The Acclaimed Internal Medicine Update
This program ensures you are up to date across all major fields of internal medicine. The education is practical, expedient, and focused on patient outcomes. Listed below is a small sampling of what you will learn in the program.
CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
- Emerging strategies for cardiovascular prevention
- Optimal use of PCSK9 inhibitors and other novel lipid-lowering therapies for patients with heart disease
- Contemporary management of hypertension: addressing new treatment targets
- Updated management of patients with heart failure across the EF spectrum
- Evolving diagnosis and management of myocardial infarction
- Advances in management of venous thromboembolism
- Contemporary management of peripheral arterial disease and abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Transcatheter therapeutics for valvular heart disease
- Updates in management of atrial fibrillation and commonly encountered arrhythmias
- Fundamentals of congenital heart disease
- Evaluation and management of cardiovascular disease in women
CRITICAL CARE
- Up-to-date guidelines for the diagnosis and management of sepsis
- Medical management and circulatory support of cardiogenic shock
- Management of mechanical ventilation and respiratory failure
- Care of the critically ill COVID-19 patient
- Evidence-based ICU prevention and treatment of pain, agitation, and delirium
ENDOCRINOLOGY
The latest in diabetes care:
- Review of most recent ADA guidelines for diabetes
- Update on SGLT2 inhibitors, Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA), and novel agents for type 2 diabetes, including long-acting insulins
- Prevention of diabetes micro- and macrovascular complications
- Update on new technologies to help manage diabetes
State-of-the-art diagnosis and management of:
- Thyroid disorders
- Calcium cases
- Adrenal cases
- Pituitary disorders
- Transgender care
- Male hypogonadism
GASTROENTEROLOGY
State-of-the-art approaches to:
- Esophageal disorders
- Peptic ulcer disease
- Acute and chronic pancreatitis
- Chronic liver disease and its complications
- Chronic viral hepatitis
- Acute and chronic diarrhea
- Inflammatory bowel disease
Updated guidelines and therapies:
- New guidelines for ascites and SBP
- New guidelines for UGI bleed
- Updates on necrotizing pancreatitis
- Management of cirrhotic patient with bleeding and thrombosis
- Resumption of anti-platelet and anticoagulants after UGI bleeding
- New treatments for Hep C
- Expanded treatments for GERD and IBS
GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
- Obesity management, including weight loss medications
- Treatment of common geriatric conditions
- Recommendations for end-of-life care
- Case-based education to improve your mastery of dermatology, ophthalmology, and otolaryngology
- Updated approaches to hypertension and lipid care
- Mental health conditions: depression, anxiety, bipolar disease, and ADHD
- Chronic pain management, including opiate and non-opiate options
- Assessing and treating alcohol and opiate addictions
- "Can't-miss" diagnoses
- Care of the LGBTQ patient
- Disease prevention and health promotion
- Biomodulators
- Lifestyle interventions that work for challenging patients
HEMATOLOGY
- Current ITP guidelines
- Recommendations for anticoagulation agents and duration of treatment
- Strategies for treatment of sickle cell anemia
- Management of coagulation abnormalities in pregnancy
- Recognition of HLH and atypical HUS
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
- Emerging pathogens and resistance patterns: recognition and treatment
- Newest therapies and guidelines and how to put them into practice
- Modern tools and approaches for diagnosis of infectious diseases
- Treatment and prevention of infectious diseases in vulnerable populations, including the immunocompromised
- Short-course therapy for pneumonia, UTI, and other infections
NEPHROLOGY
- Acid-base interpretation
- Update on managing hypertension
- Treatment optimization for glomerulonephritis
- Current guidance on dialysis and transplantation
- Newer treatments for preventing progression of kidney disease
- New treatments of anemia of kidney disease
- Management of acute kidney injury
NEUROLOGY
- Recommended approaches to common neurological complaints
- Updated strategies and guidelines for treatment of epilepsy
- New AHA/ASA guidelines for stroke management
- Updates on mechanical thrombectomy for ischemic stroke
- Anti-platelet therapy in stroke and TIA
- Treating headaches
- Diagnosis and treatment of cognitive impairment
- Evaluation of peripheral neuropathy
- Neurological red flags in primary care
ONCOLOGY
- Immunotherapy for cancer
- Identification and management of risk factors for common cancers
- Update on the screening of prostate cancer
- New approaches to managing breast cancer
- Workup and treatment of common cancers, including:
- Prostate
- Bladder
- Lung
- Breast
- Colon
- GI
- Leukemia
- Lymphoma
- Multiple myeloma
PULMONARY MEDICINE
- Case-based interpretation of pulmonary function tests
- Review of classic chest X-ray patterns of lung disease
- Novel therapies for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- Step-care therapeutic approaches to asthma and COPD
- Diagnosis and modern treatment of pulmonary hypertension
- A practical guide to assessment of pleural effusions
- Update on management of obstructive sleep apnea
- Approach to the patient with hemoptysis, cough, and a solitary pulmonary nodule
RHEUMATOLOGY
The most up-to-date, evidence-based approaches to:
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Spondyloarthritis
- Scleroderma/Myositis
- Vasculitis
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Gout
- Osteoarthritis and soft tissue disorders
WOMEN’S HEALTH
- Menopause management
- Treatment of osteoporosis
- Screening for cervical and breast cancer
- Evaluation of patients with irregular menstrual periods
- Management of medical conditions in pregnant women
- Trauma-informed care
- Evaluation and management of cardiovascular disease in women