Emergency Medicine: Updates & Current Practices

  • Continuing Education
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Registration Deadline: May 1

Gain practical, immediately applicable strategies across critical care, trauma, pediatrics, geriatrics, health equity, and innovation through interactive lectures, case-based discussions, and recorded sessions for flexible learning.

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This course is taught online in real time.

$1,260 Save with early registration

For a full list of profession pricing see below.
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Fee increases to $1,400 after

Continuing Education

Earn up to:
30.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™
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One Week, 7 Hours/Day

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Overview

Join us for a dynamic one-week live-stream virtual postgraduate course hosted by the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Department of Emergency Medicine. Designed for emergency physicians, specialty physicians, primary care doctors, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, and EMTs, this live-streaming course offers a unique opportunity to learn from leading experts in the field. Over the course of five days, you'll delve into a comprehensive range of topics, including: 

  • Acute Compartment Syndrome 
  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Updates 
  • Airway Advances 
  • ARDS 
  • Approach to the Critically Ill Trauma Patient 
  • Atypical Presentations of Disease in Older Adults 
  • Burns 
  • Cardiac Arrest 
  • Clinical Informatics in Emergency Medicine 
  • Current Practice in Newborn Fever 
  • Critical Care Double Feature: Push-Dose Pressors and Phenobarbital for Severe Alcohol Withdrawal 
  • ED Care of the Psychiatric Patient 
  • EMTALA, Medical Screening Exams, and Challenging Patients: Considerations for Your Next Shift 
  • Environmental Impacts of Healthcare and What Emergency Physicians Can Do 
  • EKG's 
  • Frailty 
  • Geriatric Falls 
  • Improving ED Patient Experience 
  • Innovating in Emergency Medicine: Challenges and Opportunities 
  • Medical Jargon 
  • Mild Head Trauma 
  • Operationalizing Health Equity in the ED 
  • Pediatrics – Bronchiolitis: What's Known and What's New 
  • Personalized Management in Septic Shock 
  • POCUS – (Cardiac, Lung, eFAST, Pediatrics, and Procedures) 
  • Postpartum Hemorrhage 
  • Predictive Model Evaluation 
  • Pulmonary Embolism 
  • Scrotal Pain 
  • Sepsis Updates 
  • Social Determinants of Health: Why Health Equity is the Business of Emergency Medicine 
  • STI's 
  • Supporting Humanitarian Disasters with Digital Health 
  • Update on Ventricular Fibrillation Cardiac Arrest 
  • Vasopressors and Shock Pearls 
  • What's New in PEM Literature 
  • Wilderness Medicine / High Altitude Illness 

This interactive course will include didactic presentations followed by Q&A, review of cases, problem solving and other engaging formats via remote learning. Learners will have many opportunities to develop new strategies they can incorporate into their practice setting. All lectures will be recorded and available for asynchronous viewing in case of time-zone/schedule conflicts.

Learning Objectives

  • Identify underlying tachydysrhythmias.
  • Identify most up-to-date therapeutics for cardiac arrest.
  • Integrate the latest evidence-based practice strategies in treating patients with acute hemorrhagic stroke.
  • Utilize latest evidence based algorithms and strategies in management of PE and DVT.

Developed and Offered By:

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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 Massachusetts General Hospital - Department of Emergency Medicine.

Who Should Participate

Physician Assistants, Primary Care Physicians, Nurses, Specialty Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, EMT/Paramedics, and Others.

Schedule

All agenda sessions are in Eastern Time.

Day 1

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

WELCOME

Calvin Huang

8:40-9:00 am

Personalized Management in Septic Shock

Hamid Shokoohi

9:00-9:40 am

Wilderness Medicine/ High Altitude Illness

N. Stuart Harris

9:40-10:20 am

BREAK

10:20-10:40 am

Postpartum Hemorrhage

L. Suzanne Leslie

10:40-11:20 am

Burns

Robert Sheridan

11:20 am-12:00 pm

LUNCH

12:00-1:00 pm

Supporting Humanitarian Disasters with Digital Health

Jarone Lee

1:00-1:40 pm

Predictive Model Evaluation

Sayon Dutta

1:40-2:20 pm

BREAK

2:20-2:40 pm

STIs

Donna Felsenstein

2:40-3:20 pm

Vasopressors and Shock Pearls

Raghu Seethala

3:20-4:00 pm

Day 2

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Sepsis Updates

Michael Filbin

9:00-9:40 am

Airway Advances

Annette Ilg

9:40-10:20 am

BREAK

10:20-10:40 am

Geriatric Falls

Shan Liu

10:40-11:20 am

EMTALA, Medical Screening Exams, and Challenging Patients: Considerations for your Next Shift

Jonathan Sonis

11:20 am-12:00 pm

LUNCH

12:00-1:00 pm

Pediatrics - Bronchiolitis: what's known and what's new

Kevin Schwartz

1:00-1:40 pm

ED Care of the Psychiatric Patient

Lauren Nentwich

1:40-2:20 pm

BREAK

2:20-2:40 pm

Cardiac Arrest

Sean Kivlehan

2:40-3:20 pm

Clinical Informatics in Emergency Medicine

Shuhan He

3:20-4:00 pm

Day 3

Thursday, April 30, 2026

POCUS - Procedures

Nicole Duggan

9:00-9:40 am

POCUS - eFAST

Nour Al Jalbout; Graciela Maldonado

9:40-10:20 am

BREAK

10:20-10:40 am

POCUS - Cardiac & Lung

Carrie Walsh; Calvin Huang

10:40-11:20 am

POCUS - Pediatric Cases

Sigmund Kharasch

11:20 am-12:00 pm

LUNCH

12:00-1:00 pm

Improving ED Patient Experience

Benjamin White

1:00-1:40 pm

Innovating in Emergency Medicine: Challenges and Opportunities

Benjamin White

1:40-2:20 pm

BREAK

2:20-2:40 pm

Operationalizing Health Equity in the ED

Thiago Oliveira; Giovanni Rodriguez; Regan Marsh

2:40-3:20 pm

ARDS

Peter Hou

3:20-4:00 pm

Day 4

Friday, May 1, 2026

Frailty

Sarah Perelman; Shan Liu

9:00-9:40 am

Atypical Presentations of disease in older adults

Sarah Perelman; Shan Liu

9:40-10:20 am

BREAK

10:20-10:40 am

Mild Head Trauma

Pierre Borczuk

10:40-11:20 am

Update on Ventricular Fibrillation Cardiac Arrest

Keith Marill

11:20 am-12:00 pm

LUNCH

12:00-1:00 pm

Acute Ischemic Stroke Updates

Kori Zachrison

1:00-1:40 pm

Pulmonary Embolism

Christopher Kabrhel

1:40-2:20 pm

BREAK

2:20-2:40 pm

Critical Care Double Feature: Push-Dose Pressors and Phenobarbital for Severe Alcohol Withdrawal

Paul Jansson

2:40-3:20 pm

Approach to the Critically Ill Trauma Patient

Rama Salhi

3:20-4:00 pm

Day 5

Saturday, May 2, 2026

Medical Jargon

Page Mieritz

9:00-9:40 am

Scrotal Pain

Andrew Eyre

9:40-10:20 am

BREAK

10:20-10:40 am

Social Determinants of Health: Why Health Equity is the Business of Emergency Medicine

Wendy Macias Konstantopoulos

10:40-11:20 am

Environmental Impacts of Healthcare and What Emergency Physicians Can Do

Jonathan Slutzman

11:20 am-12:00 pm

LUNCH

12:00-1:00 pm

What's New in PEM Literature

Nicole Nadeau

1:00-1:40 pm

Current Practice in Newborn Fever

Jane Preotle

1:40-2:20 pm

BREAK

2:20-2:40 pm

Acute Compartment Syndrome

david peak

2:40-3:20 pm

EKGs

John Nagurney

3:20-4:00 pm

Faculty

Harvard Medical School Continuing Education attracts the best and brightest faculty from all around the world. As a student in this course, you’ll have access to outstanding course directors and faculty.

 

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Course Fees

Registration Details

You may register through our secure online environment and will receive an email confirmation upon receipt of your payment. Prices include CME credit, electronic syllabus. At the end of the registration process, a $10 non-refundable processing fee will be added to your registration. 

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Early Registration Deadline:

Role Course Fee Early Registration Course Fee
Physician (MD/DO) $1,400 $1,260
Nurse (RN/APRN) $1,200 $1,080
PA $1,200 $1,080
Psychologist $1,200 $1,080
Resident/Fellow $1,200 $1,080
Social Worker $1,200 $1,080
Allied Health Professional / Other $1,200 $1,080

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 live activity for a maximum of 30.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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 13.25 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
  • Employ Evidence-Based Practice

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
  • Professionalism
  • Systems-Based Practice
  • Interpersonal and Communication Skills

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.

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