MER Primary Care Conferences Endocrinology for Primary Care May 15-17, 2026

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+ Target Audience: primary care physicians, endocrinologists

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1. Overview

The “Endocrinology for Primary Care” conference is organized by Medical Education Resources (MER), a non-profit organization. The event is scheduled to take place from May 15-17, 2026, at the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego, CA.

2. Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this program, participants should be better able to:

• Develop patient-specific treatment plans for the management of type 2 diabetes.

• Diagnose and tailor treatment strategies for type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

• Identify the risks and benefits of utilizing bisphosphonates in the treatment of osteoporosis.

• Discuss options to help patients with prediabetes prevent developing type 2 diabetes.

• Discuss current diagnostic criteria and treatment approaches to disorders of calcium metabolism.

• Describe the pathophysiology surrounding obesity and the risks and benefits of the various weight management options.

• Review the diagnostic criteria and therapeutic approaches to osteoporosis and other calcium related disorders.

• Utilize case-based learning to develop treatment plans for calcium disorders.

• Identify the risks of abnormal thyroid function.

• Describe the diagnostic evaluation of thyroid nodules with a focus on the utilization of ultrasound and cytology.

• Describe treatment options for pituitary disorders.

• List management strategies of adrenal hyper and hypofunction.

3. Target Audience

This program is targeted to office-based primary care providers and other health professionals with updates in primary care medicine.

4. Topics

• Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Diagnosis and treatment; lessons from the DCCT; managing diabetic emergencies; screening; pre-diabetes.

• Insulin Therapy for Diabetes: Treating T2DM with insulin; T1DM.

• Osteoporosis: Review the epidemiology and pathophysiology of osteoporosis along with interpretation of DEXA scans and FRAX risk assessment; up-to-date therapeutic options.

• Disorders of Calcium Metabolism: Review of calcium homeostasis; causes of hypercalcemia; diagnosis and treatment.

• Obesity Management: Diagnosis; etiology; complications; use of appetite suppressant medications; lifestyle modifications; when surgery should be performed.

• Metabolic Bone Disease: Disorders of bone strength caused by abnormalities of minerals, vitamin D, bone mass and structure; The role of calcium and phosphorus; Osteomalacia, Paget’s disease and parathyroid disorders.

• Endocrinology Cases: Calcium Disorders: Challenging case presentations in calcium disorders.

• Utilizing Diabetes Technology for Optimizing Care: Review of the currently available diabetes technologies and how they can be utilized to optimize the care of the person with diabetes; Strategies to access reports for pumps and continuous glucose monitors online; Tools to interpret the findings from these reports.

• Disorders of Thyroid Function: Prevalence, diagnosis and treatment options of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism.

• Thyroid Nodules and Cancer: Diagnosis and treatment.

• Evaluation and Management of Pituitary Disease: Diagnosis and treatment of pituitary disorders.

• Adrenal Disorders in Primary Care: Evaluation and management of adrenal hyper and hypofunction; Endocrine hypertension.