The “UCSF Hot Topics in Primary Care Medicine” program offers an extensive collection of lectures and discussions aimed at primary care clinicians. This CME program covers various topics and provides updates on current practices and guidelines in outpatient medicine. Here’s a summary of the program:
Course Objectives:
Upon completing the program, participants should be able to:
Implement new guidelines in office-based preventive medicine, including strategies for cancer screening, immunizations, prevention of coronary heart disease, and stroke.
Manage common office problems, including various medical conditions such as high blood cholesterol, coronary heart disease, asthma, COPD, gout, stroke, sexually transmitted infections, diabetes, hearing loss, sinusitis, and substance abuse.
Manage common specialty problems in areas like neurology, cardiology, endocrinology, infectious disease, dermatology, allergy and immunology, otolaryngology, orthopedics and sports medicine, gynecology, psychiatry, nutrition, hospital medicine, perioperative care, geriatrics, and palliative care.
Diagnose and treat common problems in women’s health, including cervical, breast, and ovarian cancer, routine pelvic exams, contraception, and osteoporosis.
Select the best diagnostic tests and enhance the value of medical practice.
Use evidence-based practices and optimize patient communication and shared decision-making.
Become better advocates for health with a deeper understanding of health disparities and the role of primary care clinicians in providing equitable, patient-centered care.
Intended Audience:
This program is designed for practicing internists, family practitioners, and all other healthcare professionals interested in delivering high-quality primary care. It provides a comprehensive review of recent developments in outpatient medicine.
Topics and Speakers:
The program covers a wide range of topics in primary care medicine, with lectures from expert speakers. Some of the topics and speakers include:
Preventive Medicine: This section includes discussions on vaccination, breast cancer screening, cancer screening recommendations, and cervical cancer screening.
Clinical Strategies in Primary Care: These sessions cover various aspects of primary care, including lipid disorders, safer opiate prescribing, otolaryngology, nutrition, exercise, perioperative medicine, contraception, and hospital medicine.
Clinical Strategies in Primary Care II: Topics in this section include sexually transmitted diseases, gout, and palliative care.
Clinical Strategies in Primary Care III: These sessions focus on asthma, COPD, sports medicine, chest imaging, and allergy and immunology.
Clinical Strategies in Primary Care IV: Discussions on depression in primary care, interventional cardiology, and osteoporosis.
Course Details:
Date of Original Release: January 15, 2020
Date Credits Expire: January 14, 2023
