Advances, Updates, Guidelines, and Best Practices in General Internal Medicine – Expressly for Specialists
The program’s curriculum provides broad and inclusive content ranging from clinical controversies to specific new and innovative therapies. Harvard Updates in General Internal Medicine for Specialists was developed by experienced practitioners, and sessions are presented by Harvard faculty and select guest speakers dedicated to peer-to-peer education. They will succinctly and effectively summarize material and provide focused updates, emphasizing specific recommendations for clinical practice and improved patient care.
Updates in General Internal Medicine for Specialists will be held January 27–31, 2025 in Boston, MA.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Be empowered to implement new treatment guidelines, diagnostic recommendations, and management strategies for cancer screening, diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, ischemic heart disease, heart failure, chronic kidney disease, memory loss, opioid use, sleep disorders, and many other specific conditions
- Demonstrate an appreciation for key topics in women’s health, including menopausal treatment and breast cancer, and how common diseases may present differently in men vs. women patients
- Recognize, anticipate, and manage potential adverse effects of therapies prescribed by other specialists
- Implement treatment plans in specific, common clinical situations that cut across specialties, such as chronic pain, screening, health promotion
- Design more effective clinical approaches based on the most recent literature supporting innovative interventions offered across a range of specialties
- Be empowered to assess the added value of newly offered diagnostic and screening tests
- Recognize and implement current disease prevention and screening guidelines
- Innovate your own clinical care based on a broader understanding of the management strategies and clinical decision-making of colleagues, including the rationale for specific modalities and medications
- Address how your work and the work of your colleagues can have a more positive impact in the context of equity, inclusion, and unaddressed disparities
- Employ treatments and interventions provided by primary care internal medicine and specialist physicians
- Describe how climate change can affect health
HARVARD UPDATES IN GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE FOR SPECIALISTS 2025