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+ Include: 81 Videos (.mp4) + 81 Subtitles (.vtt) + 82 PDFs, size: 97.52 GB
+ Target Audience: primary care physicians, physician assistants on chronic disease management and preventive care
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1. Overview
The Harvard Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine 2026 course provides a comprehensive update on a wide range of topics essential for daily primary care practice. The program covers the latest evidence-based guidelines and management strategies for common acute and chronic conditions, preventive medicine, behavioral health, and specialized care considerations.
Course Date: March 16 – 20, 2026
Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine provides comprehensive reviews of the most important recent advances impacting primary care medicine and guidance to incorporate these changes into practice for state-of-the-art care.
The Comprehensive 2026 Primary Care Update
Taught live online by Harvard Medical School’s leading clinical faculty, Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine uses live streaming, electronic Q&A, and other remote learning technologies.
Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine provides comprehensive reviews of the most important recent advances impacting primary care medicine and guidance to incorporate these changes into practice for state-of-the-art care. Education is practical and results-focused, structured to help you optimize your approach to the wide array of conditions seen in primary care practice.
Our lectures and workshops are designed to provide practical, case-based reviews of physical exam skills, diagnostic techniques, and the latest in disease management. All sessions are taught by nationally and internationally recognized leaders in their respective fields of medicine, and include time for audience Q&A. Speakers customize their key takeaways to our audience of busy Primary Care Practitioners, and they also share high-yield online resources for patient care.
2026 Highlights
This year’s lectures and workshops are fully updated with a focus on the most important clinical challenges affecting the practice of primary care medicine in 2026. Highlights are summarized below.
Optimizing Your Approach to Challenging Conditions
- Treating obesity: pharmacologic and lifestyle medicine interventions
- Chronic kidney disease management and prevention of complications
- Optimal chronic pain management: opioids and non-opioids
- Updated approaches to hypertension and lipid care
- Practical pointers for treating diabetes, including challenging cases
- Congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, and atrial fibrillation
- Updates on respiratory infections and pneumonia
- Menopause management and treatment of osteoporosis
- Treating headaches
- Mental health conditions: depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and ADHD
- Stroke
- Assessing and treating tobacco, alcohol, and opiate addictions
- Sleep disorders: insomnia and sleep apnea
- Pre-op cardiac and pulmonary consultation
- “Can’t-miss” diagnoses
New Treatment Options and Guidelines
- Breakthrough anti-obesity drugs
- Use of diabetes medications in kidney and cardiovascular disease
- Electrolyte cases
- The latest COPD guidelines
- Buprenorphine (without the waiver)
- MASLD (formerly NAFLD) and hepatitis C
- Top primary care articles
- Updates in urology
- Antibiotics in office practice
- Update on thyroid problems
- Common eye problems
- Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses
Screening and Immunizations in 2026
- Update on adult immunizations, including new pneumonia vaccines, the RSV vaccine, and updates to COVID vaccines
- Updates on screening for breast, colorectal, lung, cervical, and prostate cancer
Practice Tips from World-Renowned Experts
- Treatment of insomnia and sleep apnea
- Diagnosis and treatment of cognitive impairment
- Managing anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and ADHD
- Patient information handouts that are relevant to your practice, in English and Spanish
- Resources for PCPs
- Practical tips for billing accurately and working with health insurance companies
Education to Improve Your Physical Exam Skills and Use of Diagnostic Tools
- Evaluating low back pain
- Physical examination of knee pain and hip pain
- Physical examination of the hand, elbow, and shoulder
- Evaluation of peripheral neuropathy
- Dermatology updates
- Optimal use of cardiac imaging
2. Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Provide state-of-the-art care to patients with a wide range of general internal medicine problems
- Support patients with obesity more effectively
- Deliver state-of-the-art care to patients with diabetes
- Apply up-to-date screening recommendations for colon, breast, lung, prostate, and cervical cancer
- Provide equitable care
- Manage chronic kidney disease and complications
- Evaluate and treat GERD, IBS, and MASLD
- Manage chronic pain effectively, with and without opioids
- Use antibiotics appropriately and wisely
- Evaluate and treat patients with coronary artery disease, afib, and congestive heart failure
- Apply improved physical exam skills in practice
- Apply up-to-date recommendations for respiratory infection management in the outpatient setting
- Provide up-to-date care for menopause symptoms
- Support patients with mental health concerns
- Evaluate patients with dizziness and vertigo
- Communicate effectively about end-of-life care with patients
- Discuss lifestyle interventions to support patient wellbeing, and techniques for motivational interviewing
- Discuss disparities in cancer diagnoses and mortality attributable to social factors
3. Target Audience
Best for primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants who want updates on chronic disease management and preventive care.
4. Topics
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01 Headaches Angeliki Vgontzas
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02 Hypertension Aaron Mann
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03 Antibiotics in Office Practice Jacob Johnson
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04 Respiratory Infections Paul Sax
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05 Coronary Artery Disease Aeron Small
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06 Hyperlipidemia Scott Kinlay
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07 Diabetes Update Marie McDonnell
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08 A1 – Challenging Diabetes Cases – Marie McDonnell
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09 A2 – Pelvic Floor Disorders – Milena Weinstein
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10 A3 – Hip Pain – Michael Beasley
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11 A4 – Gynecology Cases in Primary Care – Bevin Kenney
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12 B1 – Cardiac Imaging Cases – Diana Lopez
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13 B2 – Neuropathic Pain Treatment – Paragi Rana
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14 B3 – Motivational Interviewing – Joji Suzuki
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15 B4 – Geriatric Cases – Julia Loewenthal
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16 Dementia Andrew Budson
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17 Resistant Hypertension Naomi Fisher
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18 Colon Cancer Screening Robert Lowe
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19 Breast Cancer Screening Lydia Pace
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20 Hematologic Cases Robert Stern
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21 Top Primary Care Articles Eve Rittenberg
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22 C1 – Thyroid Cases – Sara Ahmadi
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23 C2 – Pre-Operative Cardiac & Pulmonary Consultation – Adam Schaffer
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24 C3 – Anxiety – Joe Tulip
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25 C4 – Climate Change and Human Health – Gregg Furie
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26 D1 – Lyme Disease and Other Tick-Borne Illnesses – Daniel Solomon
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27 D2 – Artificial Intelligence in Primary Care – David Bates
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28 D3 – Knee Pain – Elizabeth Matzkin
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29 D4 – Food and Drug Allergies – David Sloane
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30 E1 – Billing Tips for PCPs – Stuart Pollack
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31 E2 – Science and Practice of Healthy Eating – Katherine McManus, MS, RD, LDN
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32 E3 – Electrolyte Cases – Brad Denker
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33 E4 – Care for Unhoused Patients – Jennifer Brody
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34 Acute Dizziness and Vertigo Kevin Kerber
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35 Atrial Fibrillation Paul Zei
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36 Heart Failure Cases Akshay Desai
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37 Managing MASLD, Acute Hepatitis, and Compensated Cirrhosis Anna Rutherford
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38 Pharmacologic Management of Depression David Kroll
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39 Asthma Nancy Lange-Vaidya
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40 Medical Treatment for Obesity Chioma Tomlinson, PA-C
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41 F1 – Hand and Elbow Problems – Simon Talbot
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42 F2 – Approach to Peripheral Neuropathy – Michael Bowley
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43 F3 – Bipolar Disease and ADHD – Rachel Rosales
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44 F4 – Buprenorphine 101 – Alev Atalay
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45 G1 – Urology Cases – Martin Kathrins
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46 G2 – PrEP and HIV – Ellen Nagami
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47 G3 – Ophthalmology – Mina Farahani
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48 G4 – Stroke Cases – Mariel Kozberg
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49 COPD Craig Hersh
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50 Cervical Cancer Screening Cristina Alexander
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51 Adult Immunization Updates Daniel Solomon
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52 Low Back Pain Dana Kotler
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53 CKD Management John Kevin Tucker
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54 Can’t-Miss Primary Care Cases Maria Yialamas
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55 H1 – Irritable Bowel Syndrome – Molly Perencevich
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56 H2 – Pharmacologic Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder – Salah Alrakawi
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57 H3 – Primary Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Patients – Ole-Petter Hamnvik
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58 H4 – Contraception – Kathryn Fay
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59 I1 – Shoulder Pain – George Dyer
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60 I2 – UTIs – Jacob Lazarus
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61 I3 – Office ENT Problems – Dunia Abdul-Aziz & Alan Workman
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62 I4 – End-of-Life Discussions and Advanced Care Directives – Allyson Goldberg
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63 J1 – STIs – Jana Jarolimova
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64 J2 – Sleep Apnea – Rohit Budhiraja
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65 J3 – Rheumatology Cases – Candace Feldman
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66 J4 – Care of Patients with Intellectual Disabilities – Frances (Kitty) O’Hare
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67 Prostate Cancer Screening and Beyond Marc Garnick
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68 Lung Cancer Screening Samuel Ash
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69 Insomnia Treatment Suzanne Bertisch
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70 Menopause Management Kathryn Corelli
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71 Osteoporosis Sharon Chou
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72 GERD and Peptic Ulcer Disease Navin Kumar
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73 Dermatology Updates Sotonye Imadojemu
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74 K1 – Tobacco, Vaping, and E-Cigarette Cessation – Nancy Rigotti
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75 K2 – Advanced Dermatology Cases – Alexandra Charrow
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76 K3 – Foot and Ankle Pain – Jeremy Smith
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77 K4 – Chronic Pain Management with Opioids – James Morrill
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78 L1 – Lifestyle Medicine for Patients & Their Clinicians – Elizabeth Frates
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79 L2 – Outpatient Approach to DVT and PE – Gregory Piazza
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80 L3 – Travel Medicine – Carolina Geadas
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81 L4 – Adolescent Medicine Cases – Joshua Borus
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