In this unique program, Harvard Medical School's leading clinical faculty, representing more than 30 fields of medicine and surgery, share updates and provide recommendations to ensure you are current with the recent advances in both general internal medicine and select specialties. General Internal Medicine for Specialists covers the clinical breadth of internal medicine and the working knowledge specialists need in order to understand the most important advances outside your field of expertise.

Whether you are a psychiatrist or pathologist, cardiologist or anesthesiologist, surgeon or hospitalist, you can rely on this program for updates and advances that impact day-to-day practice, clinical decisions, and patient care.

The program's curriculum provides broad and inclusive content ranging from clinical controversies to specific new and innovative therapies. General Internal Medicine for Specialists was developed by experienced practitioners, and sessions are presented by Harvard faculty and select guest speakers dedicated to peer-to-peer education. They will succinctly and effectively summarize material and provide focused updates, emphasizing specific recommendations for clinical practice and improved patient care.

Topics covered in the 2022 program include: 

• Ischemic heart disease
• The ongoing impact of COVID-19
• Hepatitis
• Reducing fractures
• Stroke
• Chronic obstructive lung disease
• Diabetes management
• Women’s health
• Anticoagulation
• Endocrinology
• The neurologic exam
• Cognitive decline
• Travel medicine
• Congestive heart failure
• Common eye problems
• Diseases of the foregut
• Preoperative evaluation
• Breast cancer
• Differential dx of polyarthritis

• Atrial fibrillation
• Lipid management
• Dermatology
• Osteoporosis management
• Asthma
• Renal medicine
• Anemia
• Basic orthopedics
• Antiplatelet agents
• Sleep disorders
• ENT
• Managing obesity
• Headaches
• Allergy medicine
• Thyroid disorders
• Hypertension
• Cancer screening
• Non-opioid and opioid pain management
• Lower back pain

Whatever your specialty, you can rely on General Internal Medicine for Specialists for practical updates that ensure a working knowledge of current internal medicine practices and a familiarity with critical advances across a broad range of specialties. The faculty will address the ongoing impact of COVID-19 pandemic. This program is designed to meet the needs of the full range of specialists, provide focused updates, and cover a vast amount of information efficiently and effectively, including:

• Current guidelines and management strategies for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, lipid disorders, hypertension, chronic lung disease, sleep disturbances, cognitive decline, chronic pain
• Strategies for assessing and managing interacting comorbidities
• Potential adverse interactions between medications you prescribe and those prescribed by others
• Focused examination techniques: basic orthopedics and the neurologic examination
• Up-to-date interventional therapies in cardiology, rheumatology, gastroenterology, neurology, dermatology and more
• Inter-specialty clinical decision-making
• The most current evidence-based screening and prevention practices
• Breakthrough innovations with proven patient benefit
• How medical practices have changed as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic

Day 1 : 

- Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Lung Diseases - Christopher H Fanta, MD
- Atrial Fibrillation - E Kevin Heist, MD
- Course Introduction - John D Goodson, MD
- COVID-19 Update - Paul E Sax, MD
- Ischemic Heart Disease - Eric M Isselbacher, MD
- Lipid Management - Scott Kinlay, MBBS, PhD
- New Practices for Managing Osteoporosis and Reducing Fractures - John D Goodson, MD
- The Neurological Method - Martin A Samuels, MD
- Update on Congestive Heart Failure - Akshay S Desai, MD, MPH

Day 2 : 

- Common Dermatologic Problems - Daniela Kroshinsky, MD, MPH
- Common Eye Problems - Mina A Farahani, MD, MS
- Diabetes Management - David M Nathan, MD
- New Anticoagulants and Antiplatelet Agents - Rachel P Rosovsky, MD
- Overview of Sleep Medicine - James E Mojica, MD
- Stroke - Galen V Henderson, MD
- Update in Renal Medicine - David JR Steele, MD
- Women's Health Managing Menopause - Jane S Sillman, MD

Day 3 : 

- Cognitive Decline - Andrew E Budson, MD
- Current Approaches to Anemia - Lisa B Weissmann, MD
- Diseases of the Foregut - Kyle D Staller, MD, MPH
- ENT in 2022 - Stacey T Gray, MD
- Managing Obesity - Jane S Sillman, MD
- Preoperative Evaluation - Adam C Schaffer, MD
- Travel Medicine - James H Maguire, MD
- Updates in Addressing Headaches - Angeliki Vgontzas, MD

Day 4 : 

- Allergy Medicine in 2022 - James A MacLean, MD
- Basic Orthopedics Shoulder and Arm - Thomas J Gill, MD
- Breast Cancer - Barbara L Smith, MD, PhD
- Case Studies in Endocrinology - J Carl Pallais, MD, MPH
- Differential Dx of Polyarthritis - Robert P Friday, MD
- General Internal Medicine Part 1 Disease Prevention and Health Promotion - John D Goodson, MD
- General Internal Medicine Part 2 Cancer Screening, Self-Careand Doctoring - John D Goodson, MD
- Infectious and Metabolic Hepatitis - Raymond T Chung, MD

Day 5 : 

- Case Studies of Common Thyroid Problems - Gilbert H Daniels, MD
- Common Outpatient Infections Current Treatment Recommendations - Jacob Johnson, MD
- Lower Back Pain - Dana H Kotler, MD
- Management of Hypertension - John D Goodson, MD
- Opioid Pain Management - Gary J Brenner, MD

Release Date : Jan  24-28 , 2022