Medicine

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'''[[w:Medicine|Medicine]]''' is the art and science of the causation, diagnosis and treatment of [[w:disease|disease]] and [[w:injury|injury]]. It is both an ''area of knowledge'' – a [[w:science|science]] of [[w:body|body]] [[w:organ system|systems]], their diseases and treatment – and the ''applied practice'' of that knowledge. However, ''medicine'' often refers more specifically to matters dealt with by [[w:physician|physicians]] and [[w:surgery|surgeons]].

==Divisions and Departments==
The various specialized branches of the science of medicine correspond to the equally specialized medical professions dealing with particular organs or diseases. The science of medicine is the knowledge of body systems and diseases, while the [[w:profession|profession]] of medicine refers to the social structure of the group of people formally trained to apply that knowledge to treat disease.

Medicine comprises various specialities, such as [[w:cardiology|cardiology]], [[w:pulmonology|pulmonology]], [[w:neurology|neurology]], or other fields such as sports medicine, research or public health.

Divisions and Departments of the School exist on pages in "topic" namespace. Start the name of departments with the "Topic:" prefix; departments reside in the [[Wikiversity:Namespaces|Topic: namespace]]. Departments and divisions link to learning materials and learning projects. Divisions can link subdivisions or to departments. For more information on schools, divisions and departments look at the [[Wikiversity:Naming_conventions|Naming Conventions]].

===Basic sciences===
{{Basic sciences}}

===Medical Specializations / Divisions and Departments===
Recommend reorganization of topic:

*Clinical Medicine
**Primary care
***General Internal Medicine
***Pediatrics
***Family Medicine
***Geriatrics
***Emergency Medicine/Urgent Care
***Nursing Practice
***General Practice
***Taxpayer-supported clinics
**Subspecialty Medicine and Surgery
***Internal Medicine subspecialties
***Obstetrics and Gynecology
***General Surgery
***Surgical subspecialties
***Emergency Care
***Hospital Medicine

*Other Medicine
**Research and Education
**Public Health
**Administration

====Division of Surgery and Anaesthesiology====
* [[Topic:Surgery|Surgery]]
** [[Topic:General surgery|General surgery]]
** [[Topic:Cardiothoracic surgery|Cardiothoracic surgery]]
** [[Topic:Neurosurgery|Neurosurgery]]
** [[Topic:Ophthalmology|Ophthalmology]]
** [[Topic:Orthopedic surgery|Orthopedic surgery]]
** [[Topic:Plastic surgery|Plastic surgery]]
** [[Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery]]
** [[Topic:Paediatric surgery|Paediatric surgery]]
** [[Topic:Urology|Urology]]
** [[Topic:Vascular surgery|Vascular surgery]]
* [[Topic:Anaesthesiology|Anaesthesiology]]
* [[Topic:Emergency Medicine|Emergency Medicine]]
* [[Topic:Intensive care medicine|Intensive care medicine]]
* [[Topic:Pain medicine|Pain medicine]]

====Division of General and Internal Medicine====
* [[Topic:Internal medicine|Internal medicine]]
**[[Topic:Cardiology|Cardiology]]
**[[Topic:Endocrinology|Endocrinology]]
**[[Topic:Gastroenterology|Gastroenterology]]
**[[Topic:Geriatric medicine|Geriatric medicine]]
**[[Topic:Hematology|Hematology]]
**[[Topic:Infectious diseases|Infectious diseases]]
**[[Topic:Nephrology|Nephrology]]
**[[Topic:Oncology|Oncology]]
**[[Topic:Pulmonology|Pulmonology]]
**[[Topic:Rheumatology|Rheumatology]]
* [[Topic:Dermatology|Dermatology]]
* [[Topic:Family practice|Family Medicine]]
* [[Topic:Sports medicine|Sports medicine]]

====Division of Healthcare and General Practice====
* [[Topic:General practice|General practice]]
* [[Topic:Public Health & Occupational Medicine|Public Health & Occupational Medicine]]
* [[Topic:Clinical Laboratory Technology|Clinical Laboratory Technology]]

====Division of Woman, Child and Geriatric Health====
* [[Topic:Obstetrics & Gynecology|Obstetrics & Gynecology]]
* [[Topic:Pediatrics|Pediatrics]]
* [[Topic:Geriatrics|Geriatrics]]

====Division of Clinical Neurosciences====
* [[Topic:Psychiatry|Psychiatry]]
* [[Topic:Neurology|Neurology]]
* [[Topic:Neuroradiology|Neuroradiology]]
* [[Topic:Neurosurgery|Neurosurgery]]
* [[Topic:Neuroscience|Neuroscience]]
* [[School:Psychology|Psychology]]

====Division of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Sciences====
* [[Topic:Radiology|Radiology]]
* [[Topic:Radiation Oncology|Radiation Oncology]]
* [[Topic:Cancer Treatment|Cancer Treatment]]

====Division of Experimental Medicine====
* [[Topic:Biomedical Informatics|Biomedical Informatics]]

====Division of Military Medicine====
* [[Topic:Military Medicine|Military Medicine]]

==Multidisciplinary==
Content development projects:
*[[Topic:Observed structured clinical examination|Observed structured clinical examination]]
===Multidisciplinary courses===
* [[Evidence-based medicine]]
* [[Clinical cases]]
* [[Healthcare reform - ideas to consider, questions to ask, implications]]
**The 'personal physician' or 'medical home' vs fragmented care
**Where: United States vs the rest of the world
**Spend more tax dollars vs increase individual responsibility
**Encourage preventive medicine, management of chronic disease, timely and cost-effective treatment of acute illness vs sporadic emergency care and treatment of advanced disease that might have been prevented
**Reimburse for thinking vs reimburse for doing
**Sell or give away fish vs teach 'how to fish'
**An approach that will keep on giving vs an approach that will keep on taking
**Targeting decreased risk of medical errors vs paying no attention to risk of medical errors
**Fixing the process vs fixing a 'problem'
**Will 'reform' facilitate improved functioning of the patient within society? vs Will it cause patients to be more dependent on society?
**Will 'reform' simplify? vs Will 'reform' complicate?
**Strengthen the family? vs Place increased strain on the family

==Active participants==
# [[User:Stevenfruitsmaak|Steven Fruitsmaak]] ([[User_talk:Stevenfruitsmaak|Talk]]) 00:10, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Daniel575|Daniel575]] 15:34, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Xrayman|Richard]] 06:25, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Zerackam|Pouyan Golshani]] 10:08, 17 September 2006 (UTC
# [[User:Eukesh|Eukesh]] 20:32, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Riad|Riad]] 17:18, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
# [[User:Dionysios|Dionysios]] [[User_talk:Dionysios|(talk)]] [[w:2007|2007]]-[[w:03-30|03-30]] Time: 184301 UTC ([[w:March 30|March 30]], [[w:2007|2007]])

== School news ==
* '''August 24, 2006''' - School founded! Also most elements transferred from WikiBooks. Let the learning begin!
* '''October 2, 2006''' - Special learning project [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] - explain the science behind each year's award.
* '''October 4, 2006''' - Special learning project [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] - explain the science behind each year's award.

== Related news ==
* '''May 26, 2007''' - [http://news.independent.co.uk/health/article2586652.ece Some soft drinks may not be healthy for consumption...]
* '''May 17, 2007''' - [http://www.physorg.com/news98603434.html New medical school to train rural doctors to open in Washington...]
* '''April 15, 2007''' - [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070415110120.htm High blood pressure may originate in the brain...]
* '''April 9, 2007''' - [http://www.israel21c.com/bin/en.jsp?enDispWho=Articles%5El1598&enPage=BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enVersion=0&enZone=Profiles& FDA approves memory enhancer as food additive... recognized as generally safe...]
* '''March 19, 2007''' - [http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-03/jaaj-aat031507.php Antibiotics may be prescribed too often for sinusitis.]
* '''March 2, 2007''' - [http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-03/ucl-nmf030207.php New study shows treating disease in the mouth can improve cardiovascular health.]
* '''October 27, 2006''' - [http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,72012-0.html?tw=rss.technology STD testing goes online + Stanford grad student teams up with Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation.]

==See also==
*[[School:Biology|The School of Biology]]
*[[School:Pharmacy|The School of Pharmacy]]

{{Wikibooks|Medicine}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.hapmap.org/ HapMap]
*[http://scienceroll.com/2007/04/29/medicine-20-the-beginning-of-a-new-era/ Medicine 2.0: the beginning of a new era] - by Bertalan Meskó
===Open source tools===
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/vmtk/ Vascular Modeling Toolkit]
===Wikibooks===
*[[b:Human_Physiology|Human Physiology]]
* [http://www.openmedicine.ca/ Open Medicine]

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