Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine 2026

  • Continuing Education
Stethoscope on EKG

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Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine provides comprehensive reviews of the most important recent advances impacting primary care medicine and guidance to assimilate these changes into practice for state-of-the-art care. Education is practical and results-focused, designed to help you optimize your approach to the wide array of conditions seen in primary care practice.

  • 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, including all workshops, will be recorded and made available to participants for on-demand online viewing for 11 months after the end of the course.

 

All live streaming and recorded sessions and workshops are eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and other relevant credits. (Note: Evaluations must be completed within 30 days in order to receive CME credit.)

$1,495

This is the standard tuition for physicians. An early registration discount is available through January 31, 2026. 

 

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Early Registration Deadline:

Continuing Education Credits

Earn up to:

 

» 60.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits

 

» 60.75 ABIM MOC points
 

» AAFP: Application for CME credit has been filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians. Determination of credit is pending.
 

» 21.00 credits Risk Management Study, including:

  • 2.25 credits in Opioid Education and Pain Management Training
  • 2.25 credits in End-of-Life Care Education

 

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5 Days

This 5-day intensive program updates busy primary care practitioners on current best practices in office-based primary care medicine. 

 

See schedule below.

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Overview

The Comprehensive 2026 Update on Office-Based Primary Care Medicine

Taught Live Online by Harvard Medical School's Leading Clinical Faculty

Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine is a live online course, using live streaming, electronic Q&A, and other remote learning technologies.  

Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine provides comprehensive reviews of the most important recent advances impacting primary care medicine and guidance to incorporate these changes into practice for state-of-the-art care. Education is practical and results-focused, structured to help you optimize your approach to the wide array of conditions seen in primary care practice.

Our lectures and workshops are designed to provide practical, case-based reviews of physical exam skills, diagnostic techniques, and the latest in disease management. All sessions are taught by nationally and internationally recognized leaders in their respective fields of medicine, and include time for audience Q&A. Speakers customize their key takeaways to our audience of busy PCPs, and they also share high-yield online resources for patient care.

In addition to being live streamed, all sessions and workshops will be recorded and placed in the online course library, enabling registrants to view them at their convenience. Recordings will be available for viewing the following day, and for 11 months after the conclusion of the course. All live streaming and recorded sessions and workshops are eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and other relevant credits. (Note: Evaluations must be completed within 30 days in order to receive CME credit.)


Developed and Offered By:

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital logo

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.

Participant Types

 

  • Internists
  • Family Physicians
  • Geriatricians
  • Nurse Practitioners
  • Physician Assistants
  • ...and other medical professionals who want to update their knowledge of primary care medicine

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.

Day 1

Monday, March 16, 2026

Welcome

Drs. Cristina Alexander, David Bates, Bevin Kenney, and Aaron Mann

7:50-8:00 am

Headaches

Dr. Angeliki Vgontzas

8:00-8:50 am

Break

8:50-8:55 am

Asthma

Dr. Nancy Lange-Vaidya

8:55-9:45 am

Break

9:45-10:00 am

Antibiotics in Office Practice

Dr. Jacob Johnson

10:00-10:50 am

Break

10:50-10:55 am

Respiratory Infections

Dr. Paul Sax

10:55-11:45 am

Break

11:45 am-12:45 pm

Coronary Artery Disease

Dr. Nicholas Marston

12:45-1:35 pm

Break

1:35-1:40 pm

Hyperlipidemia

Dr. Scott Kinlay

1:40-2:30 pm

Break

2:30-2:45 pm

Diabetes Update

Dr. Marie McDonnell

2:45-3:35 pm

Break

3:35-3:50 pm

Concurrent Workshops A

3:50 pm - 4:40 pm

Workshops A1-A4

A1

Challenging Diabetes Cases

Dr. Marie McDonnell

A2

Pelvic Floor Disorders

Dr. Milena Weinstein

A3

Hip Pain

Dr. Michael Beasley

A4

Tobacco, Vaping, and E-Cigarette Cessation

Dr. Nancy Rigotti

Break

4:40-4:55 pm

Concurrent Workshops B

4:55 pm - 5:45 pm

Workshops B1-B4

B1

Cardiac Imaging Cases

Dr. Diana Lopez

B2

Neuropathic Pain Treatment

Dr. Paragi Rana

B3

Motivational Interviewing

Dr. Joji Suzuki

B4

Geriatric Cases

Dr. Julia Loewenthal

Day 2

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Hypertension

Dr. Aaron Mann

8:00-8:50 am

Break

8:50-8:55 am

Resistant Hypertension

Dr. Naomi Fisher

8:55-9:45 am

Break

9:45 am-10:00 am

Colon Cancer Screening

Dr. Robert Lowe

10:00-10:50 am

Break

10:50 am-10:55 am

Breast Cancer Screening

Dr. Lydia Pace

10:55-11:45 am

Break

11:45 am-12:45 pm

Hematologic Cases

Dr. Robert Stern

12:45-1:35 pm

Break

1:35 pm-1:40 pm

Top Primary Care Articles

Dr. Bevin Kenney

1:40-2:30 pm

Break

2:30-2:45 pm

Concurrent Workshops C

2:45 pm - 3:35 pm

Workshops C1-C4

C1

Thyroid Cases

Dr. Sara Ahmadi

C2

Pre-Operative Cardiac and Pulmonary Consultation

Dr. Adam Schaffer

C3

Anxiety

Dr. Joe Tulip

C4

Climate Change and Human Health

Dr. Gregg Furie

Break

3:35 pm-3:50 pm

Concurrent Workshops D

3:50 pm - 4:40 pm

Workshops D1-D4

D1

Lyme Disease and Other Tick-Borne Illnesses

Dr. Daniel Solomon

D2

Artificial Intelligence in Primary Care

Dr. David Bates

D3

Knee Pain

Dr. Elizabeth Matzkin

D4

Food and Drug Allergies

Dr. David Sloane

Break

4:40-4:55 pm

Concurrent Workshops E

4:55 pm - 5:45 pm

Workshops E1-E4

E1

Urology Cases

Dr. Martin Kathrins

E2

Science and Practice of Healthy Eating

Katherine McManus, MS, RD, LDN

E3

Electrolyte Cases

Dr. Brad Denker

E4

Care for Unhoused Patients

Dr. Jennifer Brody

Self-Paced Study of Previous Day's Session/Workshop Recordings

View recordings of Monday's live streamed presentations and workshops in the online course library for self-paced learning or review.

5:45 pm

Day 3

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Acute Dizziness and Vertigo

Dr. Kevin Kerber

8:00-8:50 am

Break

8:50-8:55 am

Atrial Fibrillation

Dr. Paul Zei

8:55-9:45 am

Break

9:45-10:00 am

Heart Failure Cases

Dr. Akshay Desai

10:00-10:50 am

Break

10:50-10:55 am

Managing MASLD, Acute Hepatitis, and Compensated Cirrhosis

Dr. Anna Rutherford

10:55-11:45 am

Break

11:45 am - 12:45 pm

Pharmacologic Management of Depression

Dr. David Kroll

12:45-1:35 pm

Break

1:35-1:40 pm

Insomnia Treatment

Dr. Suzanne Bertisch

1:40-2:30 pm

Break

2:30-2:45 pm

Medical Treatment for Obesity

Dr. Chioma Tomlinson

2:45-3:35 pm

Break

3:35-3:50 pm

Concurrent Workshops F

3:50 pm - 4:40 pm

Workshops F1-F4

F1

Hand and Elbow Problems

Dr. Simon Talbot

F2

Approach to Peripheral Neuropathy

Dr. Michael Bowley

F3

Bipolar Disease and ADHD

Dr. Rachel Rosales

F4

Buprenorphine 101

Dr. Alev Atalay

Break

4:40-4:55 pm

Concurrent Workshops G

4:55 pm - 5:45 pm

Workshops G1-G4

G1

Billing Tips for PCPs

Dr. Stuart Pollack

G2

PrEP and HIV

Dr. Ellen Nagami

G3

Ophthalmology

Dr. Mina Farahani

G4

Stroke Cases

Dr. Mariel Kozberg

Self-Paced Study of Previous Days' Session/Workshop Recordings

View recordings of Monday's and Tuesday's live streamed presentations and workshops in the online course library for self-paced learning or review.

5:45 pm

Day 4

Thursday, March 19, 2026

COPD

Dr. Craig Hersh

8:00-8:50 am

Break

8:50-8:55 am

Cervical Cancer Screening

Dr. Cristina Alexander

8:55-9:45 am

Break

9:45-10:00 am

Adult Immunization Updates

Dr. Daniel Solomon

10:00-10:50 am

Break

10:50-10:55 am

Low Back Pain

Dr. Dana Kotler

10:55-11:45 am

Break

11:45 pm-12:45 pm

CKD Management

Dr. John Kevin Tucker

12:45-1:35 pm

Break

1:35-1:40 pm

"Can't-Miss" Primary Care Cases

Dr. Maria Yialamas

1:40-2:30 pm

Break

2:30-2:45 pm

Concurrent Workshops H

2:45 pm - 3:35 pm

Workshops H1-H4

H1

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Dr. Molly Perencevich

H2

Pharmacologic Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder

Dr. Salah Alrakawi

H3

Primary Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Patients

Dr. Ole-Petter Hamnvik

H4

Contraception

Dr. Kathryn Fay

Break

3:35-3:50 pm

Concurrent Workshops I

3:50 pm - 4:40 pm

Workshops I1-I4

I1

Shoulder Pain

Dr. George Dyer

I2

UTIs

Dr. Jacob Lazarus

I3

Office ENT Problems

Drs. Stacey Gray and Dunia Abdul-Aziz

I4

End-of-Life Discussions and Advanced Care Directives

Dr. Allyson Goldberg

Break

4:40-4:55 pm

Concurrent Workshops J

4:55 pm - 5:45 pm

Workshops J1-J4

J1

STIs

Dr. Jana Jarolimova

J2

Sleep Apnea

Dr. Rohit Budhiraja

J3

Rheumatology Cases

Dr. Candace Feldman

J4

Care of Patients with Intellectual and Physical Disabilities

Dr. Frances (Kitty) O'Hare

Self-Paced Study of Previous Days' Session/Workshop Recordings

View recordings of Monday through Wednesday's live streamed presentations and workshops in the online course library for self-paced learning or review.

5:45 pm

Day 5

Friday, March 20, 2026

Prostate Cancer Screening and Beyond

Dr. Marc Garnick

8:00-8:50 am

Break

8:50-8:50 am

Lung Cancer Screening

Dr. Samuel Ash

8:55-9:45 am

Break

9:45-10:00 am

Dementia

Dr. Andrew Budson

10:00-10:50 am

Break

10:50-10:55 am

Menopause Management

Dr. Kathryn Corelli

10:55-11:45 am

Break

11:45 pm-12:45 pm

Osteoporosis

Dr. Sharon Chou

12:45-1:35 pm

Break

1:35-1:40 pm

GERD and Peptic Ulcer Disease

Dr. Navin Kumar

1:40-2:30 pm

Break

2:30-2:45 pm

Dermatology Updates

Dr. Sotonye Imadojemu

2:45-3:35 pm

Break

3:35-3:50 pm

Concurrent Workshops K

3:50 pm - 4:40 pm

Workshops K1-K4

K1

Gynecology Cases in Primary Care

Dr. Bevin Kenney

K2

Advanced Dermatology Cases

Dr. Alexandra Charrow

K3

Foot and Ankle Pain

Dr. Jeremy Smith

K4

Chronic Pain Management with Opioids

Dr. James Morrill

Break

4:40-4:55 pm

Concurrent Workshops L

4:55 pm - 5:45 pm

Workshops L1-L4

L1

Lifestyle Medicine for Patients & Their Clinicians

Dr. Elizabeth Frates

L2

Outpatient Approach to DVT and PE

Dr. Gregory Piazza

L3

Travel Medicine

Dr. Carolina Geadas

L4

Adolescent Medicine Cases

Dr. Joshua Borus

Self-Paced Study of Previous Days' Session/Workshop Recordings

View recordings of Monday through Thursday's live streamed presentations and workshops in the online course library for self-paced learning or review.

5:45 pm

2026 Updates and Skills Development

This year’s lectures and workshops are fully updated with a focus on the most important clinical challenges affecting the practice of primary care medicine in 2026. Highlights are summarized below.

Optimizing Your Approach to Challenging Conditions
  • Treating obesity: pharmacologic and lifestyle medicine interventions
  • Chronic kidney disease management and prevention of complications
  • Optimal chronic pain management: opioids and non-opioids
  • Updated approaches to hypertension and lipid care
  • Practical pointers for treating diabetes, including challenging cases
  • Congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, and atrial fibrillation
  • Updates on respiratory infections and pneumonia
  • Menopause management and treatment of osteoporosis
  • Treating headaches
  • Mental health conditions: depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and ADHD
  • Stroke
  • Assessing and treating tobacco, alcohol, and opiate addictions
  • Sleep disorders: insomnia and sleep apnea
  • Pre-op cardiac and pulmonary consultation
  • "Can't-miss" diagnoses
New Treatment Options and Guidelines
  • Breakthrough anti-obesity drugs
  • Use of diabetes medications in kidney and cardiovascular disease
  • Electrolyte cases
  • The latest COPD guidelines
  • Buprenorphine (without the waiver)
  • MASLD (formerly NAFLD) and hepatitis C
  • Top primary care articles
  • Updates in urology
  • Antibiotics in office practice
  • Update on thyroid problems
  • Common eye problems
  • Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses
Screening and Immunizations in 2026
  • Update on adult immunizations, including new pneumonia vaccines, the RSV vaccine, and updates to COVID vaccines
  • Updates on screening for breast, colorectal, lung, cervical, and prostate cancer
Practice Tips from World-Renowned Experts
  • Treatment of insomnia and sleep apnea
  • Diagnosis and treatment of cognitive impairment
  • Managing anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and ADHD
  • Patient information handouts that are relevant to your practice, in English and Spanish
  • Resources for PCPs
  • Practical tips for billing accurately and working with health insurance companies
Education to Improve Your Physical Exam Skills and Use of Diagnostic Tools
  • Evaluating low back pain
  • Physical examination of knee pain and hip pain
  • Physical examination of the hand, elbow, and shoulder
  • Evaluation of peripheral neuropathy
  • Dermatology updates
  • Optimal use of cardiac imaging

Treating Obesity

Scale and stethoscope

The 2026 program provides evidence-based education to help you care for your patients with obesity, including:

  • Weight loss medications
  • Nutrition
  • Lifestyle medicine

For Family Medicine Practitioners

Family paper cut-out with stethoscope

Topics in the 2026 program of special interest to Family Medicine practitioners include:

  • Adolescent health
  • Contraception
  • STIs and UTIs
  • Care of patients with intellectual and physical disabilities

Optimized for Distance Learning

The 2026 program has been enhanced for distance learning: 

Live Stream
  • All education will be live streamed.
  • All sessions and workshops include live online chat, where participants can pose their specific questions to faculty.
  • Speakers also respond in writing to remaining chat questions immediately following their talks. This bonus Q&A session will be included in the course archive as a reference.
  • All sessions and workshops will be recorded and made available to participants for online viewing, at their convenience, via a course archive. Access to recorded sessions will begin the day after a session’s live broadcast and will continue for an additional 11 months after the end of the course!
  • All live streaming and recorded sessions and workshops are eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and other relevant credits. (Note: Evaluations must be completed within 30 days in order to receive CME credit.)

Practice-Changing Education

Participants consistently report that this program has inspired and improved their practice of medicine: 
 

“Where do I begin? To be honest, in my 18 years of practice, this is by far the best, most thorough, and comprehensive Primary Care CME conference I have attended! Complex topics broken down into practical lectures w/ pearls of wisdom. Chef's kiss!”


“The lecturers were uniformly excellent.  I felt like it hit topics that were ALL important in my day-to-day practice.”   
 

"During the course, I messaged a patient's family asking to speak with him about management of his CHF. I plan on doing the same with another patient about his diabetic peripheral neuropathy after assessing his renal function, as he is s/p transplant. I have several other patients whose conditions will be managed differently as a result of this course. I am so grateful. I am instantly a better practitioner of medicine."
 

"There are so many changes inspired by this course: changes in my antibiotic Rx choices, new anticoagulants, updates in my hep C management, updates in STI / UTI management, changes in my workup and referrals for neuro and rheumatology….I could go on and on."
 

"This has raised my expectations of what a CME activity should be! I cannot see myself attending any other conference going forward."
 

"The emphasis on equity was very enlightening."

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Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Provide state-of-the-art care to patients with a wide range of general internal medicine problems
  • Support patients with obesity more effectively
  • Deliver state-of-the-art care to patients with diabetes
  • Apply up-to-date screening recommendations for colon, breast, lung, prostate, and cervical cancer
  • Provide equitable care
  • Manage chronic kidney disease and complications
  • Evaluate and treat GERD, IBS, and MASLD
  • Manage chronic pain effectively, with and without opioids
  • Use antibiotics appropriately and wisely
  • Evaluate and treat patients with coronary artery disease, afib, and congestive heart failure
  • Apply improved physical exam skills in practice
  • Apply up-to-date recommendations for respiratory infection management in the outpatient setting
  • Provide up-to-date care for menopause symptoms
  • Support patients with mental health concerns
  • Evaluate patients with dizziness and vertigo
  • Communicate effectively about end-of-life care with patients
  • Discuss lifestyle interventions to support patient wellbeing, and techniques for motivational interviewing
  • Discuss disparities in cancer diagnoses and mortality attributable to social factors

Faculty

Course Directors

Assistant Director

Dunia Abdul-Aziz, MD, Instructor in Otolaryngology

Sara Ahmadi, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Cristina B. Alexander, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Salah Alrakawi, MD, Instructor in Medicine

Alev Atalay, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Ndang Azang-Njaah, MD, MPH, Instructor in Medicine

David W. Bates, MD, MSc, Professor of Medicine

Suzanne M. Bertisch, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Joshua Borus, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Michael P. Bowley, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurology

Jennifer Brody, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Rohit Budhiraja, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Alexandra Charrow, MD, Assistant Professor of Dermatology

Sharon H. Chou, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Kathryn Corelli, MD, Instructor in Medicine

Bradley Denker, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine

Akshay S. Desai, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine

George Dyer, MD, Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery

Kathryn Fay, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Candace Feldman, MD, MPH, ScD, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Naomi D. Fisher, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine

Elizabeth Frates, MD, Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Gregg Furie, MD, Instructor in Medicine

Marc B. Garnick, MD, Gorman Brothers Professor of Medicine 

Carolina Geadas, MD, Instructor in Medicine 

Allyson Goldberg, MD, Instructor in Medicine

Stacey Gray, MD, Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology

Ole-Petter Hamnvik, MB, ChB, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Craig Hersh, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine

Sotonye Imadojemu, MD, Instructor in Dermatology

Jana Jarolimova, MD, MPH, Instructor in Medicine

Jacob H. Johnson, MD, Instructor in Medicine

Martin Kathrins, MD, Instructor in Surgery

Bevin E. Kenney, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Scott Kinlay, MBBS, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine

Dana Kotler, MD, Instructor in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Mariel Kozberg, MD, PhD, Instructor in Neurology

David S. Kroll, MD, Instructor in Psychiatry

Navin Kumar, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Nancy E. Lange-Vaidya, MD, MPH, Instructor in Medicine

Jacob Lazarus, MD, PhD, Instructor in Medicine

Julia Loewenthal, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Diana Lopez, MD, Instructor in Medicine

Aaron Mann, MD, Instructor in Medicine

Nicholas Marston, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Elizabeth Matzkin, MD, Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery

Marie McDonnell, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine

Kathy McManus, MS, RD, LDN, Director, Dietetic Internship, Mass General Brigham

James Morrill, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Ellen Nagami, MD, Instructor in Medicine

Lydia Pace, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Molly Perencevich, MD, Instructor in Medicine

Gregory Piazza, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine

Stuart Pollack, MD, Instructor in Medicine 

Nancy Rigotti, MD, Professor of Medicine

Eve Rittenberg, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Rachel Rosales, MD, Instructor in Psychiatry

Anna E. Rutherford, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Paul E. Sax, MD, Professor of Medicine

Adam C. Schaffer, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine

David Sloane, MD, Instructor in Medicine

Jeremy T. Smith, MD, Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery

Daniel A. Solomon, MD, Instructor in Medicine

Robert Stern, MD, EdM, Assistant Professor & Pathways Course Co-Director

Joji Suzuki, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Simon G. Talbot, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery

Lori W. Tishler, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Chioma Tomlinson, PA-C, Clinical Assistant Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine; Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

J. Kevin Tucker, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine

Joseph Tulip, DNP, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner; Assistant Professor, UMass Chan Medical School

Angeliki Vgontzas, MD, Instructor in Neurology

Milena Weinstein, MD, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Maria A. Yialamas, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine

Paul C. Zei, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine

Sam Ash, MD, MPH, Critical Care Physician, South Shore Health

Michael Beasley, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania 

Andrew Budson, MD, Professor of Neurology, Boston University

Mina Farahani, MD, MS, Cornea, Cataract and Anterior Segment Specialist, Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston

Kevin A. Kerber, MD, MS, Professor of Neurology, The Ohio State University

Robert C. Lowe, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

Frances (Kitty) O'Hare, MD, FACP, FAAP, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine

Paragi Rana, MD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Yale School of Medicine

Course Fees

Fee Disclaimer

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:

Role Course Fee Early Registration Course Fee
Physician (MD/DO) $1,495.00 $1,395.00
Nurse (RN/APRN) $1,395.00 $1,295.00
PA $1,395.00 $1,295.00
Resident/Fellow $1,395.00 $1,295.00
Allied Health Professional / Other $1,395.00 $1,295.00

Your tuition includes a complete online syllabus and extensive informational materials for patients in English and Spanish.

 

All sessions and workshops 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. Each session recording will be available on the day following its live stream, and the video library will be available for 11 months 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.

The Harvard Medical School designates this for a maximum of 60.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 60.75 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.

Application for CME credit has been filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians. Determination of credit is pending.

This activity meets the criteria of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine for 21.00 hours of Risk Management Study. This includes:

  • 2.25 credits of Opioid Education and Pain Management Training
  • 2.25 credits of End-of-Life Care Education.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

  • Provide Patient-Centered Care
  • Work in Interdisciplinary Teams
  • Employ Evidence-Based Practice
  • Apply Quality Improvement
  • Utilize Informatics

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
  • Interpersonal and Communication Skills
  • Professionalism

Disclaimer & Disclosure

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.

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.