Update in

Hospital Medicine 2026

Continuing Education

November 2 - 5, 2026

Course Schedule

This intensive, 4-day online CME program updates busy practitioners on current best practices in hospital medicine. The curriculum covers over 30 core topics, with an emphasis on practical management of common problems. Using a case-based format, lecturers distill recent evidence, guidelines, and expert opinion to offer “bottom line” recommendations. Faculty include both hospitalists and specialists, and rank among the best teachers at Harvard Medical School.

Live Online

This program uses state-of-the-art streaming technology to present sessions online in real time. Participants can attend from any location, and can interact with faculty via live chat.

Additionally, all sessions will be recorded and made available to participants for online viewing for 90 days after the end of the course.

All live streaming and recorded sessions are eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and other relevant credits. (Note: Evaluations must be completed within 60 days of the conclusion of the course to receive CME credit.)

Save $100. The tuition listed above is for most health professionals; see the course fee table for pricing for Residents and Fellows. To ensure your participation at the lowest possible cost, early registration is strongly recommended.

Fee increases to after September 30, 2026

Continuing Education

Earn up to:

» 37.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

» 37.25 ABIM MOC points

» 37.25 European CME credits (ECMEC^®)

» 13.75 credits Risk Management Study, including 1.75 credits of Opioid Education and Pain Management Training and 0.75 credits of End-of-Life Care Education

» Commensurate credits through the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

4 Days

This intensive program is among the highest-rated Harvard Medical School CME courses.

Overview

Comprehensive updates, advances, and best practices to optimize inpatient care

Update in Hospital Medicine is a live online course, using live streaming, electronic Q&A, and other remote learning technologies.

This 4-day intensive program updates busy practitioners on current best practices in hospital medicine. The curriculum covers over 30 core topics, with an emphasis on practical management of common problems:

Heart failure
Atrial fibrillation
Pain management
Acute coronary syndromes
Coronary imaging
Diabetes
Preoperative evaluation
Psychiatric disorders
ECG interpretation
Radiology interpretation
Bacteremia
UTI
Pneumonia
Drug-resistant infections
Critical care
Skin and soft tissue infections
Stroke/TIA
C. difficile
End-stage renal disease
Acute kidney injury
Endocrinology
Rheumatology
HIV
GI bleed
Hematology
Allergy
Geriatrics
Delirium
Pain and palliative care
Alcohol withdrawal
Opioid use disorder
COPD
Laboratory interpretation
Dermatology
Electrolyte disorders
Syncope
Venous thromboembolism
Pancreatobiliary disease
Cirrhosis
Antibiotics
Serious illness conversations
Pregnancy

Using a case-based format, lecturers distill recent evidence, guidelines, and expert opinion to offer “bottom line” recommendations. Faculty include both hospitalists and specialists, and rank among the best teachers at Harvard Medical School.

2026 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

The first new AHA periop guidelines in 10 years—what the hospitalist needs to know
ID pearls for selecting the right antibiotic
Coronary CTA: as good as cardiac catheterization?
New data: settling the debate on MSSA bacteremia treatment
New heart failure guidelines: should we stagger initiating quadruple GDMT?
Difficult cases in hyperglycemia management
Suzetrigine: A new non-opioid agent for acute pain
Rapid-fire, can’t-miss diagnoses: electrolyte, CBC, LFTs, ECGs, and radiology
Microdosing protocols for buprenorphine induction
Phenobarbital instead of CIWA—new protocols for treatment of alcohol withdrawal
ESBL cultures—how scared should you be?
Factor XI inhibitors: new agents to treat thrombosis with lower bleeding risk?
The pendulum swings again: liberal transfusion thresholds in 2025
New data on sedation and ICU delirium: propofol vs. dexmedetomidine
New guidelines: risk-stratified approach to antipsychotics and delirium
New IDSA guideline updates on diabetic foot infections
Must-see: using cystatin C to assess GFR in CKD
Should you switch anticoagulants in patients with breakthrough strokes?
Best practices for treating pain in patients with substance use disorders
The window for thrombolysis in stroke: open 24 hours?
New guidelines: complicated UTIs made less complicated
Is less more in the long run? DAPT vs. SAPT
Reduced-dose anticoagulation in patients at high bleeding risk
Does the data support cath for older adults with NSTEMI?
Oral fecal microbiota therapy: new first line for C. difficile?
Differentiating skin infections and mimics in hospitalized patients
Nice shot: twice-yearly lenacapavir provides HIV protection without the pills
How low can you go? 7 vs. 14 days of antibiotics for uncomplicated bacteremia
Evidence-based tools for risk stratification in syncope
Should we hold ACEi/ARB pre-op? Finally, an answer
HELLP me: managing medical complications in pregnant and postpartum patients
Expedited transitions from IV to oral antibiotics for common infections
Inpatient pain management: state of the art
Stroke risk in new-onset atrial fibrillation: lower than we thought?
See the Halo, Skip the Scalpel—how to make the GCA diagnosis without a biopsy

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In addition to being live streamed, all sessions of the course will be recorded and placed in the online course library, enabling registrants to view the programs for which they registered at their convenience. Recordings will be available for viewing for 90 days. All live streaming and recorded sessions are eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and other relevant credits, up to the approved maximum. (Note: Evaluations must be completed within 60 days of the conclusion of the course to receive CME credit.)

Developed and Offered By:

Continuing Education courses are developed by faculty from Harvard Medical School's teaching hospitals and accredited by Harvard Medical School. This course is offered by Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Schedule

This program is among the highest-rated Harvard Medical School CME courses.

All agenda sessions are in Eastern Time.

Please note that program changes/substitutions may be made without notice.

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Monday, November 2, 2026

Day 1

Monday, November 2, 2026

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Day 2

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Day 3

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Thursday, November 5, 2026

Day 4

Thursday, November 5, 2026

Optimized for Remote Education

The 2026 program has been optimized for distance learning.

In addition to being live streamed, all sessions and Q & A discussions will be recorded and made available to participants for online viewing for 90 days after the end of the course. This on-demand archive will permit those in different time zones or who have scheduling conflicts to avoid missing out on any sessions that are important to them. In addition, participants can review sessions to reinforce key learning points.

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 guidelines changes and recommendations
Expert opinions where the data are lacking
Pearls for interpreting common diagnostic studies

Faculty

Course Directors

Christopher L. Roy

MD, SFHM

Medical Director, Hospital Medicine Unit, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Glen M. Kim

MD, MPH

Director of Education, Hospital Medicine Unit, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Elizabeth M. Petersen

MD, MPH, FHM

Program Director, Medicine-Pediatrics Residency, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Boston Children’s Hospital
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Assistant Directors

Nickie Burney

Nurse Practitioner, FACT Hospitalist Service, Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital
Associate Professor of Practice, School of Nursing, Simmons University

Matthew DiFrancesco

Assistant Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Herrick "Cricket" Fisher

MD, DPhil

Director, Integrated Teaching Unit, Internal Medicine Residency
Unit Medical Director, Hospital Medicine Unit
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Liz Hankinson

MPH, MSHS, PA-C

Physician Assistant Manager, Hospital Medicine Unit
Brigham and Women's Hospital

John J. Ross

MD, CM, FIDSA

Associate Physician, Hospital Medicine Unit
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Adam C. Schaffer

Director of General Medical Consultation, Hospital Medicine Unit, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Part-time, Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical School Faculty

Rebecca M. Baron, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Tyler M. Berzin, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Jean M. Connors, MD, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Michael A. Di Iorio, MD, Instructor of Medicine, Part-time, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Sanjay Divakaran, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Morgan C. Esperance, MD, Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Samuel Z. Goldhaber, MD, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Jennifer A. Johnson, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Michael Klompas, MD, Professor of Medicine and Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Kapil Kumar, MD, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Linda S. Lee, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Richard E. Leiter, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Adam D. Lipworth, MD, Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Part-time, Harvard Medical School; Dermatology Division Chair, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center

Diana M. Lopez, MD, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Gearoid M. McMahon, MBBCh, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Michelle E. Morse, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Part-time, Harvard Medical School; Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Commissioner for Center for Health Equity and Community Wellness at New York City Department of Health

Nadine E. Palermo, DO, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women's Hospital

J. Carl Pallais, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women's Hospital

Elizabeth M. Petersen, MD, MPH, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women’s Hospital

John J. Ross, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Alexis T. Roy, MD, Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Megan L. Rudder, MD, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Anna E. Rutherford, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Marc S. Sabatine, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Paul E. Sax, MD, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women's Hospital

Adam C. Schaffer, MD, Lecturer on Health Care Policy, Part-time and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Part-time, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Sejal B. Shah, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Shoshana Streiter, MD, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Yee-Ping Sun, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Jennifer W. Uyeda, MD, Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Lisa W. Vercollone, MD, PharmD, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Bram Wispelwey, MD, MS, MPH, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women's Hospital

Sigal Yawetz, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Guest Faculty

Hayden S. Andrews, MD, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

David A. Krakow, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine; Director of Hospital Medicine, Emory University Hospital

Alfred Lee, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine (Hematology); Program Director for the Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program, Yale School of Medicine; Chief of the Classical Hematology Program, Yale New Haven Hospital

David F. Lee, MD

Anju Nohria, MD

Scott L. Schissel, MD, PhD, Chief Medical Officer, Newark (NJ) Beth Israel Medical Center

Lisa W. Vercollone, MD, PharmD, General Medicine Consultant, Dunedin Hospital, Health New Zealand

Course Fees

Registration Details

Registrations for Harvard Medical School CME programs are made via our secure online registration system. At the end of the registration process, a $10 non-refundable processing fee will be added to your registration.

Upon receipt of your paid registration, an email confirmation will be sent to you. Be sure to include an email address that you check frequently. Your email address is used for critical information, including registration confirmation, evaluation, and certificate.

Please review the cancellation policy.

Early Registration Deadline: September 30, 2026

Your tuition includes an electronic version of the course materials.

All sessions will be recorded as they are live streamed and placed in the online course video library, so that registrants can review them at their convenience. The video library will be available for 90 days after the conclusion of the course.

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Harvard Medical School is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

To receive CME/CE credit, learners are required to complete the course evaluation. Once the evaluation is complete, you will be able to claim your credit and download your certificate. All evaluations and credit claims must be completed within 60 days of the course end date.

Physicians

Badge for Jointly Accredited Provider with Commendation Interprofessional Continuing Education

The Harvard Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 37.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Board of Internal Medicine

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 37.25 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC points.

Risk Management

This activity meets the criteria of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine for 13.75 credits of Risk Management Study. This includes:

1.75 credits of Opioid Education and Pain Management Training
0.75 credits of End-of-Life Care Education

Please check your individual state licensing board requirements before claiming these credits.

Nurse Practitioners and Registered Nurses

For the purpose of recertification, the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board and American Nurses Credentialing Center accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME (Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education). We would also suggest that learners check with their state licensing board to ensure they accept reciprocity with AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for re-licensure.

Physician Assistants

The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) states that AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ are acceptable for continuing medical education requirements for recertification. We would also suggest that learners check with their state licensing board to ensure they accept reciprocity with AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for re-licensure.

Union of European Medical Specialists

The American Medical Association (AMA) has an agreement of mutual recognition of continuing medical education (CME) credit with the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS). Additional information regarding this agreement may be found on the Union of European Medical Specialists website.

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada recognizes conferences and workshops held outside of Canada that are developed by a university, academy, hospital, specialty society or college as accredited group learning activities.

Competencies

ABMS/ACGME Competencies

This course is designed to meet the following American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) / Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Educational (ACGME) competencies:

Patient Care and Procedural Skills
Medical Knowledge
Practice-Based Learning and Improvement

IOM Competencies

This course is designed to meet the following Institute of Medicine Core Competencies:

Employ Evidence-Based Practice

Disclaimer & Disclosure

Disclaimer Policy

CME activities accredited by Harvard Medical School are offered solely for educational purposes and do not constitute any form of certification of competency. Practitioners should always consult additional sources of information and exercise their best professional judgment before making clinical decisions of any kind.

Note: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ is calculated based on submission of a preliminary agenda and may be subject to change.

Disclosure

In accord with the disclosure policy of the Medical School as well as standards set forth by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), course planners, speakers, and content reviewers have been asked to disclose any relationships they have to companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. In addition, faculty have been asked to list any off-label uses of pharmaceuticals and/or devices for investigational or non-FDA approved purposes that they plan to discuss.

Registration for courses managed by Harvard Medical School can only be completed through Harvard Medical School’s official registration portal: cmeregistration.hms.harvard.edu. Attendee registrations made through any other sites cannot be honored and will not be refunded. Please report any unauthorized websites or solicitations for registrations.

In order to comply with applicable U.S. export control and sanctions regulations, Harvard Medical School prohibits access to and use of Harvard Medical School educational offerings, programs and resources to individuals from certain sanctioned regions or who are otherwise subject to U.S. government sanctions, unless appropriate authorization is in place.

Program Topics

Clinical Practice

Update in

Hospital Medicine 2026

On This Page

Overview

Comprehensive updates, advances, and best practices to optimize inpatient care

Developed and Offered By:

Who Should Participate

Schedule

Monday, November 2, 2026

Welcome and Introductions

Can’t-Miss Radiology Diagnoses

Anticoagulation and Hypercoagulable States

Rapid-Fire Hematology Cases

Inpatient Management of Patients with Psychiatric Disease

Best Practices in Delirium Management

Update in Atrial Fibrillation

Updates in the Diagnosis and Management of C. diff

Improving the Evaluation and Management of Syncope

Adjourn Day 1 Live Program

Self-Paced Study

Rapid-Fire Electrolyte Cases for the Hospitalist: Na, Ca

Rapid-Fire Lab Interpretation for the Hospitalist

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Evidence-Based Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes

Ultrasound

Difficult Dermatology Cases for the Hospitalist

Skin and Soft Tissue Infections and Common Mimics

Pain Pointers: Practical approaches to Managing Acute Pain in the Hospital

Goals of Care Conversations in Hospital Medicine

CKD and ESRD Management for the Hospitalist

Management of Critical Illness Before ICU Transfer

Recent Advances in Heart Failure Management

Adjourn Day 2 Live Program

Self-Paced Study

Pregnancy: What a Hospitalist Needs to Know

Current Strategies and Common Questions in the Management of Urinary Tract Infections

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Cirrhosis for the Hospitalist

GI Bleed: What a Hospitalist Needs to Know

Care of the Hospitalized Patient with HIV

Do I Really Need Meropenem? Common ID Curbsides

Evidence-Based Management of COPD

ILD/Pleural Disease

Inpatient Diagnosis and Management of Pneumonia

Management of Bacteremia

Do I Really Need Meropenem? Common ID Curbsides

Adjourn Day 3 Live Program

Self-Paced Study

ECG: Can’t-Miss Diagnoses

Current Approaches in the Management of Venous Thromboembolism

Thursday, November 5, 2026

Centering Equity in Hospital Medicine

State-of-the-Art Management of Pancreatitis and Biliary Tract Disease

Evidence-Based Approaches to Inpatient Hyperglycemia

Stroke in Hospital Medicine

Let’s Rheuminate: Answers to Common Questions in Inpatient Rheumatology

Current and Emerging Concepts for Preoperative Evaluation

Challenges and Conundrums in Hospital Medicine

Adjourn Day 4 Live Program

Self-Paced Study

Inpatient Endocrinology Pearls

Choosing the Best View: Patient-Centered Cardiovascular Imaging for Coronary Artery Disease

Antibiotics: A Comprehensive Update and Pearls for the Hospitalist - Part I

Antibiotics: A Comprehensive Update and Pearls for the Hospitalist - Part II

Optimized for Remote Education

Learning Objectives

Faculty

Course Directors

Assistant Directors

Course Fees

Registration Details

Accreditation

Competencies

Disclaimer & Disclosure

Program Topics

Program Specialties