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UCSF Primary Care Medicine: Update 2023 (Videos)

Advances in Outpatient Medicine: Updates in Primary Care Practice

This comprehensive course is designed to provide practicing internists, family practitioners, advance practice providers, and other healthcare professionals with the latest developments in outpatient medicine, controversies in primary care, and updated strategies for caring for patients with COVID-19.

Course Objectives

The primary goal of this course is to enhance competence and improve clinician practice in primary care and ambulatory practice. Participants can expect to gain expertise in:

  • Implementing new guidelines in office-based preventive medicine, including cancer prevention and screening, immunizations, and prevention of coronary heart disease and stroke.
  • Managing common and complex office problems, such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, asthma, COPD, TIAs, diabetes, and common infections.
  • Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on primary care practice and using best evidence to treat patients with COVID-related conditions and concerns, including long-covid.
  • Treating common disorders in dermatology, including skin cancer, eczema, acne, hair loss, chronic urticaria, drug eruptions, skin infections, and disorders of aging skin.
  • Diagnosing and treating common and less common disorders of the lung.
  • Mastery of common problems in neurology, including the clinical exam, headaches, back pain, dementia, delirium, and stroke.
  • Treating patients with common mental health disorders, including depression, anxiety, and somatoform disorders.
  • Detecting and managing oncologic emergencies.
  • Understanding and treating obesity, using new medications and staying patient-centered.
  • Selecting the best diagnostic tests and enhancing value in medical practice.
  • Using best evidence and optimizing patient communication and shared-decision making.
  • Becoming a better clinician and advocate with a deeper understanding of health disparities and the central role of primary care clinicians in providing equitable, patient-centered care.

Course Outline

Day Topic Speaker
Sunday, April 2, 2023 Welcome and Overview Robert B. Baron, MD, MS
Covid-19: Where Do We Stand? What Have We Learned? Where are We Going? Peter Chin-Hong, MD
Monday, April 3, 2023 Management of Hypertension and Hyperlipidemia: Practicing Amid Discrepant Guidelines Robert B. Baron, MD, MS
Advances in Prevention and Treatment of Stroke: What Every Primary Care Clinician Should Know Kenneth A. Fox, MD
New Understandings and New Practice Guidelines for Asthma and COPD Lekshmi Santhosh, MD, MA Ed
Sunscreens, Spots and Skin Cancer Lindy P. Fox, MD
Tuesday, April 4, 2023 Pulmonary Potpourri: Common and Uncommon Primary Care Pulmonary Issues Lekshmi Santhosh, MD, MA Ed
Managing Depression and Suicidality in Primary Care Emma Samelson-Jones, MD
Modern Management of Back Pain John W. Engstrom, MD
Drug Eruptions: When to Worry Lindy P. Fox, MD
Wednesday, April 5, 2023 Initial Management of Common Cancers Sam Brondfield, MD, MA
Best Practices for Diagnosis and Treatment of Headache John W. Engstrom, MD
Understanding and Treating Post-Covid Conditions Lekshmi Santhosh, MD, MA Ed
Diagnosing and Treating Insomnia in Primary Care Emma Samelson-Jones, MD
Thursday, April 6, 2023 Understanding Novel Cancer Treatments: Principles, Effects, and Side Effects Sam Brondfield, MD, MA
Common Clinical Dilemmas in Infectious Diseases Peter Chin-Hong, MD
Mastering the High Yield Neurological Exam John W. Engstrom, MD
Type 2 Diabetes in 2023: Using New Medications and Staying Patient-Centered Robert B. Baron, MD, MS
Friday, April 7, 2023 The 15 Minute Hour: Medications and Psychotherapy for Managing Anxiety in Primary Care Emma Samelson-Jones, MD
Delirium and Dementia: A Neurologist’s Approach John W. Engstrom, MD
Office Assessment and Treatment of Obesity: Diets, Drugs, and Surgery Robert B. Baron, MD, MS
Common Dermatologic Disorders: Tips for Diagnosis and Management Lindy P. Fox, MD

This course is presented by the UCSF Division of General Internal Medicine of the Department of Medicine and is sponsored by the Office of Continuing Medical Education, University of California, San Francisco.

Register now to stay up-to-date on the latest developments in outpatient medicine and improve your skills in primary care practice.

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