MER Primary Care Conferences Internal Medicine for Primary Care Derm ENT Ophth Mar 20-22, 2026

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+ Target Audience: internists, primary care physicians, dermatologists, ophthalmologists, ENT physicians

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1. Overview

The “Internal Medicine for Primary Care: Dermatology/Ear, Nose & Throat/Ophthalmology” is a primary care conference organized by Medical Education Resources (MER), a non-profit organization. The event will take place from March 20-22, 2026, at the Opal Sol in Clearwater, FL.

2. Learning Objectives

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

• Differentiate between the presentations and causes of atopic, contact (irritant and allergic), and nummular dermatitis.

• Compare the different treatment options for fungal skin infections and nail infections.

• Describe the step-wise approach for the diagnosis and treatment of acne and acneiform eruptions.

• Detect pre-cancerous and cancerous skin lesions.

• Identify when imaging and/or referral to an ENT is necessary for patients presenting with a neck mass.

• Recommend appropriate systemic and/or topical antimicrobial agents for the treatment of sinusitis.

• Review the basic allergic pathways that affect the body, with particular emphasis on the nasal and sinus regions.

• Accurately differentiation between sensorineural and conductive hearing loss.

• Discuss a comprehensive approach to the patient with dry eyes and a red eye seen in primary care.

• Discuss a comprehensive approach to the patient with a red eye.

• Describe ways that eye examination can impact diagnosis, treatment and clinical decision making.

• List treatment options for patients with ophthalmic emergencies, as well as those with circulatory complications.

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

Dermatology

• Dermatitis: Overview of the causes and forms of skin irritants; Contact, atopic, irritant, nummular, seborrheic and exfoliative; Treatment of blistering, oozing, crusting and flaking; Diagnostic principles and management strategies.

• Fungal Infections of the Skin: Dermatophytes, tinea versicolor, candidiasis; Selected deep fungal infections; Onycholysis; Drug induced nail changes; paronychia, koilonychia, nail discolorations, tumors of the nail; Fungal infections diagnosis and management; Overview and comparison of antifungal treatment options.

• Acne and Acneiform Eruptions: Identification of noninflammatory open or closed comedones and inflammatory lesions; Determination of treatment therapies based on acne grading scale; Bacterial folliculitis, drug-induced acne, hidradenitis suppurativa, miliaria, perioral dermatits, pseudofolliculitis barbae, rosacea, seborrheic dermatitis; Topical and systemic therapy.

• Premalignant and Malignant Skin Tumors: Recognition of precursors of malignancies; Excisional and punch biopsies; Actinic keratosis, Bowen’s disease, squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, melanoma and other selected tumors; Risk reduction education.

Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT)

• Evaluation of the Neck Mass: Patients presenting with masses in the neck are challenging and worrisome. The diagnostic and therapeutic process is described. A method for evaluating the mass, guidance on when imaging studies are indicated, and when immediate or routine referral to ENT becomes appropriate is discussed.

• Antimicrobial Therapy in Treating Sinusitis: Symptoms, signs and examination findings helpful in diagnosing sinusitis are outlined. When to use systemic and topical agents as well as emerging resistance to these agents is discussed. Imaging studies and proper referral to specialists is described with clarity.

• Allergic Rhinitis: The lecture will focus on a review of the basic allergic pathways that affect the body. Special emphasis will be given to the nasal and sinus regions, with discussion to include diagnostic testing and modes of treatment, including avoidance, pharmacotherapy and immunotherapy.

• A Primary Care Approach to Sudden Hearing Loss: When a patient presents with sudden hearing loss, accurate differentiation of sensorineural versus conductive loss is essential. Techniques to make that differentiation, testing and treatment strategies will be discussed; Urgent treatment and when to render for audiometric testing and ENT referral will be outlined.

Ophthalmology

• Dry Eye: The role of age, hormone levels and environmental factors in producing dry eyes; Differentiating and understanding triggers of dry eye disease; The ocular role in photophobia and migraine; Overview of treatment options.

• Approach to the Patient with Red Eye: The red eye is one of the primary patient complaints in primary care. Lecture will explore the many facets of this common presentation with attention to the various entities it might represent. Treatment and diagnostic methods for acute conjunctivitis will be the primary focus.

• Ophthalmic Manifestations of Systemic Diseases: In this talk we will explore the variety of ways that examination of the eye can impact the diagnosis, treatment and clinical decision making for patients seen on a daily basis in primary care offices. We will discuss vascular, hematologic, respiratory and autoimmune conditions with attention to the ways in which a patients’ care can be positively influenced by taking into account the information available from visual system analysis and monitoring.

• A Primary Care Primer on Ophthalmic Emergencies: Decreased vision, eye pain, red eye: what is an emergency in ophthalmology? Discussion of evaluation and management of these complaints in a primary care setting.