Introduction

Ambulatory medicine involves a wide range of conditions. In this rotation guide, we cover some key topics that will help you care for patients in a resident continuity clinic and other outpatient settings.

The following topics are addressed in this rotation guide:

Other relevant topics in ambulatory care are covered in the following rotation guides:

Karna Sundsted, MD, is Assistant Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, and a Consultant in the Division of General Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic.

This rotation guide was developed by a collaborative team of contributors, including:
Writers: Angela Chen, MD; Michael Mi, MD; Andrea Merrill, MD (NEJM Fellows); Alexa Triot, MD (Hypercholesterolemia); and Rustam Rafikov, MD (Dizziness)
Peer Reviewers:  John S. Adams, MD;  Emily B. Allen, MD; Shannon Fitzgerald; Julie Vannerson, MD; Michelle Christopher, MD; and Joe Rencic, MD
Section Expert: Karna K. Sundsted, MD
Senior Editor: Ole-Petter Hamnvik, MB BCh BAO, MMSc
Last updated: January 2023 by Melissa Bogin, MD, Vanessa Gow-Lee, MD, and Jaeda Roth, MD

Brief Case Presentations with Videos

Ambulatory Care Videos

Intranasal Naloxone Administration

How to Obtain a Nasopharyngeal Swab Specimen

Collecting specimens from the surface of the respiratory mucosa with nasopharyngeal swabs is a procedure used to diagnose Covid-19 as well as other respiratory viral infections and certain bacterial infections in adults and children. This video describes the collection of...

Clinical Examination of the Shoulder

Shoulder pain leads many patients to see a primary care physician. This video reviews the anatomy of the shoulder, common shoulder injuries, and the procedures for obtaining the patient’s history and performing a physical examination of the shoulder.