Internal Medicine Journal
The Internal Medicine Journal is the official peer-reviewed publication of the College's Adult Medicine Division.
RACP members and staff have full access to Journal articles online, as well as Accepted Articles (unedited but citable articles available before publication in an issue).
Member access
The public can view Internal Medicine Journal abstracts online and have the option to purchase full-text articles from the Wiley Online Library.
Latest Issue
Internal Medicine Journal: Volume 56, Issue 4, April 2026
In this issue:
- Alcohol use disorder
- Stroke predictors for atrial fibrillation
- Syphilis in adults
- Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt insertion
- Sarcoidosis in New Zealand
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Editor's choice
Can Australia afford the costs of cardiology guidelines?
In this issue:
- Full guideline implementation across five cardiovascular conditions could cost $45–50 billion over 10 years
- Current guidelines overlook cost, creating an unsustainable gap between recommended and actual care
- Discussions covered careers research time management
- Poor treatment uptake reflects inequitable access among some Australian populations
- Generic medications and cost-effectiveness analyses proposed as key solutions
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Spotlight
Dr Paul Bridgman
Editor-in-Chief
Paul is from Otago in the south of New Zealand. After training in Edinburgh and Boston he returned to
Aotearoa as a general and echo cardiologist.
Paul is now Clinical Director of Cardiology in
Christchurch. He is highly involved with the Cardiac Society and with the RACP. He has been both Chairman and Treasurer of the Cardiac Society in Aotearoa.
Following the Christchurch
earthquakes, Paul gained extensive media coverage for his research interest in broken heart
syndrome.
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