UCSF CME Primary Care Medicine: Update 2022

Overview:

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed primary care practice. Difficult management decisions must now be made in transformed ambulatory environments and via telemedicine. 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, women's health, geriatrics, behavioral medicine, 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 present a comprehensive review of new developments in outpatient medicine, controversies in primary care practice, and up-to-the-minute updates in care of patients with COVID-19. The course will focus on the skills and strategies needed in day-to-day office practice. The curriculum will feature in-depth discussion of challenging cases in preventive medicine, common problems in ambulatory care, and a broad selection of acute and chronic illnesses. An audience response system will facilitate discussion of challenging clinical cases. The course is presented by the UCSF Division of General Internal Medicine of the Department of Medicine and is sponsored by the Office of Continuing Medical Education, University of California, San Francisco.

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.

Onsite and Live Stream Conference:
The course sessions will take place at the Wailea Beach Marriott Hotel on Maui.  Live Stream and Onsite registrants will receive instructions along with the digital syllabus a week before the conference.  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.  All course times listed are Hawaii Standard Time (GMT-10).

Objectives:

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

• Implement new guidelines in office-based preventive medicine including new strategies for cancer prevention and screening, immunizations, and prevention of coronary heart disease and stroke;
• Manage common and complex office problems including hypertension, hyperlipidemia, asthma, COPD, TIAs, stroke, diabetes, thyroid disorders, osteoporosis, gout, rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis and STIs;
• Understand the impact that COVID-19 has had on primary care practice and use best evidence to treat patients with COVID-related conditions and concerns;
• Diagnose and treat common problems in women's health including contraception, abnormal uterine bleeding, breast cancer, endometrial cancer, pelvic pain, and vaginitis;
• Treat common disorders in dermatology including skin cancer, eczema, acne, hair loss, chronic urticaria, drug eruptions, skin infections, and disorders of aging skin;
• Diagnose and treat common and less common disorders of the lung;
• Understand the changing role that immunotherapy and other new medications are having on modern medicine;
• Prevent and treat illness in patients with immunocompromising conditions;
• Understand the evidence for common vitamin supplementation and other nutritional supplements;
• Understand and treat obesity and use the new obesity medications;
• Understand the new exercise guidelines and how to implement them;
• Select the best diagnostic tests and enhance value in medical practice;
• Use best evidence and optimize patient communication and shared-decision making;
• Become a better clinician and advocate with a deeper understanding of health disparities and the central role of primary care clinicians in providing equitable, patient-centered care.

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 20.50 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 19.50 credits toward meeting the requirements under California Assembly Bill 1820, Geriatric Medicine.

Family Physicians 
The AAFP has reviewed UCSF Primary Care Medicine: Update 2022 and deemed it acceptable for up to 20.50 Live AAFP Prescribed credits. Term of Approval is from 04/03/2022 to 04/08/2022. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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 
This activity is designated for a maximum of 19.75 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, and AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Pharmacists 
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.

Maintenance of Certification 
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 20.50 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.

Course Outline:

All course times listed are Hawaii Standard Time (GMT-10).

G = Geriatric Credit

Rx = Pharmacotherapeutics CEUs

Chairs:

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

Faculty:

(University of California, San Francisco unless otherwise noted)

Douglas C. Bauer, MD
Professor of Medicine and of Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Lindy P. Fox, MD 
Professor of Dermatology
Director, Hospital Consultation Service
Director, Complex Medical Dermatology Fellowship

Kenneth Fox, MD
Chief Neurologist
Kaiser Permanente San Francisco

Jonathan Graf, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Rheumatology

Lekshmi Santhosh, MD, MA Ed 
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate Program Director, Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship

Jeffrey A. Tice, MD
Professor of Medicine

Sara Whetstone, MD, MHS
Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Residency Program Director, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Interim Vice Chair of Equity, Inclusion and Structural Change

Travel & Lodging:

Stay up to date on Hawaii’s current Covid travel policy

Wailea Beach Marriott
3700 Wailea Alanui
Wailea HI 96753
Hotel Phone: 888-236-2427
Room Reservations: 877-622-3140

The conference room block is now full. However you are still welcome to attend the conference if you are staying offsite. Please note there is a $25 daily fee to self-park at the hotel.

Hotel cancellation policy: Cancellations within 30 days prior to arrival will be charged two night’s room and tax.

UNITED AIRLINES
UCSF has negotiated special fares with United Airlines for our course attendees.  You may use the following tour code to book on your own: united - www.united.com/meetingtravel • Offer Code: ZK47190520