MER Primary Care Conferences Internal Medicine for Primary Care Gastro Medicolegal Pain Psych Oct 08-11, 2026

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+ Target Audience: Internists, Primary Care Physicians, Family Physicians, Pain Management Specialists, Psychiatrists, Gastroenterologists, and Hepatologists

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• Conference Title: Internal Medicine for Primary Care: Gastroenterology/Medicolegal/Pain Management/Psychiatry

• Organizer: Medical Education Resources (MER) – A Non-Profit Organization

• Dates: October 8–11, 2026

• Location: Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands – The Westin Grand Cayman Seven Mile Beach Resort & Spa

Learning Objectives

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

• Develop strategies for mitigating risky malpractice situations in practice

• Describe how informed consent and shared decision making reduces risk for the provider

• Identify adequate documentation samples that reduce risk to the provider

• Examine the roles of cognitive biases, communication breakdowns, and system pressures in contributing to medical gaslighting experiences

• Design non-opioid pain management strategies

• Compare the benefits and side effect profiles of pharmacologic treatment options for fibromyalgia

• Discuss some of the controversies surrounding pain management

• Design opioid pain management strategies

• Compare the benefits and side effect profiles of pharmacologic treatment options for ADHD

• Discuss mood stabilizing psychosocial and pharmacologic treatments of bipolar disorder as well as frequent co-morbid psychiatric disorders

• Review current evidence for the treatment of anxiety disorders

• Describe strategies for identifying and treating substance use disorders

• 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

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, Primary Care Physicians, Family Physicians, Pain Management Specialists, Psychiatrists, Gastroenterologists, and Hepatologists.

Topics

Thursday, October 8, 2026

• 7:00 am: Check-In and Breakfast

• 7:30 am – 8:30 am | Risk Management: The Anatomy of Medical Malpractice

  • Identify the key elements of a malpractice claim in the practice setting; Assess the risk of malpractice in common and unusual situations; Identify risk management strategies for preventing claims

• 8:30 am – 9:30 am | Risk Management: Risky Business: Consent and Communication

  • Describe the necessary elements of an informed consent process; Discover why the shared decision making process represents and opportunity rather than an obligation for the provider; Discuss the importance of early disclosure of unanticipated outcomes; Learn methods to disclose and reconcile events with patients, families and providers

• 9:30 am – 9:40 am: Coffee Break

• 9:40 am – 10:40 am | Risk Management: Documentation: Effective Strategies and Pitfalls

  • Articulate major patient safety and lawsuit risk areas abetted by the quality of documentation; Discuss what is considered adequate documentation in a given clinical encounter; Anticipate when more thorough documentation and direct communication with other providers may reduce adverse outcomes; Describe clinical situations where documentation may enhance shared decision making to improve patient safety

• 10:40 am – 11:40 am | Pain: Non-Opioid Pharmacologic Options in Pain Management

  • NSAID’s; Acetaminophen; Topicals; Injections; Antidepressants; Anticonvulsants; Medical marijuana

• 11:40 am – 12:40 pm | Pain: Fibromyalgia

  • Differential diagnosis and treatment of this difficult-to-manage pain syndrome; Treatment options of anti-epileptics and SNRI’s

• 12:40 pm: Session Adjourns

Friday, October 9, 2026

• 7:00 am: Arrival and Breakfast

• 7:30 am – 8:30 am | Pain: Controversies in Pain Management

  • Urine drug testing, cannabinoids

• 8:30 am – 9:30 am | Pain: Opioid Pharmacologic Options in Pain Management

  • Overall safety and efficacy; Selecting and monitoring patients; Pain contracts; Regulatory issues; Urine drug testing

• 9:30 am – 9:40 am: Coffee Break

• 9:40 am – 10:40 am | Risk Management: Medical Gaslighting: What It Is and How to Avoid It

  • Medical gaslighting is recognized as a serious patient safety concern. The term describes situations in which a patient’s symptoms, concerns, or lived experience are minimized, dismissed, or misattributed by a clinician-often unintentionally. The impact can be significant: delays in diagnosis, erosion of trust, and preventable adverse outcomes. This discussion will explore how cognitive biases, communication breakdowns, and system pressures contribute to these experiences.

• 10:40 am – 11:40 am | Psychiatry: The Complexity of Adult ADHD

  • ADHD in adults with an emphasis on symptom identification; Co-occurring conditions; Psychiatric and medical differential diagnosis; evidence-based and FDA approved pharmacological treatments

• 11:40 am – 12:40 pm | Psychiatry: Bipolar Spectrum Disorders

  • Bipolar spectrum disorders in adults as compared to youth; Comprehensive history-taking; Differential diagnosis; Co-occurring psychiatric and medical conditions; Phase specific treatment considerations and interventions

• 12:40 pm: Session Adjourns

Saturday, October 10, 2026

• 7:00 am: Arrival and Breakfast

• 7:30 am – 8:30 am | Psychiatry: Anxiety Disorders

  • The nature of anxiety; Generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder; etiology and diagnosis; Co-occurring conditions; Treatment options for these disabling conditions

• 8:30 am – 9:30 am | Psychiatry: Substance Use Disorders

  • Substance abuse history-taking to encourage patient honesty; Accurate diagnosis; Use of screening tools; Brief intervention; Recovery and treatment options; Motivational interviewing; Family symptoms and codependency

• 9:30 am – 9:40 am: Coffee Break

• 9:40 am – 10:40 am | 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 approached to the spectrum of patients presenting with hematochezia

• 10:40 am – 11:40 am | Gastroenterology: Colorectal Cancer Screening and Surveillance

  • Reviews the most recent recommendations for CRC screening in the general population at average risk for CRC.

• 11:40 am: Session Adjourns

Sunday, October 11, 2026

• 7:00 am: Arrival and Breakfast

• 7:30 am – 8:30 am | 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

• 8:30 am – 9:30 am | 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

• 9:30 am: Conference Adjourns