Harvard Update in Internal Medicine 2024

Annual Internal Medicine Updates

• Integration of new knowledge into internal medicine practice
• Research findings that influence evaluation and treatment decisions
• Approach to common and uncommon medical disorders
• State-of-the-art care for patients commonly seen in primary care
• Practical application of updated internal medicine concepts
• Clinical reasoning for complex medical presentations
• Improving patient outcomes through evidence-based care

Cancer Screening and Preventive Care

• Updated screening recommendations for breast cancer
• Updated screening recommendations for ovarian cancer
• Updated screening recommendations for lung cancer
• Updated screening recommendations for colon cancer
• Updated screening recommendations for prostate cancer
• Practical preventive care discussions for primary care practice
• Applying screening recommendations to individual patient risk profiles

Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Medicine

• Treating patients with diabetes
• Managing patients at risk for diabetes
• Clinical strategies for cardiometabolic risk reduction
• Lifestyle interventions in the treatment of obesity
• Optimizing the impact of lifestyle interventions
• Patient-centered counseling and behavior change strategies
• Applying obesity and diabetes updates to daily clinical practice

Cardiovascular Disease Prevention

• Developing strategies to prevent atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
• Approaches to treating patients with cardiovascular risk
• Risk assessment and preventive cardiology principles
• Integrating lifestyle, medication, and screening strategies
• Improving long-term outcomes through evidence-based prevention
• Clinical decision-making for cardiovascular risk management

Hepatology and Infectious Hepatitis

• Interpretation of liver function tests
• Approach to abnormal liver chemistry results
• Advances in treatment of infectious hepatitis
• Clinical updates in viral hepatitis care
• Using liver testing to guide diagnostic work-up
• Applying hepatology updates in internal medicine practice

Case-Based Sessions and Expert Discussions

• Valuable case-based sessions across internal medicine specialties
• Challenging cases designed to test clinical knowledge
• Expert-led discussions on practical medical decision-making
• Clinical scenarios commonly encountered in primary care and internal medicine
• Applying new updates to realistic patient cases
• Strengthening clinical judgment through structured review

Professional Development and Leadership

• Strategies to prevent burnout
• Leadership principles for clinicians
• Supporting colleagues through effective practice strategies
• Maintaining clinical excellence in demanding healthcare environments
• Building sustainable habits for better professional performance
• Improving patient care through physician well-being and leadership

This course is best suited for internists, primary care physicians, family medicine physicians, hospitalists, residents, fellows, NPs, PAs, and clinicians involved in adult medical care.

Topics include internal medicine updates, cancer screening, diabetes care, liver function testing, infectious hepatitis, cardiovascular disease prevention, obesity lifestyle interventions, primary care practice, and challenging clinical cases.

Yes. The course is useful for clinicians preparing for certification or recertification in internal medicine, as well as those seeking a broad clinical update.

Yes. This product is provided as recorded course access so you can review the material at your own pace.

No. CME credits and certificates are not included with this course package.

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