UCSF Advances in Internal Medicine Online CME Course

Stay updated with the latest clinical advances and controversies in internal medicine with our online CME course. Designed for practicing internists, family practitioners, and primary care health professionals, this comprehensive program will enhance your skills in managing common medical conditions, implementing evidence-based guidelines, and recognizing indications for referral.

Course Objectives

Upon completing this course, you will be able to:

• Better manage complex medical conditions such as diabetes, osteoporosis, obstructive lung disease, and obesity
• Implement current evidence and updated guidelines for ischemic heart disease, vaccinations, sexually transmitted infections, contraception, and stroke prevention
• Recognize indications for referral for conditions such as heart failure, cirrhosis, advanced lung disease, allergies, common neurologic diagnoses, and side effects of modern cancer therapy

Learning Objectives

This course aims to increase competence and improve clinician practice in primary care. We anticipate improvements in skills and strategies to:

• Implement new guidelines in office-based preventive medicine, including cancer prevention and screening, immunizations, and prevention of coronary heart disease and stroke
• Manage common and complex office problems, such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, asthma, COPD, TIAs, stroke, diabetes, thyroid disorders, osteoporosis, gout, rheumatoid arthritis, and STIs
• Understand the impact of COVID-19 on primary care practice and use best evidence to treat patients with COVID-related conditions and concerns
• Diagnose and treat common problems in women’s health, including contraception, abnormal uterine bleeding, breast cancer, endometrial cancer, pelvic pain, and vaginitis
• Treat common disorders in dermatology, including skin cancer, eczema, acne, hair loss, chronic urticaria, drug eruptions, skin infections, and disorders of aging skin
• Diagnose and treat common and less common disorders of the lung

Intended Audience

This course is designed for practicing internists, family practitioners, and other primary care health professionals. It is also suitable for hospitalists who wish to stay current on recent developments in internal medicine beyond the inpatient setting.

Topics and Speakers

Explore the latest advances in internal medicine with our expert faculty:

• Advances in Heart Failure – Richard Cheng, MD
• Updates in Electrophysiology for the Generalist – Adam Lee, MBBS
• Advances in Coronary Artery Disease and Interventional Cardiology – Lucas Zier, MD
• When to Worry: Oncologic Emergencies and Complications – Sam Brondfield, MD, MA
• Osteoporosis Treatment: Agents, Monitoring, and Managing Holidays – Anne Schafer, MD
• Deprescribing for Older Adults: Beyond the Obvious – Michael Steinmann, MD
• Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment: A Pandoras Box – Kenneth Lam, MD, MAS
• Health Policy Updates – Beth Griffiths, MD, MPH
• Substance Use Disorders 201: Common Practice Pitfalls and Clinical Pearls – Jessica Ristau, MD
• Year in Review: Primary Care – Jeff Kohlwes, MD, MPH
• Updates in Family Planning – Bimla Schwarz, MD, MSP
• Preoperative Cardiac Evaluation – Hugo Cheng, MD
• Foundational Understanding and Treatment of Obesity – Michelle Guy, MD
• Update in Hospital Medicine – Brad Sharpe, MD
• New Recommendations for Adult Vaccines – Lisa Winston, MD
• Sexually Transmitted Infections: Updates on Testing and Treatment – Ina Park, MD
• COVID-19 Treatment: An Update for Clinicians – Annie Luetkemeyer, MD
• Management of Cirrhosis in Primary Care – Jessica Rubin, MD
• Updates in Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Sara Lewin, MD
• Updates on Diagnosis and Management of Spondyloarthritis – Lianne Gensler, MD
• Care of the Immunocompromised Patient in the Era of COVID – Jonathan Graf, MD
• Management of Gynecologic Symptoms in Cancer Survivors – Mindy Goldman, MD
• Combination Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes: An Update – Robert Rushakoff, MD
• Update on Obstructive Lung Disease – Stephanie Christenson, MD, MAS
• End Stage Lung Disease and Transplantation: What the Generalist Needs to Know – Alyssa Perez, MD
• Neurology Potpourri – Megan Richie, MD
• Update on Food Allergies: You Really Are What You Eat – Katherine Gundling, MD

Date of Original Release: September 15, 2022

Date Credits Expire: September 14, 2025