Summer Primary Care Update: Program

June 24 - 26, 2012 - Colorado Springs Marriott, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Program Planning Committee: Jan N. Basile, MD, Cheri L. Olson, MD, Dianne Setness, MSN, Richard Wiznura, MD Summer PCU Logo

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Going Green   To decrease our carbon footprint and help keep costs down for attendees, we are "going green".  That means all presentations will be available electronically on a flash drive for every attendee.  We encourage you to join us as we strive to be good stewards of our environment.

Sunday, June 24, 2012

7:30 a.m.   JNC8
Faculty: Jan N. Basile, MD

  • Review tests used in clinical practice
  • Compare and contrast findings from the JNC7 and JNC8 reports

8:15 a.m.   Update on Immunizations
Faculty: George C. Mejicano, MD, MS

  • Advise patients on the current immunization recommendations in the United States and Canada
  • Review the updated recommendations for influenza, pertussis, invasive pneumococcal disease, zoster, HPV, and meningococcemia

9:00 a.m.   ATP 4 & Dyslipidemia: How it is Different form ATP3
Faculty:  Jan N. Basile, MD

  • Identify which various drugs combination are most appropriate for patients based on their risk profiles
  • Discuss how novel and emerging therapies can be integrated into practice

9:45 a.m.    Break

10:15 a.m.  Traveler Medicine at Home
Faculty:  George C. Mejicano, MD, MS

  • Discuss malaria and other topical diseases
  • Management of patients who travel abroad: pre-trip
  • Management of patients who travel aboard: post-trip 

11:00 - 11:45 a.m.   Seminars with the Faculty

  • What is the Latest in Hypertension?   Jan N. Basile, MD
  • Bugs & Drugs   George C. Mejicano, MD, MS

11:45 - 12:30 p.m.  Seminars with the Faculty Repeated

12:30 p.m.  Adjourn

Monday, June 25, 2012 

7:30 a.m.    Recognizing Your Patients with Personality Disorders
Faculty:  Mark D. Williams, MD

  • Recognize personality disorders in your patient population
  • Management of patients with personality disorders in the primary care office setting

8:15 a.m.    Diagnosing and Managing Dementia
Faculty:  Katherine Galluzzi, DO

  • Improve dementia screening and follow-up
  • Improve confidence and performance relative to dementia diagnosis and differential diagnosis
  • Increase referrals to community supports to improve counseling and educations as well as alleviate caretaker burden
  • Improve evidence-based behavioral and pharmacologic management of dementia

9:00 a.m.    Non-Responsive Depression: What Next?
Faculty:  Mark D. Williams, MD

  • Discuss when to consider switching or augmenting antidepressant therapy and when other non-pharmacological strategies may prove helpful 

9:45 a.m.    Break

10:15 a.m.    Ready for REMS 
Faculty: Katherine Galluzzi, DO

  • Acknowledge the importance of opioid analgesics for treatment of patient with moderate-to-severe pain
  • Understand the problem of misuse/abuse/diversion in light of the increasing use of opioids as a mainstay in the armamentarium against pain
  • Seek to strike a balance between appropriate pain control and responsible prescribing of long-acting opioid analgesics
  • Recognize the role of risk evaluation and mitigation strategies in protecting both patient safety and access to appropriate pain medications

11:00 - 11:45 a.m.    Seminars with the Faculty

  • Managing Dementia  Katherine Galluzzi, DO
  • Depression/Personality Disorders  Mark D. Williams, MD

11:45 - 12:30 p.m.  Seminars with the Faculty Repeated

12:30 p.m.  Adjourn

 Tuesday, June 26, 2012

7:30 a.m.   Update in Type 2 Diabetes
Faculty:  Michael D. Whitaker, MD

  • Understand the physiologic basis for decisions as to what non-insulin therapies could be used to manage DM2
  • Understand recent developments in cardiovascular disease and DM2 management 

8:15 a.m.    Fibromyalgia Diagnosis & Treatment
Faculty:  Daniel Muller, MD, PhD

  • Understand why fibromyalgia is misdiagnosed, under diagnosed or undiagnosed in the primary care setting
  • Discuss frequent co-morbid conditions associated with fibromyalgia
  • Discuss the most common agents and non-pharmacologic therapies used to treat fibromyalgia
  • Discuss effective interdisciplinary treatment models for fibromyalgia that improves patient care

9:00 a.m.    Pragmatic Approach to Hypercalcemia
Faculty:  Michael D. Whitaker, MD

  • Understand calcium homeostasis
  • Understand the approach to hypercalcemia based on presence/absence of PTH
  • Know when to intervene in PTH dependent hypercalcemic disease states

9:45 a.m.    Break

10:15 a.m.    The Initial Approach for a Patient with Arthritis
Faculty:  Daniel Muller, MD, PhD

  • Summarize current clinical guideline recommendations for the diagnosis and management of arthritis
  • Recommend self-management strategies for arthritis including exercise programs and other lifestyle changes
  • Describe evidence-based first-line pharmacotherapy options for arthritis

11:00 - 11:45 a.m.   Seminars with the Faculty

  •  Interventional Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes   Michael D. Whitaker, MD
  • Fibromyalgia Cases   Daniel Muller, MD, PhD 

11:45 - 12:30 p.m.  Seminars with the Faculty Repeated

12:30 p.m.  Adjourn