MER Primary Care Conferences Neurology & Psychiatry for Primary Care Oct 09-11, 2026

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+ Target Audience: Primary Care Physicians, Internists, Family Physicians, Neurologists, Psychiatrists, and Sleep Medicine Specialists

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• Conference Title: Neurology & Psychiatry for Primary Care

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

• Dates: October 9–11, 2026

• Location: San Diego, CA – Hotel del Coronado

Learning Objectives

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

• Perform a neurological exam

• 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

• Discuss the spectrum of sleep disorders and current 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

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

• Describe the differential diagnosis and treatment options for migraine headaches

• Utilize prevention and treatment strategies for cerebrovascular disorders

• Recognize diseases that present with a complaint of dizziness

Target Audience

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

Best for Primary Care Physicians, Internists, Family Physicians, Neurologists, Psychiatrists, and Sleep Medicine Specialists.

Topics

Friday, October 9, 2026

• 7:00 am: Check-In and Breakfast

• 7:30 am – 8:30 am | Neurology – 1: The Neurological Exam

  • Characteristics and objectives of the examination; exam phases; assessing general mental status; long-term predications; examination of infants; demonstration on conducting an exam

• 8:30 am – 9:30 am | Neurology – 1: Alzheimer’s & Other Dementias

  • Definition; statistics; neurological changes of normal aging; pathology; etiological theories; vascular dementias; investigations; social issues; symptomatic treatment; research therapies

• 9:30 am – 9:40 am: Coffee Break

• 9:40 am – 10:40 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

• 10:40 am – 11:40 am | 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

• 11:40 am – 12:40 pm | 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

• 12:40 pm: Session Adjourns

Saturday, October 10, 2026

• 7:00 am: Arrival and Breakfast

• 7:30 am – 8:30 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

• 8:30 am – 9:30 am | Neurology – 1: 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

• 9:30 am – 9:40 am: Coffee Break

• 9:40 am – 10:40 am | Neurology – 1: Sleep Disorders

  • Epidemiology; assessing sleep patterns; causes and treatment of insomnia; causes, evaluation and treatment of sleep apnea; symptoms and treatment of narcolepsy

• 10:40 am – 11:40 am | Neurology – 2: 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 – 2: Headaches & Migraines

  • Basic headache mechanisms; headache history: characteristics, precipitating factors, medical conditions; migraine: common tension, classic, treatment, complicated, cluster, sinus; trigeminal neuralgia; Giant Cell Arteritis; brain tumor; subarachnoid hemorrhage; emergency room treatment

• 12:40 pm: Session Adjourns

Sunday, October 11, 2026

• 7:00 am: Arrival and Breakfast

• 7:30 am – 8:30 am | Neurology – 2: Cerebrovascular Disorders

  • Epidemiology; identifying the high-risk patient; treatment effects; transient neurological deficit: carotid, vertebrobasilar; non-specific cerebral symptoms; migraines vs. TIA; treatment options

• 8:30 am – 9:30 am | Neurology – 2: Dizziness & Vertigo

  • Definition of terms; concepts; physiologic mechanisms; medical, neurological and laboratory evaluation of the patient; diseases that present with a complaint of dizziness; acute paroxysmal vertigo; acute positional vertigo; Meniere’s disease; acoustic neuroma; cerebellar hemorrhage, etc.

• 9:30 am: Conference Adjourns