MER Primary Care Conferences Internal Medicine for Primary Care Gyn Neuro Pulm Oct 06-08, 2026

Description

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+ Target Audience: Internists, Primary Care Physicians, Family Physicians, Gynecologists, Obstetricians and Gynecologists (OB-GYNs), Pulmonologists, and Neurologists

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+ Information:

• Conference Title: Internal Medicine for Primary Care: Gynecology/Neurology/Pulmonology

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

• Dates: October 6–8, 2026

• Location: Las Vegas, NV – The Cosmopolitan

Learning Objectives

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

• Identify evidence-based tools to determine best practices in incorporating all necessary elements in the annual women’s health visit

• Assess and manage abnormal uterine bleeding

• Discuss the current evidence and recommendations regarding breast cancer screening

• Discuss menopausal transition and the risks/benefits of treatment options

• Diagnose and manage patients with asthma

• Design treatment strategies reflective of current evidence-based medicine for common respiratory infections

• Describe the current therapeutic management of COPD

• Discuss diagnosis and screening strategies as well as treatment plans for lung nodules and lung cancer

• Utilize history and physical examination to distinguish weakness from non-specific symptoms

• Discuss evidence-based management options for Alzheimer’s disease

• Evaluate weakness and recognize cardinal features of Parkinson’s disease as well as other movement disorders

• Describe the differential diagnosis and treatment options for migraine headaches

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, Gynecologists, Obstetricians and Gynecologists (OB-GYNs), Pulmonologists, and Neurologists.

Topics

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

• 7:00 am: Check-In and Breakfast

• 7:30 am – 8:30 am | Gynecology: Annual Exam for Women

  • Best practices in offering annual pelvic examinations in asymptomatic non-pregnant women; Determination of who should be offered a clinical breast exam as a routine part of the annual women’s health exam; The principal elements of the annual women’s health visit: screening, vaccinations, evaluation of health risks and needs, counseling; Evidence-based tools to guide components of the annual women’s health visit based on age and health needs

• 8:30 am – 9:30 am | Gynecology: Abnormal Uterine Bleeding

  • Overview of normal/abnormal menstrual physiology/profile; Menstrual disturbances; Ovulatory and anovulatory uterine bleeding; Other menstrual abnormalities; Diagnosis and appropriate treatment options

• 9:30 am – 9:40 am: Coffee Break

• 9:40 am – 10:40 am | Gynecology: Breast Cancer Screening and Risk Assessment

  • Comparison of recent breast cancer screening recommendations from U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, ACOG/ACS/NCCN, including a discussion of risks and benefits of screening at various ages; Review of the new USPSTF guideline on BRCA-related cancer: risk assessment, genetic counseling, and genetic testing, including risk assessment tools for women with a personal or family history of breast, ovarian and related cancers

• 10:40 am – 11:40 am | Pulmonology: Asthma

  • The medical impact of asthma; fundamental role of inflammation, with possible scarring and irreversible loss of lung function; practical points of diagnosis; goal setting management based on levels of severity; risk factors for mortality and treatment in the acute setting; management options for the difficult to control asthmatic patient

• 11:40 am – 12:40 pm | Pulmonology: Controversies in the Treatment of Common Respiratory Infections

  • Acute and chronic bronchitis; pneumonia (community versus hospital-acquired); role of the Pneumonia Severity Index score in determining indication for hospitalization; cost-effective use of antibiotics; clinical significance of drug resistance; guidelines for management

• 12:40 pm: Session Adjourns

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

• 7:00 am: Arrival and Breakfast

• 7:30 am – 8:30 am | Pulmonology: COPD

  • Definition; pathophysiology; early detection and intervention; risk reduction; management update including new modalities (including lung volume reduction surgery) and the role of inhaled corticosteroids and domiciliary oxygen

• 8:30 am – 9:30 am | Pulmonology: Lung Cancer Screening & Pulmonary Nodules

  • Appropriate use of the new lung cancer screening recommendations; Fleischner Society guidelines and American College of Chest Physician Lung Cancer guidelines; approach to definitive evaluation and management strategies

• 9:30 am – 9:40 am: Coffee Break

• 9:40 am – 10:40 am | Gynecology: Menopause Transition and Hormone Replacement Therapy

  • Symptoms of menopause, including hot flashes, night sweats, and atrophy; Menopause syndromes, including osteoporosis, breast cancer, cardiac disease, and colon cancer; Estrogen analogs; Counseling patients in options and alternatives to hormone therapy; Designer estrogens; SERMS; HRTs; Discussion of risks and benefits, especially in breast cancer and CHD

• 10:40 am – 11:40 am | Neurology: Evaluating Weakness

  • Using the history and physical examination to distinguish weakness from non-specific symptoms; characteristics of neurological diseases that produce weakness; presentations of representative diseases of the nervous system

• 11:40 am – 12:40 pm | Neurology: Alzheimer’s & Other Dementias

  • Review changes in cognition with normal aging; Behavioral changes that may precede early dementia; Screening tools for dementia; Characteristics of different dementia syndromes; Risks and benefits for treatment of Alzheimer Disease; Risk factors and causes of delirium, and how to reduce them; How to suspect and identify delirium; Management of the symptoms of delirium; Distinguishing delirium from dementia

• 12:40 pm: Session Adjourns

Thursday, October 8, 2026

• 7:00 am: Arrival and Breakfast

• 7:30 am – 8:30 am | Neurology: Parkinson’s Disease & Other Movement Disorders

  • Epidemiology; cardinal features; secondary features; pathology; neurochemistry; differential diagnosis; treatment; complication; other movement disorders; neuroleptic-induced movement disorders; chorea

• 8:30 am – 9:30 am | Neurology: Migraine Headaches

  • Diagnosis based on headache history; Classification and pathophysiology of migraine; Acute migraine treatment; Prophylaxis for recurrent migraine attacks; Chronic migraine, tension-type headaches, and cluster headaches; Trigeminal Neuralgia

• 9:30 am: Conference Adjourns