Primary Care Update: Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine 2023

Primary Care Update: Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine 2023 is organized by MCE Conferences, Inc. and will be held from Mar 05 - 07, 2023 at SpringHill Suites by Marriott Springdale Zion National Park, Springdale, Utah, United States of America.

Overview:
This conference is designed to provide primary care clinicians with up-to-date, evidence-based information on commonly encountered issues in Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine, while suggesting pragmatic approaches to clinical management. The discussion-based format of the conference will encourage audience participation through dynamic lectures, case-based studies, and hands-on workshops. Keynote speakers will present and critically assess recent advancements and industry updates in Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine with the goal of enhancing the knowledge-base and core competence of attendees. The successful completion of this interactive program diagnosing, treating, and prescribing the most effective courses of treatment, with the ultimate goal of improving patient outcomes.

Topics and Objectives:
Internal Medicine:
Practical Approach to the Patient with Hypertension:
Objectives: 
1) Apply the current JNC recommendations for the treatment of hypertension 
2) Develop a rational approach to choosing medications for treating hypertension 
3) Decide when and how to evaluate for secondary hypertension

A Clinical Approach to the Management of Hypothyroidism, the Elevated TSH, and the Patient with a Thyroid Nodule
Objectives: 
1) Appreciate the role of screening TSH and what to do with the results 
2) Develop a reasonable and cost-effective approach to diagnosing the thyroid nodule 
3) Discuss the management of hypothyroidism

Practical Approach to the Patient with Headache:
Objectives: 
1) Review the differential diagnosis of a patient presenting with a headache complaint 
2) Confidently evaluate the patient with a headache and appreciate the indications for imaging 
3) Develop a treatment plan that considers lifestyle changes, as well as medication

Practical Approach to the Patient with Hyperlipidemia:
Objectives: 
1) Apply the current guidelines 
2) Develop a practical approach for considering the new medications available 
3) Consider the new targets developed for cholesterol end point

Practical Approach to the Patient with Potential DVT:
Objectives: 
1) Obtain an appropriate medical history to better identify the patients at risk 
2) More confidently evaluate and assess the patient suspected of having DVT 
3) Confidently manage patients with the confirmed diagnosis of DVT

Approach to the Management of Chest Pain:
Objectives: 
1) Evaluate the complaint in the context of history, physical exam, and EKG findings 
2) Develop a strategy to use cardiac biomarkers in the evaluation of ACS 
3) Use recent research studies and guidelines to develop an approach to the patient with chest pain

Emergency Medicine:
Deadly Abdominal Disasters:
Objective: 
1) Describe subtle presentations of abdominal emergencies?
2) Underline important history and physical exam findings in abdominal emergencies?
3) Illustrate the diagnostic challenges in the elderly with abdominal pain

Subtle ECG Findings You Can’t Miss!
Objectives: 
1) Discuss typical and atypical ECG findings for ACS 
2) Discuss other ECG diagnoses?that need further workup or referral to the ED

Nightmare ENT Emergencies
Objectives: 
1) Discuss worrisome causes of sore throat that may present to a clinic 
2) Discuss updates in the management of epistaxis 
3) Discuss when to worry about dental infections

My Masterclass: Endocrine Emergencies:
Objectives: 
1) Describe atypical presentations of diabetes mellitus 
2) Illustrate diagnostic challenges of thyrotoxicosis and myxedema?
3) Discuss adrenal insufficiency and its management

Playing the Numbers Game: Hypertensive Emergencies:
Objectives: 
1) Differentiate between a hypertensive emergency and asymptomatic?hypertension 
2) Discuss the dangers of acute management of asymptomatic hypertension?
3)?Identify which patients need emergent referral

Syncope Killers You Need to Know!
Objectives: 
1) Identify emergent conditions that can present with syncope?
2) Recognize ECG findings for syncope that warrant ED referral?
3) Discuss the utility of orthostatic vital signs in syncope.