UCSF Hot Topics in Primary Care Medicine

University of California San Francisco Clinical Update

In this in-depth collection of lectures, experienced primary care clinicians reveal key strategies for office-based preventive medicine.

Explore the Latest Developments

UCSF Hot Topics in Primary Care Medicine presents a comprehensive review of new developments in outpatient medicine, with emphasis on the day-to-day controversies of office practice. Led by Robert B. Baron, MD, MS, this CME program highlights best practice guidelines for a range of topics, from cancer screening and allergy and immunology, to current approaches to gout, depression, dermatology, sports medicine, osteoporosis, and more.

It will help you to better:

• Manage common problems including high cholesterol, coronary heart disease, asthma, COPD, stroke, TIAs, vertigo, STDs, diabetes, hearing loss, sinusitis, substance abuse, and more
• Diagnose and treat special problems in women's health
• Select the best diagnostic tests
• Understand health disparities and your role in providing equitable, patient-centered care

Learning Objectives

After viewing this program, participants should be able to:

• Implement new guidelines in office-based preventive medicine, including new strategies for cancer screening, immunizations, prevention of coronary heart disease, and stroke
• Manage common office problems including high blood cholesterol, coronary heart disease, asthma, COPD, gout, stroke, TIAs, vertigo, sexually transmitted infections, diabetes, hearing loss, sinusitis, and substance abuse
• Manage common specialty problems in neurology, cardiology, endocrinology, infectious disease, dermatology, allergy and immunology, otolaryngology, orthopedics and sports medicine, gynecology, psychiatry, nutrition, hospital medicine, perioperative care, geriatrics, and palliative care
• Diagnose and treat common problems in women's health including cervical, breast and ovarian cancer, routine pelvic exams, contraception, and osteoporosis
• 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 health advocate with a deeper understanding of health disparities and the central role of primary care clinicians in providing equitable, patient-centered care

Intended Audience

Designed for practicing internists, family practitioners, and all other health professionals interested in providing high quality primary care, this course will present a comprehensive review of new developments in outpatient medicine.

Preventive Medicine

• Prevention of Infections: Best Practices in Vaccination - Lisa G. Winston, MD

• Updates in Breast Cancer Screening - Karla M. Kerlikowske, MD

• Cancer Screening 2019: New Recommendations, New Controversies - Judith M.E. Walsh, MD, MPH

• How Should We Approach Cervical Cancer Screening and Routine Pelvic Examinations in 2019? - George F. Sawaya, MD

Clinical Strategies in Primary Care I

• Management of Lipid Disorders: Integrating the New Guidelines - Robert B. Baron, MD, MS

• Safer Opiate Prescribing - Soraya Azari, MD

• Common and Uncommon Problems in Otolaryngology - Steven Pletcher, MD

• Updates in Nutrition and Exercise: New Trials and New Guidelines - Jeffrey A. Tice, MD

Clinical Strategies in Primary Care II

• Current Strategies in Perioperative Medicine - H. Quinny Cheng, MD

• Quality Contraception Care: Counseling and Controversies - Sara Whetstone, MD

• Updates in Hospital Medicine - Bradley A. Sharpe, MD

Clinical Strategies in Primary Care III

• Understanding Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Now More than Ever - Susan Philip, MD, MPH

• Gout: An Old Disease that is Coming of Age - Jonathan Graf, MD

• Palliative Care Pearls for the Busy Practitioner - Steven Z. Pantilat, MD

Clinical Strategies in Primary Care IV

• Current Approaches to Asthma and COPD - Michael Peters, MD

• Management of Common Problems in Sports Medicine - Cindy J. Chang, MD

• Best Practices in Chest Imaging for the Non-Radiologist - Brett M. Elicker, MD

• Current Approaches to Allergy and Immunology - Iris Otani, MD

Clinical Strategies in Primary Care V

• Depression in Primary Care: Mourning or Melancholia? - Descartes Li, MD

• Interventional Cardiology for the Non-Cardiologist: New Innovations and New Guidelines - Krishan Soni, MD, MBA

• Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteoporosis: What’s New and Controversial in 2019? - Douglas C. Bauer, MD