Harvard Primary Care Internal Medicine 2023
Format: 79 videos + 76 pdfs, size: 47.4 GB
Course Audience: internist, primary care physician
Overview:
A Comprehensive Update for State-of-the-Art Primary Care
Updates Are Provided Across All Major Areas of Primary Care Practice
October 16 – 20, 2023
Held online this year, using live streaming, electronic Q&A, and other remote learning technologies.
OVERVIEW
This program provides a comprehensive update of the most important changes and advances impacting primary care practice. It is led by Harvard Medical School’s leading clinical faculty— representing more than 30 fields of medicine.
Participants can rely on this program for education and skills advancement workshops covering:
- Comprehensive updates for diagnosis and treatment
- State-of-the-art approaches to the most frequent clinical challenges
- Guidance for care of the patient with complex medical needs
- Advanced techniques for in-office procedures
- Examination skills
- Disease prevention: screening and vaccination updates
- Strategies to account for social, racial, sex and gender, and cultural differences to ensure optimized care for all patients
2023 Highlightsmedustudy.com
State-of-the-Art Approaches to Frequent Clinical Challenges
- Hypertension: New targets. New treatment options.
- Hypercholesterolemia: How low to go (and with what)
- Diabetes: new treatment options
- Management of patients with obesity: new therapeutic options
- Contraception: Current state of the art
- LGBTQ health
- Cardiovascular disease: Setting and achieving goals specific to patient risk
- Depression and anxiety: Practical stepwise approaches for primary care
- Dyspepsia and dysphagia
- Gender-affirming care; gender transitioning
- Osteoporosis and bone health: Reducing fracture risk
- Antibiotic stewardship: Advanced decision-making for the most common infections
- Arthritis: Effective management of articular inflammation
- Obstructive sleep apnea: Updates in diagnosis and treatment
- Headaches: Established and innovative options
- Anemia: Straightforward approaches for abnormal results
- Asthma: SMART (single maintenance and reliever therapy) and more
- COVID-19: Management of long-term sequelae
- Thyroid disorders
Guidance for the Care of Patients with Complex Medical Needs
- Heart failure: Improving patient functional capacity with combined therapies
- Opioids: Dosing, patient selection, addiction, and weaning
- Opioid use disorder: What you need to know about medication-assisted treatment
- Biomodulators: Must-know information for primary care clinicians
- Liver diseases: Treatment strategies that preserve function
- Neurology: Cannot-miss presentations in primary care
- Pulmonology: Management of inflammatory conditions
- Anticoagulation: Expanding the use of the new targeted agents
- Kidney health: Improved strategies for nephron protection
- Atrial fibrillation: Pharmacologic and ablation strategies
- Medication interactions: Avoiding unintended adverse outcomes
- Our aging demographic: Supporting independence and autonomy
- Alcohol use disorder: Diverse approaches that expand your repertoire of options
- Cognitive decline: What can we do based on the evidence?
- Motivational interviewing for weight loss
- Principles of sex therapy
- Peripheral vascular disease
Knowledge Advancement and Skills Development Workshops
You can choose from 36 live streaming workshops to tailor the program to your specific practice needs. These workshops will all be recorded, allowing you to (re)view them online, at your convenience, for up to 11 months following the conclusion of this program.
- Advanced diabetes management
- Opioid use disorder
- Best practices in the care of LGBTQ patients
- Endocrinology case studies
- Fluid and electrolyte abnormalities
- Unraveling the mysteries of abnormal LFTs
- Evaluating and managing irritable bowel syndrome
- Evaluation and treatment of wrist and hand complaints
- Therapeutic approaches to the shoulder
- Lower back pain
- Therapeutic approaches to the knee
- Therapeutic approaches to the foot and ankle
- Challenges and complications of medical marijuana
- Exploring the risks of supplements your patients are taking (and not telling you)
- Biomodulators: What’s the gab about mAbs (monoclonal antibodies)
- Principles of sexual therapy
- Immunotherapy: things to know about changing paradigms in oncology care
- Prostate problems and challenges
- Managing alcohol use disorder
- Common otolaryngology issues in primary care
- Dermatology A-Z
- Tick-borne diseases
- Peripheral vascular disease and carotid stenosis
- Management of adult attention deficit disorder
- Common ophthalmology issues in primary care
- Movement disorders
- Concussion management: on the field and in the office
- Mild neurocognitive disorder: decisions at the gateway to dementia
- Supporting the independence and autonomy of older adults
- Trauma-informed care
- Biases and behaviors in clinical practice
- Palliative and hospice care
Women’s Health
- Risk assessment of breast and ovarian cancer
- Menopause: Proactive patient care
- Women’s heart health: Addressing the number 1 killer of women in the U.S.
- Female incontinence: Basic approaches and new options
- Primary care of the pregnant patient
- The fourth trimester: Care after delivery for the PCP
- Case studies in gynecology
Practical, Comprehensive Education
Optimized for Remote Learning
The 2023 program has been enhanced for distance learning. In addition to live-streamed content, all sessions will be recorded and made available to participants for online viewing starting 1 day after the session’s live broadcast and can be accessed for 11 months after the course. Questions in the chat not covered live by the speakers will be responded to either immediately afterwards or within a month; this bonus Q&A will be posted in the course archives for participants to review.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Develop new and innovative skills in clinical reasoning and problem solving.
- Assess the clinical value of specific diagnostic tests used in general internal medicine and specialty practices, including test sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values.
- Apply up-to-date skills to diagnose, treat, and manage short and long-term complications of COVID-19 in the outpatient setting.
- Broaden understanding of how to provide the best care possible, regardless of sex or gender identification.
- Recognize the side effects and interactions among medications prescribed by primary care clinicians and their consultants.
- Summarize the therapeutic potential of newly developed biomodulators and understand interactions with current therapies and newly described untoward side effects.
- Discuss the expected results of therapies and summarize 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.
- Develop strategies to help patients (and yourself) achieve greater stress resiliency.
- Integrate lifestyle messages for patient self-care into daily practice.
- Identify the disease prevention and health promotion priorities of medustudy.com general internal medicine.
- Explain the origins and value of current guidelines and develop implementation of office-based strategies to ensure treatment of elevated cholesterol, diabetes, heart failure, hypertension, and osteoporosis.
- Design practical and effective approaches to behavioral health challenges, including alcohol use disorder, marijuana misuse, and opioid addiction.
- Describe how to provide the best pain management.
- Develop confidence with the use of buprenorphine for patients with opioid use disorders.
- Apply evidence-based palliative care strategies in clinical practice.
- Create practical home-based interventions for elderly patients that support their autonomy and independence.
- More confidently examine and assess patients with common orthopedic back, shoulder, knee, and hand complaints.
General Session Day 1 Advanced Treatment Choices for Ischemic Heart Disease (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 1 Advanced Treatment Choices for Ischemic Heart Disease (PDF Format)
General Session Day 1 Introduction and Welcome (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 1 Introduction and Welcome (PDF Format)
General Session Day 1 Persistent Heartburn, Dysphagia, and Dyspepsia Practical, Cost-Effective Approach (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 1 Persistent Heartburn, Dysphagia, and Dyspepsia Practical, Cost-Effective Approach (PDF Format)
General Session Day 1 Primary Care Internal Medicine Antibiotic Choices in Outpatient Practice (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 1 Primary Care Internal Medicine Antibiotic Choices in Outpatient Practice (PDF Format)
General Session Day 1 Promoting Equity and Anti-Racism in Medicine (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 1 Promoting Equity and Anti-Racism in Medicine (PDF Format)
General Session Day 1 Updates in Allergy 2023 (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 1 Updates in Allergy 2023 (PDF Format)
General Session Day 1 Women’s Heart Health What Does the PCP Need to Know (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 1 Women’s Heart Health What Does the PCP Need to Know (PDF Format)
General Session Day 1 Workshop Biases and Behaviors in Clinical Practice Strategies for Maintaining Balance and Poise (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 1 Workshop Biases and Behaviors in Clinical Practice Strategies for Maintaining Balance and Poise (PDF Format)
General Session Day 1 Workshop BreastOvarian Cancer Risk Assessment (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 1 Workshop BreastOvarian Cancer Risk Assessment (PDF Format)
General Session Day 1 Workshop Case Studies in Movement Disorders (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 1 Workshop Case Studies in Movement Disorders (PDF Format)
General Session Day 1 Workshop Challenges in Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 1 Workshop Challenges in Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain (PDF Format)
General Session Day 1 Workshop Contraception Update 2023 (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 1 Workshop Contraception Update 2023 (PDF Format)
General Session Day 1 Workshop Evaluation and Management of Common Knee Disorders (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 1 Workshop Evaluation and Management of Common Knee Disorders (PDF Format)
General Session Day 1 Workshop Lifelong Management of Adult Attention Deficit Disorder (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 1 Workshop Lifelong Management of Adult Attention Deficit Disorder (PDF Format)
General Session Day 1 Workshop Peripheral Vascular Disease for Office Practic (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 1 Workshop Peripheral Vascular Disease for Office Practic (PDF Format)
General Session Day 2 Asthma Update New Guidelines and New Choices (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 2 Asthma Update New Guidelines and New Choices (PDF Format)
General Session Day 2 COPD and Interstitial Lung Disease (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 2 COPD and Interstitial Lung Disease (PDF Format)
General Session Day 2 Mastering Menopause Management in 2023 (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 2 Mastering Menopause Management in 2023 (PDF Format)
General Session Day 2 Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia Update 2023 (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 2 Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia Update 2023 (PDF Format)
General Session Day 2 Sciences of Learning (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 2 Sciences of Learning (PDF Format)
General Session Day 2 Update on Anticoagulation and Venous Thromboembolism What is New in 2023 (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 2 Update on Anticoagulation and Venous Thromboembolism What is New in 2023 (PDF Format)
General Session Day 2 Updates in Lipid Management (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 2 Updates in Lipid Management (PDF Format)
General Session Day 2 Workshop Concussions On the Field and in the Office (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 2 Workshop Concussions On the Field and in the Office (PDF Format)
General Session Day 2 Workshop Fluid and Electrolyte Abnormalities (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 2 Workshop Fluid and Electrolyte Abnormalities (PDF Format)
General Session Day 2 Workshop Help My Patient Is on Monoclonal Antibody Therapy-What Do I Do (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 2 Workshop Help My Patient Is on Monoclonal Antibody Therapy-What Do I Do (PDF Format)
General Session Day 2 Workshop Ophthalmology in Primary Care (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 2 Workshop Ophthalmology in Primary Care (PDF Format)
General Session Day 2 Workshop Opioid Use Disorder and Buprenorphine Management (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 2 Workshop Opioid Use Disorder and Buprenorphine Management (PDF Format)
General Session Day 2 Workshop Otolaryngology for the PCP (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 2 Workshop Otolaryngology for the PCP (PDF Format)
General Session Day 2 Workshop Unraveling the Mysteries of Abnormal LFTs (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 2 Workshop Unraveling the Mysteries of Abnormal LFTs (PDF Format)
General Session Day 2 Workshop Urinary Incontinence in Women (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 2 Workshop Urinary Incontinence in Women (PDF Format)
General Session Day 3 Active Management of Chronic Kidney Disease (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 3 Active Management of Chronic Kidney Disease (PDF Format)
General Session Day 3 An Organized Approach to the Broad Range of Bowel Complaints (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 3 An Organized Approach to the Broad Range of Bowel Complaints (PDF Format)
General Session Day 3 Best Practices in LGBTQ+ Care (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 3 Best Practices in LGBTQ+ Care (PDF Format)
General Session Day 3 Current Approaches to Anemia (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 3 Current Approaches to Anemia (PDF Format)
General Session Day 3 Liver Diseases in the Primary Care Practice (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 3 Liver Diseases in the Primary Care Practice (PDF Format)
General Session Day 3 Treating Tobacco Use Optimizing for Enduring Outcomes (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 3 Treating Tobacco Use Optimizing for Enduring Outcomes (PDF Format)
General Session Day 3 Updates in Headaches Assessment and Treatment (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 3 Updates in Headaches Assessment and Treatment (PDF Format)
General Session Day 3 Workshop Case Studies in Endocrinology (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 3 Workshop Case Studies in Endocrinology (PDF Format)
General Session Day 3 Workshop Evaluation and Treatment of the Painful Shoulder in the Primary Care Setting (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 3 Workshop Evaluation and Treatment of the Painful Shoulder in the Primary Care Setting (PDF Format)
General Session Day 3 Workshop Gender Affirming Care, Gender Transitioning (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 3 Workshop Gender Affirming Care, Gender Transitioning (PDF Format)
General Session Day 3 Workshop Managing Alcohol Use Disorder in Primary Care Practice (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 3 Workshop Managing Alcohol Use Disorder in Primary Care Practice (PDF Format)
General Session Day 3 Workshop Mild Neurocognitive Disorders Evaluation and Management Decisions at the Gateway to Dementia (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 3 Workshop Mild Neurocognitive Disorders Evaluation and Management Decisions at the Gateway to Dementia (PDF Format)
General Session Day 3 Workshop Palliative and Hospice Care (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 3 Workshop Palliative and Hospice Care (PDF Format)
General Session Day 3 Workshop Prostate Problems and Challenges (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 3 Workshop Prostate Problems and Challenges (PDF Format)
General Session Day 3 Workshop Supporting the Independence and Autonomy of Older Patients (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 3 Workshop Supporting the Independence and Autonomy of Older Patients (PDF Format)
General Session Day 4 2023 Update in Heart Failure (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 4 2023 Update in Heart Failure (PDF Format)
General Session Day 4 Can’t-Miss Cases in Neurology (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 4 Can’t-Miss Cases in Neurology (PDF Format)
General Session Day 4 Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Polyarthritis (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 4 Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Polyarthritis (PDF Format)
General Session Day 4 Optimizing Treatment and Care of Your Patients with Diabetes (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 4 Optimizing Treatment and Care of Your Patients with Diabetes (PDF Format)
General Session Day 4 Osteoporosis Updates (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 4 Osteoporosis Updates (PDF Format)
General Session Day 4 Radiology Update How to Effectively Employ Current Imaging Technologies (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 4 Radiology Update How to Effectively Employ Current Imaging Technologies (PDF Format)
General Session Day 4 The Power of Health Habits for All A Practical Guide (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 4 The Power of Health Habits for All A Practical Guide (PDF Format)
General Session Day 4 Workshop Cases in Gynecology (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 4 Workshop Cases in Gynecology (PDF Format)
General Session Day 4 Workshop Diabetes Workshop Challenging Diabetes Cases and Questions Management Strategies 2023 (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 4 Workshop Diabetes Workshop Challenging Diabetes Cases and Questions Management Strategies 2023 (PDF Format)
General Session Day 4 Workshop Low Back Pain Evaluation and Treatment Approaches (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 4 Workshop Low Back Pain Evaluation and Treatment Approaches (PDF Format)
General Session Day 4 Workshop Patients Who Use Marijuana Guidance for Clinical Practice (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 4 Workshop Patients Who Use Marijuana Guidance for Clinical Practice (PDF Format)
General Session Day 4 Workshop Supplement Safety Exploring the Risks of the `High-Risk’ Supplements Your Patients Are Using (without Telling You) (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 4 Workshop Supplement Safety Exploring the Risks of the `High-Risk’ Supplements Your Patients Are Using (without Telling You) (PDF Format)
General Session Day 4 Workshop Tick-Borne Diseases in the US in 2023 (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 4 Workshop Tick-Borne Diseases in the US in 2023 (PDF Format)
General Session Day 4 Workshop Updates in Dermatology Common Rashes (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 4 Workshop Updates in Dermatology Common Rashes (PDF Format)
General Session Day 4 Workshop Wrist and Hand Complaints Evaluation and Treatment (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 4 Workshop Wrist and Hand Complaints Evaluation and Treatment (PDF Format)
General Session Day 5 Cancer Screening and Vaccinations Review and Updates (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 5 Cancer Screening and Vaccinations Review and Updates (PDF Format)
General Session Day 5 Obesity Treatment in Primary Care (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 5 Obesity Treatment in Primary Care (PDF Format)
General Session Day 5 Overview in Sleep Medicine (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 5 Overview in Sleep Medicine (PDF Format)
General Session Day 5 Review and Updates in Hypertension Management (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 5 Review and Updates in Hypertension Management (PDF Format)
General Session Day 5 Update on Atrial Fibrillation (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 5 Update on Atrial Fibrillation (PDF Format)
General Session Day 5 Updates in Treatment of Anxiety and Depression (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 5 Updates in Treatment of Anxiety and Depression (PDF Format)
General Session Day 5 Workshop Immunotherapy A New Paradigm in Cancer-Key Things to Know in Primary Care (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 5 Workshop Immunotherapy A New Paradigm in Cancer-Key Things to Know in Primary Care (PDF Format)
General Session Day 5 Workshop Principles of Sexual Therapy (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 5 Workshop Principles of Sexual Therapy (PDF Format)
General Session Day 5 Workshop Therapeutic Approaches to Foot and Ankle Problems (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 5 Workshop Therapeutic Approaches to Foot and Ankle Problems (PDF Format)
General Session Day 5 Workshop Trauma-Informed Telehealth Strategies for Effective Care (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 5 Workshop Trauma-Informed Telehealth Strategies for Effective Care (PDF Format)
General Session Day 5 “Long COVID” for the Primary Care Clinician Understanding the Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection (Video MP4 Format)
General Session Day 5 “Long COVID” for the Primary Care Clinician Understanding the Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection (PDF Format)
General session (Video MP4 Format)
Special Interest Lectures Gender-Affirming Care; Gender Transitioning Jennifer R. Siegel, MD (Video MP4 Format)
Special Interest Lectures Gender-Affirming Care; Gender Transitioning Jennifer R. Siegel, MD (PDF Format)
Special Interest Lectures Motivational Interviewing for Weight Loss Frank Domino, MD (Video MP4 Format)
Special Interest Lectures Motivational Interviewing for Weight Loss Frank Domino, MD (PDF Format)
Special Interest Lectures Primary Care A Future Rooted in the Past, the Role of Evidence and Expertise – John D Goodson, MD (Video MP4 Format)
Special Interest Lectures Primary Care of the Pregnant Patient (Video MP4 Format)
Special Interest Lectures The Fourth Trimester Care after Delivery for the PCP Ann C. Celi, MD, MPH (Video MP4 Format)
Special Interest Lectures The Fourth Trimester Care after Delivery for the PCP Ann C. Celi, MD, MPH (PDF Format)
Special Interest Lectures The Promise of Primary Care (Video MP4 Format)
Special Interest Lectures The Promise of Primary Care (PDF Format)
Special Interest Lectures Update on the COVID Pandemic Worldwide Arthur Y. Kim, MD (Video MP4 Format)
Special Interest Lectures Update on the COVID Pandemic Worldwide Arthur Y. Kim, MD (PDF Format)