Harvard Update in Hospital Medicine 2024 provides an up-to-date, practical review of best practices in hospital medicine. Designed for busy practitioners, the curriculum spans over 30 core topics, focusing on the effective management of common inpatient conditions.
Using a case-based format, expert faculty from Harvard Medical School distill the latest evidence, guidelines, and clinical insights into actionable recommendations for inpatient care.
This program also emphasizes new developments in treatment strategies, including:
Antibiotic therapy and antimicrobial resistance
GLP-1 agonists and SGLT2 inhibitors for metabolic and renal health
Evidence-based approaches to serious illness and goals-of-care discussions
* Date of Original Release Date: October 7-10, 2024
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to apply the following:
Best practices for management of common problems in hospital medicine
Seminal studies and updates in the literature
Recent guideline changes and recommendations
Expert opinions where the data are lacking
Pearls for interpreting common diagnostic studies
HARVARD UPDATE IN HOSPITAL MEDICINE 2024
HARVARD UPDATE IN HOSPITAL MEDICINE 2024 TOPICS
Monday, October 7, 2024 (9)
1. Current Approaches in the Management of Venous Thromboembolism – Samuel Z. Goldhaber, MD
2. Can’t-Miss Radiology Diagnoses – Jennifer W. Uyeda, MD
3. Trauma-Informed Care Strategies for Larger Patients – Chioma Tomlinson, PA-C
4. Care of the Hospitalized Patient with HIV – Paul E. Sax, MD
5. Antibiotics: A Comprehensive Update and Pearls for the Hospitalist – Part I – Jennifer A. Johnson, MD
6. Antibiotics: A Comprehensive Update and Pearls for the Hospitalist – Part II – Jennifer A. Johnson, MD
7. Inpatient Diagnosis and Management of Pneumonia – Michael Klompas, MD
8. Management of Bacteremia – Michael Klompas, MD
9. Rapid-Fire Hematology Cases – Alfred Lee, MD, PhD
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 (8)
1. ECG: Can’t-Miss Diagnoses – Sanjay Divakaran, MD
2. Recent Advances in Heart Failure Management – Anju Nohria, MD
3. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: The Resident Expert That Never Sleeps – Agustina Saenz, MD, MPH
4. Alcohol Withdrawal: A Case-Based Approach for the Hospitalist – Lisa W. Vercollone, MD
5. Inpatient Management of Opioid Use Disorder – Lisa W. Vercollone, MD
6. Evidence-Based Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes – Marc S. Sabatine, MD, MPH
7. Update in Atrial Fibrillation – Yee-Ping Sun, MD
8. Improving the Evaluation and Management of Syncope – Kapil Kumar, MD
Wednesday, October 9, 2024 (8)
1. Cirrhosis for the Hospitalist – Anna E. Rutherford, MD, MPH
2. GI Bleed: What a Hospitalist Needs to Know – Tyler M. Berzin, MD, MS
3. State-of-the-Art Management of Pancreatitis and Biliary Tract Disease – Linda S. Lee, MD
4. Difficult Dermatology Cases for the Hospitalist – Alexandra P. Charrow, MD
5. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections and Common Mimics – Adam D. Lipworth, MD
6. Stroke in Hospital Medicine – Alexis T. Roy, MD
7. Updates in the Diagnosis and Management of C. diff – John J. Ross, MD, CM, FIDSA
8. Do I Really Need Meropenem? Common ID Curbsides – Hayden S. Andrews, MD
Thursday, October 10, 2024 (8)
1. Management of Critical Illness before ICU Transfer – Rebecca Baron, MD
2. Evidence-Based Management of COPD – Craig P. Hersh, MD
3. Updates in Allergy and Immunology – Paige G. Wickner, MD, MPH
4. Centering Equity in Hospital Medicine – Michelle Morse, MD, MPH and Bram Wispelwey, MD, MS, MPH
5. Evidence-Based Approaches to Inpatient Hyperglycemia – Nadine E. Palermo, DO
6. Inpatient Management of Patients with Psychiatric Disease – Sejal B. Shah, MD
7. Best Practices in Delirium Management – Shoshana Streiter, MD
8. Current and Emerging Concepts for Preoperative Evaluation – Adam C. Schaffer, MD