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Course ID: 22085 | Course Duration: 1 Day | CEUs: 20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ^(TM), AAFP, ACEP, ACOG

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Internal Medicine Review and Update: Inpatient and Outpatient Care for the Hospitalist and PCP Training Class

Course ID: 22085

Internal Medicine Review and Update: Inpatient and Outpatient Care for the Hospitalist and PCP Training Seminar

20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ^(TM)

About Your Presenters

David A. Horowitz, M.D. - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine; Senior Medical Director for Quality, University of Pennsylvania Health System; Chief Medical Officer, PennCare at Home, Home Care Division of UPHS, Philadelphia, PA; Kendal Williams, M.D., M.P.H. - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Assistant Clinical Professor, Hospitalist Division; Service Chief, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center; Director, UPHS Center for Evidence-Based Practice, Philadelphia, PA.

Overall Objectives

The overall objective is to provide the participant with practical and clinically relevant information. Upon completion of this CME activity, the physician or healthcare provider should be able to describe the current approach to formulating differential diagnoses, diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive management of the various disciplines presented.

Daily Outline

Day 1

Practical Approach to Thyroid Disease: 1. Hypothyroidism/Elevated TSH and 2. Patient with a Thyroid Nodule.
Practical Approach to the Patient with Hypertension.
Practical Approach to the Patient with Headache.
Update on the Management of COPD and Asthma in the Hospitalized Patient.
Update on the Management of Congestive Heart Failure.

Day 2

Update on the Management of Stroke.
Update on the Evaluation of Chest Pain.
Update on the Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes.
Surgical, Medical, and Behavioral Approaches to the Patient with Obesity, Parts I & II.

Day 3

Practical Approach to the Outpatient with Dementia.
Practical Approach to the Patient with Diabetes.
Practical Approach to the Patient with Hyperlipidemia.
The Evaluation and Management of Syncope.
The Inpatient Management of Diabetes.

Day 4

Delirium, Dementia, and Psychosis - The Diagnosis and Management of the Inpatient with Mental Status Change.
Overview of the Inpatient Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections.
Overview of the Current Management of Nosocomial Infections.
Practical Approach to the Patient with Potential DVT.
Practical Primer: A Measured Approach to the Patient Safety and Error Theory.

CME Accreditation
American Medical Seminars, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Continuing Education Credits

This seminar qualifies for Continuing Education credits as described below.