Harvard Updates in General Internal Medicine for Specialists 2022

Description

Advances, Updates, Guidelines, and Best Practices in General Internal Medicine—
Expressly
for Specialists
Updates in General Internal Medicine for Specialists will be held online January 24-28, 2022, using studio-level live streaming and curated question and answer sessions for every presentation.
Overview
In this unique program, Harvard Medical School’s leading clinical faculty, representing more than 30 fields of medicine and surgery, share updates and provide recommendations to ensure you are current with the recent advances in both general internal medicine and select specialties.
General Internal Medicine for Specialists
covers the clinical breadth of internal medicine and the working knowledge specialists need in order to understand the most important advances outside your field of expertise.
Whether you are a psychiatrist or pathologist, cardiologist or anesthesiologist, surgeon or hospitalist, you can rely on this program for updates and advances that impact day-to-day practice, clinical decisions, and patient care.
2022 Updates, Strategies, and Tools to Improve Patient Care
The program’s curriculum provides broad and inclusive content ranging from clinical controversies to specific new and innovative therapies.
General Internal Medicine for Specialists
was developed by experienced practitioners, and sessions are presented by Harvard faculty and select guest speakers dedicated to peer-to-peer education. They will succinctly and effectively summarize material and provide focused updates, emphasizing specific recommendations for clinical practice and improved patient care.
Topics covered in the 2022 program include:
Ischemic heart disease
Hepatitis
Reducing fractures
Stroke
Chronic obstructive lung disease
Diabetes management
Women’s health
Anticoagulation
Endocrinology
The neurologic exam
Cognitive decline
Travel medicine
Congestive heart failure
Common eye problems
Diseases of the foregut
Preoperative evaluation
Breast cancer
Differential dx of polyarthritis
Atrial fibrillation
Lipid management
Dermatology
Osteoporosis management
Asthma
Renal medicine
Anemia
Basic orthopedics
Antiplatelet agents
Sleep disorders
ENT
Managing obesity
Headaches
Allergy medicine
Thyroid disorders
Hypertension
Cancer screening
Non-opioid and opioid pain management
Lower back pain
Whatever your specialty, you can rely on
General Internal Medicine for Specialists
for practical updates that ensure a working knowledge of current internal medicine practices and a familiarity with critical advances across a broad range of specialties. This program is designed to meet the needs of the full range of specialists, provide focused updates, and cover a vast amount of information efficiently and effectively, including:
Current guidelines and management strategies for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, lipid disorders, hypertension, chronic lung disease, sleep disturbances, cognitive decline, chronic pain
Strategies for assessing and managing interacting comorbidities
Potential adverse interactions between medications you prescribe and those prescribed by others
Focused examination techniques: basic orthopedics and the neurologic examination
Up-to-date interventional therapies in cardiology, rheumatology, gastroenterology, neurology, dermatology and more
Inter-specialty clinical decision-making
The most current evidence-based screening and prevention practices
Breakthrough innovations with proven patient benefit