American Medical Seminars Family & Internal Medicine A Practical Approach to Common Primary Care Problems 2024

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+ Target Audience: Family Medicine Physicians, Internal Medicine Physicians, Emergency Medicine and Urgent Care Physicians, Hospitalists

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1. Overview

The 2025 Family & Internal Medicine: A Practical Approach to Common Primary Care Problems is a comprehensive, multi-day seminar hosted by American Medical Seminars. This program is specifically designed to provide a practical, evidence-based approach to diagnosing, treating, and managing a wide array of common medical issues frequently encountered in primary care and internal medicine settings. Across the four days, the curriculum bridges multiple disciplines, equipping frontline healthcare providers with the most up-to-date clinical guidelines and therapeutic strategies to enhance patient outcomes, improve care transitions, and manage both medical and psychiatric comorbidities effectively.

2. Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this comprehensive 4-day educational activity, participants should be better able to:

• Cardiovascular & Neurological Management: Develop strategies to assess, risk-stratify, and manage stroke, transient ischemic attacks (TIA), hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and congestive heart failure utilizing current clinical guidelines.

• Perioperative & Transitional Care: Implement consistent cardiovascular risk stratification for non-cardiac surgery and develop effective transition-of-care strategies to reduce preventable hospital readmissions.

• Chronic Disease Management: Accurately evaluate, stage, and formulate treatment plans for complex and chronic conditions such as COPD, obesity, diabetes, anemia, thyroid disease, and dementia.

• Psychiatric & Behavioral Health: Screen for and manage psychiatric comorbidities, including substance use disorders, anxiety, depression, and effectively interact with difficult patients, while also recognizing provider burnout.

• Acute & Office Emergencies: Evaluate and manage common office emergencies (e.g., shortness of breath, abdominal pain, syncope, seizures) and accurately identify clinical signs indicating the urgent need for emergency department transfer.

3. Target Audience

This practical, clinical program is designed for healthcare professionals who provide primary, comprehensive, and urgent care, including:

• Family Medicine Physicians

• Internal Medicine Physicians

• General Practitioners

• Emergency Medicine and Urgent Care Physicians

• Hospitalists

• Nurse Practitioners (NPs)

• Physician Assistants (PAs)

4. Topics

The curriculum covers a highly detailed and robust selection of primary care topics across the 4 days. The detailed topics include:

Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Issues:

• Evaluation and Treatment of Hypertensive Patients: Identifying new blood pressure categories, employing non-pharmacologic and pharmacologic treatments for compelling indications, and formulating therapeutic goals for different patient populations.

• Approach to the Management of Chest Pain: Evaluating history, physical exams, and EKG findings. Strategizing the use of cardiac biomarkers for Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) and applying recent research guidelines.

• Diagnosis and Management of Heart Failure: Evaluating symptoms, detecting causes of systolic heart failure, employing standard-of-care therapies, and applying the ACCF/AHA Guidelines (including determining when to refer for device therapy).

• Cardiac Issues in Peri-Operative Risk Assessment: Maximizing cardiovascular outcomes and managing comorbidities (valvular heart disease, tobacco use, hyperlipidemia) for patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery.

• Practical Approach to the Patient with Hyperlipidemia: Applying current NCEP guidelines, incorporating new medications, and targeting new cholesterol endpoints.

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Evaluating diagnostic criteria, analyzing the role of smoking, staging COPD, formulating treatment plans, and monitoring therapeutic efficacy.

Neurology & Endocrinology:

• Approach to the Management of Stroke: Assessing common presentations of stroke/TIA, utilizing initial treatment strategies, risk stratification, and developing secondary prevention plans.

• Diagnosis and Treatment of Recurrent Headaches: Differentiating symptoms of migraine, tension, and cluster headaches. Comparing initial therapies, prophylactic regimens, supportive lifestyle changes, and pharmacologic options for acute pain.

• Practical Approach to Thyroid Disease: Assessing the role of screening TSH, managing hypothyroidism/elevated TSH, and utilizing a cost-effective approach to diagnosing thyroid nodules.

• Practical Approach to the Patient with Diabetes: Reviewing management protocols, determining risk for long-term complications, and applying current therapeutic guidelines.

General Internal Medicine & Geriatrics:

• Anemia – A Finding, Not Yet a Diagnosis: Distinguishing etiologies for common anemias, constructing diagnostic evaluations, developing therapeutic options, and formulating follow-up assessments.

• Practical Approach to the Patient with Obesity: Reviewing popular marketed diets, exploring the basic physiology of obesity, understanding the unique needs of obese patients, and managing anti-obesity medications.

• Practical Approach to the Outpatient with Dementia: Screening for dementia, managing polypharmacy and drug-drug interactions, and developing long-term, cost-effective follow-up and referral processes.

• Strategies to Address Preventable Hospital Readmissions: Identifying risk factors, utilizing evidence-based stratification tools, and developing proactive transition-of-care strategies.

• Common Office Emergencies: Evaluating and treating shortness of breath, abdominal pain, syncope, seizures, endocrine crises, and trauma in the primary care office.

Psychiatry & Behavioral Health:

• Substance Use Disorders: Evaluating risk factors, utilizing screening tools for addiction, reviewing medical and psychiatric consequences, and applying biological and psychosocial treatments.

• Anxiety Disorders: Reviewing the impact of anxiety and comparing diagnostic criteria for panic disorder, agoraphobia, generalized anxiety disorder, and social anxiety disorder, alongside treatment options.

• Depression: Reviewing signs and symptoms across the lifespan and considering both pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment options.

• Dealing with Difficult Patients: Recognizing why patients and family members may be difficult, implementing response techniques, and evaluating how medical/psychiatric illnesses affect behavior.

• Provider Wellness: Identifying and defining stress, differentiating and treating PTSD vs. Burnout, and addressing the ongoing effects of COVID-19 on physician well-being.