HWN Suggests

Let's Ban the Phrase 'Studies Show' From Medical Lingo

Come on. We've gone through four dreadful pre-medical years of learning everything from the composition of atoms to how an apple exerts force when falling off a tree. We've taken a massive exam full of content mostly unrelated to our future field only to be put through four more years of intense medical education (and several additional massive exams). We've managed to earn a medical degree and have gone through at least some postgraduate training.

We've gone through too much academic rigor to sell ourselves short. So when I hear medical trainees in passing debating clinical management or listen in on a young clinic doc explaining treatment options to a mutual patient, I cannot…

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Internal Medicine Journals

Directory of internal medicine journals.

Annals of Internal Medicine

Established in 1927 by the American College of Physicians (ACP), Annals of Internal Medicine is the premier internal medicine journal. Annals of Internal Medicine’s mission is to promote excellence in medicine, enable physicians and other health care professionals to be well informed members of the medical community and society, advance standards in the conduct and reporting of medical research, and contribute to improving the health of people worldwide.

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Internal and Emergency Medicine (IEM) is an independent, international, English-language, peer-reviewed journal designed for internists and emergency physicians. IEM publishes a variety of manuscript types including Original investigations, Review articles, Letters to the Editor, Editorials and Commentaries.

Internal Medicine Journal

The official journal of the Adult Medicine Division of The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) This major scientific medical journal publishes original medical research, both laboratory and clinical, relating to the study and research of human disease.

International Journal of General Medicine

An international, peer-reviewed, open access journal that focuses on general and internal medicine, pathogenesis, epidemiology, diagnosis, monitoring and treatment protocols. The journal is characterized by the rapid reporting of reviews, original research and clinical studies across all disease areas.

International Journal of Internal Medicine

International Journal of Internal Medicine is aimed to publish high-quality internationally competitive peer-reviewed original medical research, both laboratory and clinical, relating to the study and research of human disease. Papers will be considered from all areas of medical practice and science. It is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancement of internal medicine.

JAMA

JAMA, published continuously since 1883, is an international peer-reviewed general medical journal published 48 times per year. JAMA is the most widely circulated medical journal in the world. The online version is made freely available to institutions in developing countries.

JAMA Internal Medicine

JAMA Internal Medicine (formerly the Archives of Internal Medicine) is an international peer-reviewed journal providing innovative and clinically relevant research for practitioners in general internal medicine and internal medicine subspecialities. We strive to publish articles that are stimulating to read, educate and inform readers with the most up-to-date research, and lead to positive change in our health care systems and the way we deliver patient care.

Journal of General Internal Medicine

The Journal of General Internal Medicine is the official journal of the Society of General Internal Medicine. It promotes improved patient care, research, and education in primary care, general internal medicine, and hospital medicine. Its articles focus on topics such as clinical medicine, epidemiology, prevention, health care delivery, curriculum development, and numerous other non-traditional themes, in addition to classic clinical research on problems in internal medicine.

Journal of Internal Medicine

The Journal of Internal Medicine (JIM) is published on behalf of the Association for Publication of the Journal of Internal Medicine and publishes original clinical work within the broad field of general and internal medicine and its sub-specialties.

Lancet

The Lancet's prestigious heritage as one of the world's leading medical journals continues to inspire our authors and editors today as they strive for medical excellence in all that they publish. When Thomas Wakley founded The Lancet in 1823, he announced "A lancet can be an arched window to let in the light or it can be a sharp surgical instrument to cut out the dross and I intend to use it in both senses". This philosophy remains at the heart of the journal today.

Medicine

Medicine® provides insight from leading scholars about the latest results in clinical investigation. Relevant to both hospital and office practice, the journal includes analytical reviews of Internal Medicine, Dermatology, Neurology, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry topics. Articles typically include original patient data from the author's own experience along with a scholarly review of the literature.

New England Journal of Medicine

The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM.org) is dedicated to bringing physicians the best research and key information at the intersection of biomedical science and clinical practice, and to presenting the information in an understandable and clinically useful format.

Open Journal of Internal Medicine

Open Journal of Internal Medicine (OJIM) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancement of internal medicine. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of internal medicine.

Annual Reviews of Medicine

Provides researchers, professors, and scientific professionals with a definitive academic resource in 32 scientific disciplines.

Education for Primary Care

Education for Primary Care is an excellent source for peer reviewed academic articles, high-quality evidence-based research, news and opinions on developments in primary care education. It also features tried and tested practical ideas and innovations to support primary care educators in their role.

Medicine On-Line

Priory Medical Journals were founded in 1994 and are the world's first web based medical journals. The first of our journals was Psychiatry On-Line, our second Medicine Online in early January 1995. Each medical journal is available free to all medical and nursing staff.

Personalized Medicine

Personalized Medicine translates recent genomic, genetic and proteomic advances into the clinical context. The journal provides an integrated forum for all players involved - academic and clinical researchers, pharmaceutical companies, regulatory authorities, healthcare management organizations, patient organizations and others in the healthcare community.

American Journal of Medicine

The American Journal of Medicine - The Green Journal - publishes original clinical research of interest to physicians in internal medicine, both in academia and community-based practice. The American Journal of Medicine is the official journal of The Association of Professors of Medicine, a prestigious group comprised of chairs of departments of internal medicine at more than 125 medical schools across the country. Each issue carries useful reviews as well as seminal articles of immediate interest to the practicing physician, including peer-reviewed, original scientific studies that have direct clinical significance, and position papers on health care issues, medical education, and public policy.

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

The American Journal of The Medical Sciences (AJMS), founded in 1820, is the 2nd oldest medical journal in the United States. The AJMS is the official journal of the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (SSCI). The SSCI is dedicated to the advancement of medical research and the exchange of knowledge, information and ideas.

BMJ

The BMJ (British Medical Journal) is an international peer reviewed medical journal and a fully “online first” publication. Our "continuous publication" model means that all articles appear on bmj.com before being included in an issue of the print journal. The website is updated daily with the BMJ’s latest original research, education, news, and comment articles, as well as podcasts, videos, and blogs.

British Journal of Medical Practitioners

The BJMP is an international, multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed medical journal whose primary focus is the continuing education of medical professionals around the world. TheBJMP provides the medical professionals free access to quality review articles, original research, editorials, case reports and letters to the editor to improve the clinicians’ diagnostic abilities, resulting in improved healthcare outcomes for their patients.

Canadian Journal of General Internal Medicine

The Canadian Journal of General Internal Medicine is the official publication of the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine. CJGIM provides a sharp focus on the topics and issues facing the profession of Internal Medicine with a combination of society news, clinical and scientific original articles. CJGIM is published four times a year and is distributed to all members of the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine along with physicians in various subspecialties of medicine.

CMAJ

CMAJ has had significant impact on medicine and health care in Canada – and the world – over the last 102 years. In Canada, the journal has played a key role in raising awareness of health and medico-social issues on topics such as the link between sun exposure and skin cancer, the dangers of smoking, contraception, abortion, euthanasia and other topics. It celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2011.

European Journal of Internal Medicine

European Journal of Internal Medicine is the official journal of the European Federation of Internal Medicine (EFIM). The journal is devoted to promoting the science and practice of internal medicine in Europe. To this end the journal publishes original scientific articles, editorials, case reports, short communications and other information relevant to internal medicine and related fields.

International Journal of Clinical Practice

IJCP is a general medical journal. IJCP gives special priority to work that has international appeal. Its readership consists of clinicians and researchers. The journal’s original, varied and independently peer-reviewed articles and features attract the interest of clinicians in a wide variety of therapeutic areas.

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Published since 1809, JRSM articles range from evidence-based reviews and original research papers to editorials and personal views. JRSM is an independent scientific and educational publication, which features well-argued debate and dissent on important clinical topics and, although UK-based, has articles of interest and relevance to clinicians internationally.

Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine (Korean J Intern Med, KJIM) is an international medical journal published six times a year in English by the Korean Association of Internal Medicine. Abbreviated title is Korean J Intern Med. The Journal publishes peer-reviewed original articles, reviews, and editorials on all aspects of medicine, including clinical investigations and basic research.

MJA

The Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) is Australia’s leading peer-reviewed general medical journal. It has been delivering ground-breaking research to the medical community since 1914. Published twice a month, with double issues in January and December (22 issues a year), the MJA covers all the important issues affecting Australian health care, publishing the latest Australian clinical research, evidence-based reviews, clinical practice updates, authoritative medical opinion and debate, and developments within the humanities with respect to medicine. The MJA encourages comment and debate from readers.

SMA

As the official journal of the Birmingham, Alabama-based Southern Medical Association (SMA), the Southern Medical Journal (SMJ) has for more than 100 years provided the latest clinical information in the areas that affect patients’ daily lives. Now delivered to individuals exclusively online, the SMJhas a multidisciplinary focus that covers a broad range of topics relevant to physicians and other healthcare specialties in all relevant aspects of the profession...

U.S. Medicine

U.S. Medicine is a monthly publication that serves healthcare professionals working in the Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense and U.S. Public Health Service. Each month U.S. Medicine provides 35,000 physicians, pharmacists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and administrators with a mix of news, medical updates, interviews, reports on special government topics and monthly columns.