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October 16 - 18, 2024
Hotel Nikko • San Francisco, CA
Course# MDM25M04 - Department: Medicine

Overview

Primary Care is the essential core of modern medical practice.  Increasingly difficult management decisions must be made in diverse ambulatory environments and via telemedicine.  Primary care clinicians continue to do it all: preventive medicine, reduction of cardiovascular risk factors, acute clinical problems, chronic disease management, women's health, behavioral medicine, geriatrics, and much more.  Effective practice requires understanding the optimal use of new diagnostic tests and new medications. Health disparities and the care of vulnerable patients are a central part of our daily practice as we try to maximize quality, safety, equity, and value. Close collaboration with other specialists, inpatient colleagues, and diverse teams of health professionals is essential for the care of our complex patients.

This course, UCSF’s most comprehensive course in primary care, will present a comprehensive review of new developments in outpatient medicine, controversies in primary care practice, and updates from diverse clinical specialties that impact primary care. The course will focus on the skills and strategies needed in day-to-day office practice. The curriculum will feature in-depth discussion of challenging cases in preventive medicine, common problems in ambulatory care, and a broad selection of acute and chronic illnesses. The course will utilize formal lectures, case discussions, an audience response system, questions and answers, a detailed syllabus, and on-demand access to course recordings. Ample time will be reserved for interprofessional discussion of challenging cases.  Remote learning opportunities will also be available.

The 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.

Target Audience
This course, chaired by Dr. Robert B. Baron and taught by UCSF’s best teachers, is designed for practicing internists, family practitioners, advance practice providers, and all other health professionals interested in providing high quality primary care.

Onsite and Remote Learning Options:
The course will be offered as a live conference. Registrants have the option to attend in person or to tune in remotely via zoom live stream during programming hours (Pacific Time). Login instructions along with the digital syllabus will be shared with attendees before the meeting. Included in your registration fee is access to the course recordings on demand after the conference and for 30 days after the course. You must tune in to the live conference (in person or remotely) to claim CME.

Objectives

The purpose of this course is to increase competence and improve clinician practice in primary care. We specifically anticipate improvements in skills and strategies to:

• Implement new guidelines in office-based preventive medicine, including new strategies for cancer screening, immunizations, prevention of coronary heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, and STIs;
• Manage common office problems including diabetes, coronary heart disease, chronic kidney disease, asthma, COPD, stroke, TIAs, osteoporosis, liver disease, obesity, LUTS, anxiety and depression, sleep disorders, dementia, allergies, orthopedic complaints, and chronic pain;
• Manage common specialty problems in cardiology, endocrinology, infectious disease, pulmonary medicine, hepatology, nephrology, oncology, geriatrics, neurology, urology, dermatology, gynecology, orthopedics, otolaryngology, allergy and immunology, substance use, bariatrics and public health;
• Diagnose and treat common problems in women's health including cancer prevention, family planning, genitourinary symptoms, and osteoporosis;
• Understand the impact that COVID-19 has had on primary care practice and use best practices to treat patients with COVID-related conditions;
• Understand the impact that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will have on clinical practice;
• Select the best diagnostic tests and enhance value in medical practice;
• Integrate new medications into clinical practice;
• Use best evidence and optimize patient communication and shared-decision making;
• Become 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

Robert B. Baron, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco

Scott R. Bauer, MD, ScM
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Urology

Sam Brondfield, MD, MA
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Chief, Hospital-based Oncology Group

Peter Chin-Hong, MD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease
Associate Dean for Regional Campuses

Stephanie Cohen, MD MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, SF City Clinic
STD Controller, SFDPH 

Rena Fox, MD
Professor of Medicine 

Katherine Gundling, MD
Professor of Medicine 
Division of Allergy and Immunology

Andrew Josephson, MD
Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology
Carmen Castro Franceschi and Gladyne K. Mitchell Neurohospitalist 

Rebecca Jackson, MD
Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences,
and of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital

Leah Karliner, MD, MAS
Professor of Medicine
Director, Center for Aging In Diverse Communities (CADC)

Sarah Kim, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, ZSFG Adult Diabetes Clinic and Adult Weight Management Clinic
Director, UCSF Diabetes Teaching Center 

Sara Murray, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Chief, Division of Clinical Informatics and Digital Transformation
Vice President and Chief AI Officer, UCSF Health

Paul Nadler, MD
Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, UCSF Screening and Acute Care Clinic

Steven Pletcher, MD
Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (OHNS)
Director, Residency Training Program OHNS

Hotel Nikko
222 Mason Street, San Francisco CA 94102
Hotel Phone: 415-394-1111 / Reservations: 800-248-3308
Rates: $279/night
Cutoff Date: September 17, 2024

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