First Call: Internal Medicine: A Practical Guide for the Modern Clinician Paperback – March 5, 2026

First Call: Internal Medicine — A Guide for the Modern Clinician is the book you wish you had on day one of the wards.Written by an internal medicine resident at Massachusetts General Hospital, it covers the major domains of clinical internal medicine the way a great clinical educator teaches—building your reasoning from the ground up and walking you through diagnostic frameworks, management principles, and treatment regimens and dosing the way an attending would at the bedside. It is a book you can read cover to cover and come away actually understanding internal medicine.From running a code to managing a ventilator. From interpreting an EKG to treating septic shock. From diuresing a heart failure patient to working up a new leukemia. Every topic is written in real prose, with tables and clinical pearls woven throughout—the kind of teaching that makes the big picture click.The book covers the major domains of inpatient and outpatient internal medicine: cardiology, pulmonary and critical care, nephrology, gastroenterology and hepatology, hematology-oncology, infectious disease, rheumatology, endocrinology, neurology, psychiatry, pain management, and more. It also includes high-yield subspecialty topics encountered every day on the wards, including dermatology, radiology, surgical medicine, procedures, and beyond.Who this book is for:Internal medicine residents and medical students who want a readable, comprehensive foundation.Hospitalists who want a sharp, practical refresher.Nurse practitioners and physician assistants working in hospital medicine.A practical study guide designed to give you a complete foundation in internal medicine. Read more