MER Primary Care Conferences Internal Medicine for Primary Care Derm Gastro Onc Oct 02-04, 2026

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+ Target Audience: Internists, Family Medicine Physicians, Gastroenterologists, Hepatologists, Dermatologists, Medical Oncologists, Hematologists

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Internal Medicine for Primary Care: Dermatology/Gastroenterology/Oncology is an exceptional continuing medical education conference organized by Medical Education Resources (MER). Held at the Holiday Inn Estes Park in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, this clinical update is specifically designed to provide office-based primary care practitioners with pragmatic, evidence-based management strategies across three critical and frequently intersecting clinical disciplines: gastroenterology, dermatology, and oncology. Through structured didactic sessions, diagnostic algorithms, and clinical reviews, participants will explore modern approaches to lower gastrointestinal bleeding, colorectal cancer screening guidelines, celiac disease and malabsorption, hepatitis B and C management, cutaneous clues of systemic diseases, acneiform disorders, skin lesion biopsies, evidence-based cancer prevention, clinical evaluation of suspected malignancy, long-term cancer survivorship care, and primary care management of direct oral anticoagulants.

Learning Objectives

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

• List current treatment recommendations for the management of lower GI bleeding.

• Discuss the guidelines for colonoscopic colorectal cancer screening and surveillance.

• Recommend appropriate testing for the workup of celiac disease.

• List current treatment recommendations for HBV and HCV.

• Identify cutaneous findings that serve as surrogates of internal diseases.

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

• Differentiate benign and malignant skin tumors and employ appropriate interoffice procedures.

• Detect pre-cancerous and cancerous skin lesions.

• Identify clinical practices shown to prevent cancer.

• Discuss the diagnostic approach to the patient with suspected cancer.

• Evaluate and manage risks of the cancer survivor.

• Manage patients on new oral anticoagulants.

Target Audience

This program is targeted to office-based primary care providers and other health professionals with updates in primary care medicine. Best for Internists, Family Medicine Physicians, Gastroenterologists, Hepatologists, Dermatologists, Medical Oncologists, Hematologists, and Surgical Oncologists.

Topics

• Friday, October 2, 2026

  • Gastroenterology: Management of Lower GI Bleeding – From Occult to Massive (The correct use and interpretation of tests for occult blood in the stool will be discussed in relation to lower GI bleeding; focus on the utility of different diagnostic and management approaches to the spectrum of patients presenting with hematochezia)

  • Gastroenterology: Colorectal Cancer Screening and Surveillance (Reviews the most recent recommendations for CRC screening in the general population at average risk for CRC)

  • Gastroenterology: Celiac Disease and Chronic Diarrhea (Millions of Americans are now on a gluten free diet. Only some of them actually have Celiac disease. We will review the workup of diarrhea and malabsorption with a focus on celiac disease; We will discuss how to diagnose celiac disease when a patient is already on a gluten free diet and an appropriate differential diagnosis)

  • Dermatology: Skin Manifestations of Systemic Disease (Skin will often reflect signs of systemic diseases, be useful for diagnosis, or suffer from a complication of disease or its treatment; Diagnosis of rheumatologic, endocrine, gastrointestinal, and psychologic conditions based on cutaneous findings)

  • Dermatology: 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 dermatitis, pseudofolliculitis barbae, rosacea, seborrheic dermatitis; Topical and systemic therapy)

• Saturday, October 3, 2026

  • Dermatology: Benign Skin Tumors (Proper diagnosis and treatment of common benign tumors; Biopsies and histopathologic examination; Nevi, seborrheic keratosis, keloids, hemangiomas and miscellaneous tumors; When to refer)

  • Dermatology: 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)

  • Gastroenterology: Hepatitis B and C Management (HBV screening: whom to screen, whom to vaccinate; management of patients with decompensated hepatitis B related liver disease; treatment in special populations)

  • Oncology: Cancer Prevention (Cancer screening and clinical practices shown to prevent cancer will be reviewed)

  • Oncology: Approach to the Patient with Suspected Cancer (Symptoms, signs and diagnoses that raise the suspicion of cancer will be reviewed, and an approach to evaluating these patients will be presented)

• Sunday, October 4, 2026

  • Oncology: Management of Cancer Survivors (Medical issues related to cancer survivorship and approaches to surveillance for cancer recurrence will be reviewed)

  • Oncology: A Primary Care Review of New Oral Anticoagulants (Mechanisms of action, clinical indications, therapeutic indices, perioperative management and approaches to reversal of new anticoagulant and antiplatelet medications will be reviewed)