This is the Clinical Update detail from the 2020 course. 2021 update not yet available.

Intensive Review of Internal Medicine:

The Acclaimed Clinical Update

If you are seeking a practical and comprehensive clinical review, this program ensures you are up to date across all major fields of internal medicine, including:

WORLD-RENOWNED PRESENTERS

All sessions are led by world-renowned experts in their respective fields of medicine, who provide updates, best practices, and guidance for:

• Exercising newer options for diagnosis: what to choose, when, and why
• Treatment and care management strategies to optimize patient outcomes
• How to avoid medical mistakes
• Improved approaches to common and complex clinical challenges
• Navigating screening controversies

A SAMPLING OF WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

Listed below is a small sampling of what you will learn in the program.  The education is practical, expedient, and focused on patient outcomes.

CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE

• The latest updates for treatment of heart failure
• PCSK9 inhibitors for patients with heart disease
• Diagnosis of myocardial infarction with more highly sensitive biomarkers (high-sensitivity troponin)
• Contemporary management of hypertension
• Integration of novel antilipid therapies
• Emerging role of target-specific oral anticoagulants in management of venous thromboembolism and atrial fibrillation
• Transcatheter therapeutics for valvular heart disease
• Fundamentals of arrhythmia management
• Risk stratification of patients for statin therapy in primary prevention
• Identification of patients who require intensification of antihypertensive therapy

ONCOLOGY

• Immunotherapy for cancer
• Identification and management of risk factors for common cancers
• Update on the screening of prostate cancer
• New approaches to managing breast cancer
• Workup and treatment of common cancers, including:
  • Prostate
  • Bladder
  • Lung
  • Breast
  • Colon
  • GI
  • Leukemia
  • Lymphoma
  • Multiple myeloma

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

• Treating highly resistant infections
• Emerging pathogens and resistance patterns
• Newest therapies and drug developments and how to put them into practice
• The latest treatment strategies and guidelines
   

NEPHROLOGY

• Acid-base interpretation
• Update on managing hypertension
• Treatment optimization for glomerulonephritis
• Current guidance on dialysis and transplantation

WOMEN’S HEALTH

• Use of postmenopausal hormone therapy
• Benefits and risks of bisphosphonate and other treatments for osteoporosis
• Screening for cervical cancer
• Care of patients with irregular menstrual periods
• Management of medical conditions in pregnant women

PULMONARY MEDICINE

• Interpretation of pulmonary function tests
• Best practices for the review of the chest X-ray
• Novel therapies for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
• Step-care therapeutic approaches to asthma and COPD
• Diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension
   

NEUROLOGY

• Recommended approaches to common neurological complaints
• Updated strategies and guidelines for treatment of acute stroke
• Updated strategies and guidelines for treatment of epilepsy

GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE

• Management of obesity
• Lipid management
• Treatment of common geriatric conditions
• Recommendations for end-of-life care
• Case-based education to improve your mastery of dermatology, ophthalmology, and otolaryngology
   

CRITICAL CARE

• Hemodynamic management
• Current sedation guidelines
• Evidence-based mechanical ventilation 
• Continuum of care for patients recovering from critical illness
   

GASTROENTEROLOGY

State-of-the-art approaches to:

• Peptic ulcer disease
• Hepatic disorders
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Interpreting LFTs

ENDOCRINOLOGY

• New agents for diabetes care
• The latest blood pressure goals for patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes
• Update on SGLT2 inhibitors
• State-of-the-art diagnosis and management of:
  • Type 2 diabetes
  • Thyroid disorders
  • Calcium diseases
  • Adrenal and pituitary disorders

RHEUMATOLOGY

• Janus kinase inhibitors in autoimmune disease
• ​The most up-to-date, evidence-based approaches to:
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Scleroderma/Myositis
  • Vasculitis
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

HEMATOLOGY

• Current ITP guidelines
• Recommendations for anticoagulation agents and duration of treatment
• Strategies for treatment of sickle cell anemia
• Management of coagulation abnormalities in pregnancy
• Recognition of HLH and atypical HUS