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July 2026

Just Released

ACP's 2025–2026 Annual Report

The American College of Physicians 2025–2026 Annual Report is here. Read the report to see how ACP is working for you.

Feature

Teaching In-Basket Management

(from the June 2026 I.M. Matters from ACP)

Trainees get lots of instruction on how to handle urgent inpatient findings, but managing test results in ambulatory care can be a different story.

I.M. Matters from ACP is ACP's member newspaper, providing news and information for internal medicine physicians about the practice of medicine and reporting on the policies, products, and activities of ACP.

I.M. Internal Medicine Spotlight

Steve March, MD

Some believe that by being a hospitalist you sacrifice some depth for breadth compared with a subspecialist. Dr. March has found that the learning never stops.

Medical Student Perspective Essay

The Cycle of Humility: My Journey Through Medical School

Growing up in an immigrant family, I was instilled with the belief that I had to constantly prove myself, always assuming that I was the least capable person in any room. This mindset, although rooted in a lack of confidence, paradoxically fostered an attitude of openness to learning from everyone around me.

Advocacy Update

Proposed Changes to Federal Research Grants Could Interfere with Grant Dissemination, Research Accessibility

ACP expressed its concerns with the proposed changes to the Office of Management and Budget and urged the agency to revise the proposed rule.

Analyzing Annals

Screening for Breast Cancer in Asymptomatic, Average-Risk Adult Females: A Guidance Statement From the American College of Physicians (Version 2)

(from the June 2026 Annals for Educators)

Breast cancer is the most common cancer type and almost exclusively affects females. It is vital that screening recommendations account for the balance of benefits and harms, patients' values and preferences, and costs.

Annals for Educators is a Web Exclusives feature of Annals of Internal Medicine which includes activities using selected Annals articles to help medical educators in their teaching activities.

Winning Abstracts

Shifting Patterns of Cardiovascular Mortality Among U.S. Patients with Colorectal Cancer: A 22-Year National Analysis

Cancer patients present with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease as compared to the general population independent of traditional risk factors. A recent study found that individuals with colorectal carcinoma (CRC) have a 16% increased risk of cardiovascular mortality (CVD). To ensure ideally tailored interventions, it is important to assess demographic trends in CVD-associated mortality in CRC patients.

Want to have your abstract featured here? ACP holds National Abstract Competitions as part of the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting every year.

Subspecialty and Combined Training Careers

Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiovascular disease (typically referred to as “cardiology”) focuses on prevention, diagnosis, and management of disorders of the cardiovascular system.

See internal medicine residency length, structure, and training to review the many career pathways open to internal medicine physicians.

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