Medical specialties Medical specialties Acute medicine is that part of internal medicine concerned with the immediate and early specialist management of adult patients with a wide range of medical conditions who present in hospital as emergencies. ...more on Wikipedia about "Acute medicine"
Ambulatory care is any medical care delivered on an outpatient basis. Many medical conditions do not require hospital admission and can be managed without admission to a hospital. Many medical investigations can be performed on an ambulatory basis, including blood tests, X-rays, endoscopy and even biopsy procedures of superficial organs. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ambulatory care"
Auxology is a meta-term covering the study of all aspects of human physical growth; though it is also a fundamental of biology generally. Auxology is a highly multi-disciplinary science involving health sciences / medicine ( pediatrics, general practice, endocrinology, neuroendocrinology, physiology, epidemiology, and to a lesser degree other fields), nutrition, genetics, anthropology, anthropometry, ergonomics, history, economic history, economics, socioeconomics, sociology, public health, and psychology, among others. ...more on Wikipedia about "Auxology"
Conservation medicine is an emerging, interdisciplinary field that studies the relationship between human and animal health, and environmental conditions. Also known as ecological medicine, environmental medicine, or medical geology. ...more on Wikipedia about "Conservation medicine"
Hospital medicine is the discipline concerned with the general medical care of hospitalized patients. Doctors whose primary professional focus is hospital medicine are called hospitalists. Their activities may include patient care, teaching, research, and leadership related to hospital care. Hospital medicine, like emergency medicine, is a specialty organized around a site of care (the hospital), rather than an organ (like cardiology), a disease (like oncology), or a patient’s age (like pediatrics). However, unlike medical specialists in the emergency department or critical care units, most hospitalists help manage patients throughout the continuum of hospital care, often seeing patients in the ER, admitting them to inpatient wards, following them as necessary into the critical care unit, and organizing post-acute care. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hospital medicine"
In the UK, the specialty is still referred to as general medicine (although the combination general (internal) medicine can be found increasingly), and its practitioners are physicians or hospital physicians as distinct from surgeons. ...more on Wikipedia about "Internal medicine"
Sports medicine or sport medicine is an interdisciplinary subspecialty of medicine which deals with the treatment and preventive care of athletes, both amateur and professional. The team includes specialty physicians and surgeons, athletic trainers, physical therapists, coaches, other personnel, and, of course, the athlete. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sports medicine"
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Travel medicine or emporiatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with health problems of international travelers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Travel medicine"
Tropical medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with health problems that either occur uniquely in tropical and subtropical regions or are either more widespread in the tropics or more difficult to prevent or control. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tropical medicine"
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