Topics in Internal Medicine, Primary Care, and Hospital Medicine Course

Topics in Internal Medicine, Primary Care, and Hospital Medicine Course is organized by Continuing Education, Inc. and will be held from Jan 29 - Feb 05, 2023, at Royal Caribbean's Wonder of the Seas, Port Canaveral, Florida, United States of America.

Program Purpose:
Hospital Medicine:
The participants in this educational activity will get significant updates in clinical areas that are vital to the management of adult inpatients, including notable developments from the medical literature. In addition, we will go over essential skills fundamental to the practice of hospital medicine, such as interpreting diagnostic test results and making medical decisions. Thanks to the material, participants will be able to conduct evidence-based medicine based on the most recent research and literature applicable to internal medicine and adjacent specialities.

• Hospital Medicine Literature Highlights - Cardiology, Cancer, Nephrology
- Explain the major updates and recent research related to the current practice of hospital medicine.
• Hospital Medicine Literature Highlights 2 - Infectious Disease, Pulmonary Disease, Rheumatology
- Explain the major updates and recent research related to the practice of modern hospital medicine.
• Tick-Borne Diseases
- Recognize the most important clinical features of tick-borne diseases.
• Test Interpretation and Medical Decision Making
- Interpret the results of medical tests in a scientific way by using Bayes' Theorem-based strategies or the Fagan Nomogram.
• Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism prophylaxis and treatment
- Discuss the causes of acute pancreatitis.
- Discuss the current standards of care for prophylaxis as well as treatment of venous embolisms in hospitalized patients.
• Special Considerations for the Geriatric Patient
- Discuss the most important treatments for patients with the geriatric illness.
• Sepsis and Shock
- Define the current status of treatment and recognition for sepsis according to generally accepted guidelines.
• Peri-operative management
- Manage patients who are perioperative by using proven tools and strategies to maximize outcomes

The goal of these talks is to entertain and encourage participants to participate in the review of the most common clinical issues within primary medicine. In addition to offering guidance on therapeutic and diagnostic methods, the participants are also going to also be challenged to expand their perceptions of care in clinical settings to incorporate concepts for prevention as well as health promotion and to consider their roles as healers, who mould their personal skills, habits and experiences to meet the specific needs of each patient at every single encounter. It is crucial to establish the bond between clinician and patient and also address spiritual and psychosocial concerns as needed will be stressed.

• Health Promotion: Encouraging a Healthy Body, Mind, and Spirit
- Check the patient's present condition of mental, physical and spiritual well-being
- Review the patient's current diet and exercise routines
- Discuss a personalised health-promotion plan for the patient.
• Oh, My Aching Head: Managing Migraine, Tension, and Cluster Headaches
- Define the types of headaches.
Discuss the proper use of brain imaging to evaluate patients suffering from headaches.
- Discuss the proper application of preventive and abortive medication to treat migraine.
• What Goes Up Must Come Down! : Diagnosis and Management of Hypertension
- Define the proper assessment and classification of hypertension.
- Discuss the laboratory testing and imaging required to identify the most common causes of secondary hypertension.
- Explain the main classes of treatment for hypertension and then discuss the type of patient that is most likely to benefit from each class.
• "Get Me Out of Here! ": Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia in the Primary Care Setting
- Identify and evaluate the symptoms of agoraphobia and panic disorder.
- Use appropriate lifestyle modifications and stress management techniques that include breathing control, relaxation thoughts-stopping, and the restructuring of your brain
- Be aware of and control any adverse reactions to anxiolytics.
• Male Sexual Disorders: Treatment of Hypogonadism, Erectile, and Ejaculatory Dysfunction.
- Ask for a full sexual history that is not based on judgment.
- Explain the proper tests using radiologic and laboratory methods for the assessment of male sexual issues
- Discuss the potential effects on, risks, and advantages of testosterone replacement medications and testosterone to enhance the patient's erectile and ejaculatory functions
• Enhancing Clinician-Patient Communication: Becoming a Healer
- Distinguish the technical and biomedical, and clinical aspects of the clinician's job from the psychosocial and personal aspects of care
- Define the attitudes and values required to create a healthy environment.
- Use techniques to establish and maintain a relationship with patients
• The Faith Factor: Practicing Spiritually-Sensitive Care
- Elicit a spiritual history in an ethically-appropriate manner
- Examine the physiologic and psychological, social and lifestyle impact of religious beliefs on health results
- Discuss the variety of possibilities to meet the needs of patients' spiritual.