Internal Medicine for Primary Care: Bariatrics/Cardio/Nephro/Pain - Washington (Aug 06 - 09, 2020)

Following the restrictions amended due to COVID-19, The Internal Medicine for Primary Care: Bariatrics/Cardio/Nephro/Pain has been canceled. 

Internal Medicine for Primary Care: Bariatrics/Cardio/Nephro/Pain is organized by Medical Education Resources (MER) and will be held from Aug 06 - 09, 2020 at Mandarin Oriental, Washington D.C., Washington, Dist of Col, United States of America. 

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

Accreditation:
Physician Accreditation
Medical Education Resources is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation
Medical Education Resources designates this live activity for a maximum of 16 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC Recognition
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 16 (part II) MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

American Academy of Family Physicians
This Live activity, Internal Medicine for Primary Care, with a beginning date of August 6, 2020 has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 16 Prescribed credits by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Osteopathic Association
These programs are approved for 16 hours in Category 2-A by the American
Osteopathic Association.

American College of Emergency Physicians
This program is approved by the American College of Emergency Physicians for a maximum of 16 hours of ACEP Category I credit.

Canadian Physicians
The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) has a reciprocal credit agreement with the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) for activities which offer Prescribed credit. CFPC members who complete these conferences may claim the equivalent number of MainproM1 credits.

American Academy of Physician Assistants
AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for Category I credit from AOACCME, Prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 16 hours of Category I credit for completing this program.

Nursing Accreditation
Medical Education Resources is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This CE activity provides 16 contact hours of continuing nursing education. This activity is designated for X.X ANCC pharmacotherapeutic contact hours. The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) Certification Board recognizes and accepts continuing education (CE) contact hours from activities approved by AMA, ACCME, ANCC, AANP, AAFP and AACN. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 12299, for 16 contact hours.

Pharmacy Accreditation
Medical Education Resources (MER) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. MER designates this continuing education activity for 16 contact hours (1.6 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. 

Topics may Include:
• Addiction Medicine
• Allergy & Immunology
• Bariatrics
• Cardiology
• Dermatology
• Ear, Nose & Throat
• Endocrinology
• Emergency Medicine
• Gastroenterology
• Geriatrics
• Gynecology
• Infectious Diseases
• Medicolegal
• Men’s Urology
• Neck & Spine
• Nephrology
• Neurology
• Obstetrics
• Oncology
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopedics
• Pain
• Palliative Care
• Podiatry
• Psychiatry
• Pulmonology
• Radiology
• Rheumatology
• Sports Medicine
• Toxicology
• Vascular Medicine

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this program, participants should be better able to:
• Describe medications, manual therapies, injections as well as psychological and other approaches to pain management
• Discuss obesity treatment including both surgical and non-surgical options
• Describe the approach to patient management after bariatric surgery
• Describe current diagnostic approaches to hypertension, congestive heart failure,
arrhythmias, and CAD
• Implement treatment strategies reflective of current evidence based medicine for
hypertension, congestive heart failure, arrhythmias, and CAD
• List steps to diagnose and treat bone disease and its cardiovascular consequences in CKD
• Identify herbal preparations with the potential to cause nephrotoxicity
• Describe treatment options for hematuria and glomerulonephritis