Old, New, Tried and True: Clinical Topics in Primary Care Practice - 2023

Dates and Times

Start: 9/18/2023 8:00 AM
End: 9/25/2023 4:30 PM

Objectives

• Identify the typical infectious diseases seen in a primary care setting.
• Order the use of diagnostic testing as indicated.
• Select the appropriate antibiotic regimens.
• Identify the appropriate vaccine schedules for children and adults.
• Recognize patients requiring variations from the usual immunization schedule (e.g., immunocompromised state or delay in previous vaccinations).
• Identify the diagnostic criteria for select MSK diagnoses seen in a primary care environment.
• Create an appropriate management plan for conditions within the scope of primary care practice.
• For more complex conditions requiring specialty care, plan co-management with colleagues in Orthopedics, Rheumatology, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, and Physical Therapy.
• Identify typical skin conditions for which pediatric and adult patients seek care in a primary care practice.
• Articulate appropriate therapeutic regimens for common dermatoses.
• Distinguish dermatologic findings characteristic of systemic illness.
• Identify the appropriate imaging study sequence for patients with common clinical presentations seen typically in primary care practice (e.g., hematuria, cough, abdominal pain,headache).
• Describe common behavioral conditions and psychiatric illnesses seen in primary care practice.
• Identify common psychotropic medications and counseling techniques used therapeutically.
• Recognize which patients require co-management with a mental health clinician.
• Define the overall mission of the USPSTF.
• Demonstrate how to utilize USPSTF guidelines in clinical practice.
• Identify new drug classes currently FDA-approved and clinically available for pharmacotherapy.
• Recognize potential side effect profiles and drug-drug interactions between these novel medications and older pharmaceuticals used by patients.
• Identify commonly recognized social determinants of health.
• Illustrate the connections between population health and traditional public health.
• Demonstrate how clinicians can incorporate wellness into primary care practice.
• Formulate a management plan for pregnant and post-partum patients with acute infectious diseases, cardiac symptoms suggestive of cardiomyopathy, new or chronic dyspnea, and fever.
• Identify common surgical conditions seen in pregnant patients and their management.
• Distinguish areas of pediatric management (e.g., well-child care, school health, adolescent health) which are an appropriate part of primary care practice.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the immunization schedule for children.
• Recognize areas of women’s health care pertinent to the office GYN component of primary care, including reproductive health, cancer screening (cervical and breast), and identifying domestic violence.
• Demonstrate knowledge of current CDC guidelines for STI diagnosis and treatment.
• Identify challenging diagnostic and treatment issues encountered in clinical practice, including common pitfalls in diagnostic reasoning.
• Determine a differential diagnosis in a series of unknown cases.
• Indicate typical emergent situations seen in an ambulatory setting and their expected clinical management.