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:
- CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
- ONCOLOGY
- NEUROLOGY
- CRITICAL CARE
- NEPHROLOGY
- HEMATOLOGY
- GASTROENTEROLOGY
- INFECTIOUS DISEASE
- PULMONARY MEDICINE
- WOMEN’S HEALTH
- RHEUMATOLOGY
- ENDOCRINOLOGY
- ALLERGY and IMMUNOLOGY
- HOSPITAL MEDICINE
- DERMATOLOGY
- BIOSTATISTICS
- GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
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