Primary Care Internal Medicine is a comprehensive update of the most important changes and advances impacting primary care and guidance to incorporate them into everyday clinical practice.
Topics
Current use and future directions for the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in medical practice
Common and clinically important medical topics used in the practice of primary care
Evidence base for providing care informed by sex and gender, social determinants of health, and race to advance health equity
The origins and value of current guidelines and develop implementation of office-based strategies to ensure treatment of elevated cholesterol, diabetes, heart failure, hypertension, menopause care, contraception, and osteoporosis
Side effects and interactions among medications prescribed by primary care clinicians and their consultants
New and innovative skills in clinical reasoning and problem solving
Expected results of therapies and current treatment strategies for cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurologic/neurovascular, endocrine, ophthalmic, orthopedic, immunologic, reproductive, dermatologic, gastrointestinal, hepatic, geriatric, psychiatric, metabolic, sleep medicine, and women`s health conditions
Therapeutic potential of newly developed biomodulators and interactions with current therapies and newly described untoward side effects
Strategies to help patients (and yourself) achieve greater stress resiliency
Clinical value of specific diagnostic test s used in general internal medicine and specialty practices, including test sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values
Disease prevention and health promotion priorities of general internal medicine
Lifestyle messages for patient self-care into daily practice
How to provide the best pain management
Practical and effective approaches to behavioral health challenges, including alcohol use disorder, marijuana misuse, and opioid addiction
Evidence-based palliative care strategies in clinical practice
Confidence with the use of buprenorphine for patients with opioid use disorders
Patients with common orthopedic back, shoulder, knee, and hand complaints
Practical home-based interventions for elderly patients that support their autonomy and independence