Internal Medicine MARA Technological University

Overview

An Internal Medicine Physician provides care across the vastly diverse and complex field of adult medicine; ranging from critically ill emergency and acute illness to the long-term management of chronic medical conditions. This field requires a comprehensive knowledge of medicine, including its recognised subspecialties. 

Key Features

Internal Medicine (IM) specialists provide a service that is essential for the safe and optimum delivery of health care. Furthermore, Internal Medicine forms the basis for future entry into more than 13 subspecialties, e.g. cardiology, neurology geriatric medicine, etc. 

Conditions managed by Internal Medicine specialists and its subspecialties represent a very high proportion of patients seen daily. Regardless of what specialty a patient is admitted, it is not uncommon that input from the Internal Medicine specialist is required from diagnosis to recovery. 

Internal Medicine specialists must be skilled diagnosticians and be interested in solving problems which are often complex. They play a central role in establishing connections between symptoms, signs and available data, while considering the person with the illness; to formulate a tailored holistic management plan as part of personcentred care. Join the Internal Medicine degree at MARA Technological University to learn more.