads to happier, healthier employees.
Several GIM employees are part of a multidisciplinary clinic for patients who have lingering COVID-19 symptoms. Program leaders from GIM include Dr. Aaron Friedberg, Dr. Jodi Grandominico and Dr. Andrew Schamess. Dr.Harrison Jackson, and Dr. Erin McConnell and Dr. Paola Fernandez Soto also work in the post-COVID clinic, which was the first of its kind in central Ohio. In addition, Dr. Friedberg has been featured in an NPR piece related to treatment of COVID.
The Division of General Internal Medicine’s pharmacist practice is receiving national recognition as a successful example of pharmacist integration in a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) and/or accountable care organization (ACO). OSU’s GIM pharmacy practice is one of just 10 practices selected by the American Pharmacists Association for inclusion in “Successful Integration of Pharmacists in Accountable Care Organizations and Medical Home Models: Case Studies.” The report is designed as a resource for healthcare providers hoping to build similar practice models. The case study about OSU’s GIM pharmacist integration was developed by GIM Pharmacists Kelli Barnes and Stuart Beatty.
The Division of General Internal Medicine and the Department of Family and Community Medicine are leading the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) program on behalf of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Find out how the CPC+ program will improve the quality of care and patient experience.
The Division of General Internal Medicine has long been home to outstanding faculty who are driving innovations in medicine. Read about the recent accomplishments of our faculty.