Internalists are diagnosticians and thus must see the person rather than just a specific part. When prescribing medicine, they consider how each medication affects all the organs systems. As Kimberly Manning, MD says in her 2013 article “Internal Medicine is Sexy,” “We deal with everything. The liver. The heart. The lungs. The skin. The lady parts and the man parts. The all-of-it. Nothing is off limits, man” (Manning). Sure, there are run-of-the-mill cases like the common cold, but there are also a wide variety of cases such as diabetes and chronic illness to treat and prevent. There is no typical day. The wide, diverse mix of patients is intriguing because there is never one set way on how to handle a case and every day has a new puzzle to solve. It gives a new perspective on how to cooperate and operate. By educating their patients on the health basics, internalists also set up a foundation that allows them to focus on preventing and treating diseases that could possibly and negatively alter the patients’ lives. After all, primary-care physicians …show more content…
Medical students must complete four more years of coursework through classroom, clinical, and volunteer experiences that tackle problem-solving and communication skills, medical ethics, professionalism, and prevention and care. As reported by the Princeton Review, traditionally, the first two years of medical school involves classes in the basic sciences, such as anatomy, biochemistry, and pharmacology, as well as basics in interviewing and examining a patient. The last two years involve medical students helping residents during rotations within hospitals and clinics. These rotations give a breadth of knowledge that will help the study consider a wide variety of specialties (“What to Expect in Medical School.”). After those four years, those students will officially become doctors, but that is still not the