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UCSF Primary Care Medicine: Update 2026

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Comprehensive Updates in Outpatient & Primary Care Medicine

Stay current with the latest advances in ambulatory medicine through UCSF Primary Care Medicine: Update 2026, a comprehensive CME course designed for clinicians seeking practical, evidence-based updates for modern outpatient practice.

This program presents a broad review of new developments in primary care, controversies in clinical management, and important updates in the care of patients with COVID-19 and other serious infections. Taught by expert UCSF faculty, the course focuses on practical skills and real-world strategies clinicians can immediately apply in day-to-day office practice.

Topics span preventive medicine, women’s health, dermatology, pulmonary medicine, neurology, obesity management, infectious diseases, oncology, shared decision-making, health disparities, and much more — helping clinicians provide more effective, equitable, and patient-centered care.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

As a result of the education, participants should be able to:

  • Implement updated preventive medicine guidelines including cancer prevention, screening, and immunizations
  • Use best practices to diagnose and treat COVID-19, influenza, RSV, and other respiratory infections
  • Manage common dermatologic disorders including skin cancer, eczema, acne, infections, hair loss, urticaria, and disorders of aging skin
  • Address key women’s health concerns including contraception, menopause, abnormal bleeding, urinary disorders, pregnancy loss, and medication abortion
  • Diagnose and manage pulmonary conditions such as asthma, COPD, pulmonary embolism, chronic cough, and dyspnea
  • Evaluate and treat neurological disorders including cognitive impairment, movement disorders, TIA, and acute stroke
  • Apply updated diagnostic and treatment strategies for common cancers and infectious diseases
  • Understand modern obesity management and the use of new anti-obesity medications
  • Select the most appropriate current and emerging diagnostic tests and therapies
  • Improve patient communication, shared decision-making, teamwork, and interprofessional collaboration
  • Enhance value-based care and deepen understanding of health disparities and equitable primary care delivery

UCSF PRIMARY CARE MEDICINE: UPDATE 2026

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UCSF PRIMARY CARE MEDICINE: UPDATE 2026 TOPICS

1. Controversies in Cancer Screening 2026: Colon, Breast, Lung, and Prostate – Sam Brondfield, MD, MAEd, FASCO

2. Prevention and Screening for Cervical and Endometrial Cancer – Rebecca Jackson, MD

1. Current Strategies in Adult Vaccination: Preventing Infections in a Changing Environment – Peter Chin-Hong, MD

2. Quality Family Planning in Primary Care – Sara Whetstone, MD, MHS

3. Advances in Prevention and Treatment of Stroke – John Engstrom, M.D.

4. Common Dermatologic Problems: What the Primary Care Clinician Needs to Know – Toby Maurer, MD

1. Updates in Breast and Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prognosis – Sam Brondfield, MD, MAEd, FASCO

2. Obesity in Primary Care: Optimizing the New Treatment Options – Robert B Baron, MD

3. Diagnosis and Management of Vaginal Bleeding – Sara Whetstone, MD, MHS

4. Prevention and Treatment of Skin Cancer – Toby Maurer, MD

1. What is New in Management of Menopause and Peri-Menopausal Symptoms – Rebecca Jackson, MD

2. Early Miscarriage and Medication Abortion: Extending Practice Opportunities in Primary Care – Sara Whetstone, MD, MHS

3. Managing Dementia in 2026: Current Challenges and Future Opportunities – John W. Engstrom, MD

4. Current Challenges in Management of Asthma and COPD – Lekshmi Santhosh, MD

1. Covid-19, Flu, and RSV: Where Do We Stand with Common Respiratory Infections – Peter Chin-Hong, MD

2. PEs for PCPs: Pulmonary Emboli + Pleural Effusions Potpourri – Lekshmi Santhosh, MD

3. Current Approaches to Parkinson’s Disease and Essential Tremor – John W. Engstrom, MD

4. Dermatologic Infectious Disease: Viral, Fungal, and Bacterial Skin Diseases – Toby Maurer, MD

1. Assessment and Treatment of Common Pulmonary Symptoms in Primary Care – Lekshmi Santhosh, MD

2. Updates in Lung and Colorectal Cancer: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prognosis – Sam Brondfield, MD, MAEd, FASCO

3. Top 10 Infectious Disease Topics That Will Likely Change Your Practice – Peter Chin-Hong, MD

4. Urinary Disorders in Women – Rebecca Jackson, MD

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