UCSF CME Essentials of Primary Care:
A Core Curriculum for Ambulatory Practice

Overview:

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed primary care practice. Difficult management decisions must now be made in transformed ambulatory environments and with virtual medicine. Despite the change in our practice environments, primary care clinicians must continue to focus on preventive medicine, reduction of cardiovascular risk factors, day-to-day clinical problems, chronic disease management, communication skills, and optimal use of diagnostic tests and new medications. Health disparities and the care of vulnerable patients are a central part of our daily practice as we try to maximize quality, safety, equity, and value. Close collaboration with other specialists, inpatient colleagues, and diverse teams of health professionals is essential for the care of our complex patients. This course will also focus on clinical skills and problem-solving in dermatology, neurology, women’s health, clinical nutrition, and evidence-based medicine. The course will utilize formal lectures, case discussions, an audience response system, questions and answers, a detailed syllabus, and on-demand access to course recordings. Remote learning opportunities will also be available.

Target Audience
This course, chaired by Dr. Robert B. Baron and taught by UCSF’s best teachers, is designed for practicing internists, family practitioners, advance practice providers, and all other health professionals interested in providing high quality primary care.

Remote Learning Opportunities Will Also be Available

The course will be offered as a live conference at the Resort at Squaw Creek. Registrants have the option attend in person or to tune in remotely via zoom live stream during programming hours (Pacific Time). Login instructions along with the digital syllabus will be shared with attendees before the meeting. Included in your registration fee is access to the course recordings on demand after the conference and for 30 days after the course. You must tune in to live conference (in person or remotely) to claim CME.

Objectives:

The purpose of this course is to increase competence and improve clinician practice in primary care. We specifically anticipate improvements in skills and strategies to:

• Implement new guidelines in office-based preventive medicine including cancer screening and management of cardiac risk factors;
  
• Develop up-to-date strategies to care for common office problems including hypertension, lipid disorders, diabetes, coronary heart disease, heart failure, chronic kidney disease, headache, back pain, sexually transmitted infections, and covid-19;
  
• Manage common problems in women’s health including contraception, menopause, osteoporosis, and management of abnormal cervical cancer screening tests;
  
• Diagnose and treat common skin disorders, skin infections, and skin cancer;
  
• Counsel patients to improve eating habits, lose weight, and increase physical activity;
  
• Perform an effective problem-focused history and physical examination for evaluation and treatment of dermatologic complaints;
  
• Improve the neurological examination and treat common neurologic disorders;
  
• Perform common office procedures in dermatology and office gynecology;
  
• Develop best practices in patient communication and shared decision-making;
  
• Critically evaluate the medical literature and apply it to clinical practice;
  
• Address health disparities in health and healthcare;
  
• Increase the quality of care and decrease medical costs.
  

Accreditation:

The University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine (UCSF) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 18.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This CME activity meets the requirements under California Assembly Bill 1195, Continuing Education and Cultural and Linguistic Competency.  

Geriatric Medicine
The approved credits shown above include 15.75 geriatric credits toward meeting the requirement under California Assembly Bill 1820, Geriatric Medicine.

Pharmacy
The California Board of Pharmacy accepts as continuing professional education those courses that meet the standard of relevance to pharmacy practice and  have been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. 

Nurses
For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Pharmacotherapeutics CEUs for Nurses
For the purposes of recertification the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME. This activity is designated for a maximum of 12.50 pharmacotherapeutic credits towards meeting the requirement for nursing pharmacology continuing education. Nurses should claim 0.1 CEUs for each contact hour of participation in designated pharmacotherapeutic continuing education.

Physician Assistants
AAPA accepts category 1 credit from AOACCME, Prescribed credit from AAFP, andAMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM from organizations accredited by the ACCME. 

Maintenance of Certification
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 18.00 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 credit. 
IMPORTANT: The online course evaluation must be completed by the due datespecified - no exception. Within 45 days after submitting your evaluation, we will report your MOC points.

Course Outline:

SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 2021

3:00 pm Registration and Check-In
Moderator: Robert B. Baron, MD, MS

5:00 Welcome and Course Overview
Robert B. Baron, MD, MS

5:10 G Controversies in Cancer Screening 2021: Colon, Breast, Lung, and Prostate
Judith M.E. Walsh, MD, MPH

6:00 G Cervical Cancer: Screening and Management of Cancer Precursors
Michael S. Policar, MD, MPH

6:50 pm Adjourn

MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 2021

7:00 am Continental Breakfast
Moderator: Robert B. Baron, MD, MS

7:30 RxG  Management of Lipid Disorders: A Risk-Based, Patient-Centered Approach
 Robert B. Baron MD MS

8:20 RxG   Management of Coronary Artery Disease: A Primary Care Perspective
Michael G. Shlipak, MD, MPH

9:10 Break

9:30  Lumps and Bumps: Best Practices for Benign Breast Conditions
Rebecca Jackson, MD

10:20 RxG  Common Dermatologic Problems: What the Primary Care Physician Needs to Know
Toby A. Maurer, MD

11:10 am Adjourn

TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2021

7:00 am Continental Breakfast
Moderator: Judith M.E. Walsh, MD, MPH

7:30 RxG Current and Emerging Strategies for Osteoporosis
Judith M.E. Walsh, MD, MPH

8:20 RxG  Modern Management of Back Pain
John W. Engstrom MD

9:10 Break

9:30 RxG   Prevention and Treatment of Skin Cancer
Toby A. Maurer, MD

10:20. Managing STDs...Now More Than Ever
Michael S. Policar, MD, MPH

11:10 am Adjourn

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2021

7:00 am Continental Breakfast
Moderator: Rebecca Jackson, MD

7:30 RxG  GYN Issues in Older Women: Hot and Dry But Sometimes Wet
Rebecca Jackson, MD

8:20 RxG  Dermatologic Infectious Disease: Viral, Fungal and Bacterial Skin Diseases
Toby A. Maurer, MD

9:10. Break

9:30 RxG Best Practices for Diagnosis and Treatment of Headache
John W. Engstrom MD

10:20 RxG Management of Diabetes Mellitus: How Should We Use the Newer Medications?
Robert B. Baron, MD, MS

11:10 am Adjourn

THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 2021

7:00 am Continental Breakfast
Moderator: Michael S. Policar, MD, MPH: 

7:30 RxG Quality Contraceptive Care: Counseling and Controversies
Michael S. Policar, MD, MPH

8:20 RxG What’s New in Management of Menopause and Peri-menopausal Symptoms?
Judith M.E. Walsh, MD, MPH

9:10 Break

9:30  RxG Chronic Kidney Disease: What the Generalist Needs to Know
Michael G. Shlipak, MD, MPH

10:20. Chronic Pelvic Pain: A Painless Approach
Rebecca Jackson, MD

11:10 am Adjourn

FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 2021

7:00 am Continental Breakfast
Moderator: Michael G. Shlipak, MD, MPH

7:30 RxG Heart Failure: Evidence-Based Treatment and Monitoring
Michael G. Shlipak, MD, MPH

8:20 RxG Managing Hypertension in 2021: How Do We Work With Conflicting Guidelines?
Robert B. Baron, MD, MS

9:10  Break

9:30  G Mastering the High Yield Neurological Exam
John W. Engstrom MD

10:20: G Dermatologic Procedures in Primary Care
Toby A. Maurer, MD

11:10. Adjourn

G = Geriatric Credit
Rx = Meets Requirements for Pharmacotherapeutics CEUs for NPs/Nurses

Chairs:

Robert B. Baron, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine
Associate Dean for Continuing Medical Education

Faculty:

John Engstrom, MD
Professor of Neurology
Director, Neurology Outpatient Services
Program Director, Neurology Residency Program

Rebecca Jackson, MD
Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences and of Epidemiology & Biostatistics;
Chief, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital

Toby A. Maurer, MD
Professor of Dermatology

Michael S. Policar, MD, MPH
Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Michael G. Shlipak, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Associate Chief of Medicine for Research Development
San Francisco VA Medical Center

Judith M. E. Walsh, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Associate Medical Director, UCSF Women’s Health Primary Care Practice

Travel & Lodging:

COVID Guidelines

Resort at Squaw Creek
400 Squaw Creek Road
Olympic Valley CA 96146
Hotel Phone: 530-583-5300
Reservations: https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/group-booking/RNODH/G-C56L OR 800-403-4434

Rates:
Deluxe Guestroom: $235
Fireplace Suite: $299
Deluxe Fireplace Suite: $319
**Plus $30 per room, per night resort fee

Cutoff Date: July 14, 2021

Website: www.squawcreek.com

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