Topics in Family Medicine (Jun 02 - 09, 2018)

Topics in Family Medicine is organized by Continuing Education, Inc and will be held during June 02 - 09, 2018 at 7-Night Eastern Caribbean Cruise Conference Round-trip Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America.

The target audience for this medical event is Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

Program Purpose / Objectives :
The purpose of this CME activity is to review and discuss common general medical conditions and to provide guidelines for their management and prevention.

Topics have been chosen to benefit the family physician, general internist and Advance Practice Professionals in an ambulatory care setting.

Topics :
Hypertension Update 2018
• Discuss current guidelines regarding hypertension treatment goals
• Review new clinical trials that have influenced guidelines and expert opinion
Hypertension in African Americans
• To understand the prevalence of hypertension in African Americans
• To review social determinants of health which impact on effective treatment in this population
Hypertension Urgencies and Emergencies: Case Studies
• To define hypertension urgencies and emergencies
• To demonstrate treatment approaches to commonly seen problems using a case-based approach
Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Primer for Primary Care Clinicians
• Review the role of the primary care clinician in the co-management of rheumatoid arthritis
• Describe the role of disease-modifying drugs (DMARDs) on the clinical course of rheumatoid arthritis
Identifying and Managing Low Health Literacy
• Understand which patient groups are at greatest risk for low health literacy
• Appreciate the role that low health literacy plays on health outcomes
• Review a simple intervention to identify the low health literacy patient
Physician Wellness and Resilience: Old Problem, New Urgency
• To define physician wellness and the impact of physician stress on physicians and their patients
• To describe new interventions to help physicians cope with wellness issues.
Isolated Systolic Hypertension and Other Hypertensive Issues in the Elderly
• Define isolated systolic hypertension and its relationship to stroke
• Review evidence for treatment of this condition - which agents and what targets

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.