This program, the 59th Annual Internal Medicine Update from the leading clinical faculty of Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, provides comprehensive instruction to ensure clinicians are current with the latest evidence and best practices for:
Cardiovascular Medicine
Pulmonary Medicine
Critical Care
Hematology and Oncology
Mind-Body Medicine
Infectious Diseases
Gastroenterology
Endocrinology
Rheumatology
Nephrology
Travel Medicine
Allergy and Immunology
Immunotherapies and Biologics
Lifestyle Medicine
Women’s Health
Obesity Medicine
Hospital Medicine
Addiction Medicine
Geriatrics
Neurology
Psychiatry
Palliative Care
Dermatology
Pain Medicine
Practical, Results-Focused Education for Ambulatory and Inpatient Settings
Enhance your skills and optimize your patient outcomes by joining Harvard Medical School’s most distinguished faculty—across all relevant fields of Internal Medicine—as they provide updates, best practices and clinical strategies designed to improve day-to-day practice in both ambulatory and inpatient settings.
►Now in its 59th year, this program is among the highest-rated Harvard Medical School CME courses.
Program Highlights:
Highlights of the 2019 program, comprising 80+ high-impact, incisive educational sessions, include:
Comprehensive updates across all areas of Internal Medicine presented by Harvard Medical School’s leading clinical faculty and most distinguished teachers
Specific evidence-based recommendations to incorporate updates into practice for optimized patient care and outcomes
Outcomes-driven strategies to improve diagnosis and management of diseases seen in both ambulatory and inpatient settings
Case-based sessions and daily Q&A sessions with Harvard faculty
Expanded treatment options for:
Cardiovascular disease (including CVD in women)
Obesity (including medical and surgical management)
Diabetes (including new technologies)
Women’s health
COPD, asthma and obstructive sleep apnea
Smoking cessation
IBD, functional bowel disorders, eosinophilic syndromes and upper tract diseases
Vasculitis, SLE, rheumatoid arthritis, and more
The state of the art in:
Coronary artery disease screening
Acute coronary syndrome management
Anticoagulation strategies
Delirium and its management
Thromboembolic disease and its complications
Immunotherapies and biologics
Cancer screening strategies
Practical applications of pharmacology to daily medical practice
Mind-Body Medicine and the evidence behind it
Emerging infections and clinical management of pneumonia
HIV medicine, care of the immunosuppressed host, and skin/soft tissue infections
Management of C. difficile (including new therapies)
Immunization and travel medicine strategies
Diagnostic and treatment strategies for viral hepatitis
Addiction medicine, including safe opioid prescription
Acute kidney injury, acid-base disorders and care of patients with chronic kidney disease
Osteoporosis management and approach to the patient with menopausal symptoms
Diagnosis and management of anxiety and depression
The latest guidelines for:
Breast cancer and GYN cancer screening
Additional cancer screening (including prostate and colon)
Hyperlipidemia and hypertension
Diagnosis and management of sepsis
Rational antibiotic use in the era of rising antimicrobial resistance
A live, interactive New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) Clinicopathologic Conference (CPC) session