Internal Medicine for Primary Care: Addiction/Derm/Gyn/Pulm

Internal Medicine for Primary Care: Addiction/Derm/Gyn/Pulm is organized by Medical Education Resources (MER) and will be held from Dec 26 - 30, 2021 at Disney's Yacht & Beach Club Resorts, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, 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

Topics:
• Addiction Medicine
• Allergy & Immunology
• Bariatrics
• Cardiology
• Dermatology
• Ear, Nose & Throat
• Endocrinology
• Emergency Medicine
• Gastroenterology
• Geriatrics
• Gynecology
• Infectious Diseases
• 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:
• Discriminate the diagnostic principles and treatment options for dermatitis, as well as viral, and bacterial infections
• Differentiate benign and malignant skin tumors and employ appropriate interoffice procedures
• Describe the management and treatment of abnormal pap smears, uterine bleeding, and HPV
• Discuss the current evidence and recommendations regarding breast cancer screening
• Explain the process of menopausal transition (climacteric) and describe the potential risks/benefits of HRT option, especially in relation to breast cancer and cardiovascular disease
• Describe strategies for identifying and treating substance use disorders
• Discuss options for patients with chronic pain addictions
• Design treatment strategies reflective of current evidence based medicine for asthma, COPD and common respiratory infections
• Discuss systemic consequences and counseling strategies, as well as available treatment options for sleep apnea, deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism
• Perform a range of pulmonary diagnostics and be better prepared to handle pulmonary nodules and lung cancer

Learning Outcome:
To provide updates in primary care medicine to office based providers