Essentials of Primary Care: A Core Curriculum for Ambulatory Practice 2024 is a conference that covers topics such as:
- 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
Essentials of Primary Care: A Core Curriculum for Ambulatory Practice 2024 brings together:
- Family practitioners
- Practicing internists
- Advance practice providers
- Other health professionals interested in providing high quality primary care