Primary Care Internal Medicine

Primary Care Internal Medicine is a comprehensive update of the most important changes and advances impacting primary care and guidance to incorporate them into everyday clinical practice.

Key Topics

• Current use and future directions for the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in medical practice
• Common and clinically important medical topics used in the practice of primary care
• Evidence base for providing care informed by sex and gender, social determinants of health, and race to advance health equity
• The origins and value of current guidelines and develop implementation of office-based strategies to ensure treatment of elevated cholesterol, diabetes, heart failure, hypertension, menopause care, contraception, and osteoporosis
• Side effects and interactions among medications prescribed by primary care clinicians and their consultants
• New and innovative skills in clinical reasoning and problem solving
• Expected results of therapies and current treatment strategies for cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurologic/neurovascular, endocrine, ophthalmic, orthopedic, immunologic, reproductive, dermatologic, gastrointestinal, hepatic, geriatric, psychiatric, metabolic, sleep medicine, and women`s health conditions
• Therapeutic potential of newly developed biomodulators and interactions with current therapies and newly described untoward side effects
• Strategies to help patients (and yourself) achieve greater stress resiliency
• Clinical value of specific diagnostic tests used in internal medicine and specialty practices, including test sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values
• Disease prevention and health promotion priorities of internal medicine
• Lifestyle messages for patient self-care into daily practice
• How to provide the best pain management
• Practical and effective approaches to behavioral health challenges, including alcohol use disorder, marijuana misuse, and opioid addiction
• Evidence-based palliative care strategies in clinical practice
• Confidence with the use of buprenorphine for patients with opioid use disorders
• Patients with common orthopedic back, shoulder, knee, and hand complaints
• Practical home-based interventions for elderly patients that support their autonomy and independence

Who should Attend

• Internists
• Family Physicians
• Geriatricians
• Specialists with primary care responsibilities
• Nurse Practitioners
• Physician Assistants
• Advanced Practice Nurses