Training first-year medical residents to break bad news using healthcare role-play and trainees as simulated patients: Experience of the "ADIAMED" program from Lille University School of Medicine
CONCLUSION: Healthcare role-play seems an interesting technique for training to breaking bad news. Placing residents in the role of patients or relatives is an active approach that encourages reflexivity.PMID:37923588 | DOI:10.1016/j.revmed.2023.10.451 (Source: Revue de Medecine Interne)
Source: Revue de Medecine Interne - November 3, 2023 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: P Gagnerie S Sanges P Guerreschi E Wiel G Lebuffe T Sanctorum M Jourdain S Morell-Dubois H Z éphir Source Type: research

French protocol for the diagnosis and management of familial Mediterranean fever
Rev Med Interne. 2023 Oct 28:S0248-8663(23)01203-1. doi: 10.1016/j.revmed.2023.10.441. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTFamilial Mediterranean fever is the most common monogenic auto-inflammatory disease in the world. It mainly affects people originating from the Mediterranean region. The mutated gene is MEFV, which codes for pyrin. Transmission is autosomal recessive. Patients present with recurrent attacks of fever since childhood associated with abdominal and/or thoracic pain lasting an average of 2-3days and a biological inflammatory syndrome. Other symptoms include arthralgia or arthritis in large joints such as the knee...
Source: Revue de Medecine Interne - October 30, 2023 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: S Georgin-Lavialle L Savey L Cuisset G Boursier J-J Boffa M Delplanque R Bourguiba J-B Monfort I Touitou G Grateau Collaborators I Kone-Paut V Hentgen Source Type: research

Jejuno-ileal fold pattern reversal
Rev Med Interne. 2023 Oct 25:S0248-8663(23)00681-1. doi: 10.1016/j.revmed.2023.07.003. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:37891045 | DOI:10.1016/j.revmed.2023.07.003 (Source: Revue de Medecine Interne)
Source: Revue de Medecine Interne - October 27, 2023 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: G El Adioui K Imrani B Ettouhami N Moatassim Billah I Nassar Source Type: research

Yellow cutaneous lesions
Rev Med Interne. 2023 Oct 19:S0248-8663(23)00736-1. doi: 10.1016/j.revmed.2023.09.007. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:37865582 | DOI:10.1016/j.revmed.2023.09.007 (Source: Revue de Medecine Interne)
Source: Revue de Medecine Interne - October 21, 2023 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: M Delacroix F Granel-Brocard A-C Bursztejn Source Type: research