Essentials of Primary Care: A Core Curriculum for Ambulatory Practice 2026

Key Topics

• Up-to-date strategies for common office problems including hypertension, lipid disorders, diabetes, coronary heart disease, heart failure, chronic kidney disease, obesity, musculoskeletal complaints, STIs, and covid-19
• New guidelines in office-based preventive medicine including cancer screening and management of cardiac risk factors
• Common skin disorders, skin infections, and skin cancer
• Common problems in womens health including prevention of cervical and endometrial cancer, menopause, incontinence, and vaginal and vulvar disorders
• An effective problem-based history and physical examination for common complaints in dermatology and womens health
• Eating habits, lose weight, and increase physical activity
• Common acute orthopaedic complaints and effective imaging strategies
• Common office procedures in dermatology and office gynecology
• Best practices in patient communication, shared decision-making, and teamwork
• The best initial management strategies for common cancers
• Health disparities in health and healthcare
• Applying medical literature in clinical practice
• Increaseing the quality of care and decreaseing medical costs

Who should Attend

• Family practitioners
• Practicing internists
• Advance practice providers
• Other health professionals interested in providing high quality primary care