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Registration and Breakfast
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| 7:30 AM-7:45 AM |
Opening Remarks
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| 7:45 AM-9:15 AM |
Up and Down the Tract: Practical Approaches to Common GI Complaints
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Learning Objectives:
- Consider the effectiveness of various PPI dosing regimens, and the risk/benefit profile of long-term GERD therapy
- Understand the benefit/risk scale for long-term treatment of GERD
- Explore the etiologies of fecal incontinence and proven treatment modalities
Brooks D. Cash FACG, FASGE, MD, AGAF
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Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, Staff Gastroenterologist, Medicine, National Naval Medical Center, Besthesda, MD David A. Peura FACP, MD
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Professor Emeritus, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA |
| 9:15 AM-10:15 AM |
Refreshment Break and Additional Opportunities
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| 10:15 AM-11:15 AM |
Infectious Diseases Grand Rounds
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Learning Objectives:
- Understand the issues relating to the changing epidemiology and treatment challenges of infections caused by C difficile, B pertussis, and N gonorrhoeae
- Implement the most recent changes in adult vaccine recommendations during routine visits
Marc Itskowitz MD, FACP
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Assistant Professor of Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, Director of Didactic Education, Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, Associate Professor of Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA |
| 11:15 AM-12:15 PM |
Key Strategies to Keep Heart Failure Patients Out of the Hospital
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Learning Objectives:
- Evaluate the risk factors and clinical interventions for heart failure
- Identify the importance of early follow-up care by PCPs in keeping heart failure patients from being readmitted
- Apply new initiatives that PCPs can participate in to help reduce hospital readmissions and improve patient quality of life
Kelly Anne Spratt DO, FACC, FACP
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Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
| 12:15 PM-1:15 PM |
Lunch and Additional Opportunities
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| 1:15 PM-2:15 PM |
Hot Off the Press and Into Your Practice:
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Learning Objectives:
- Consider key findings from important new studies that can change your patient care
Pamela R. Kushner MA, MD, FAAFP
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Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA Katherine E. Galluzzi DO, CMD
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Professor and Chairperson, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, Director, Comprehensive Care @ PCOM, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, Medical Director, Hospice of Philadelphia, VNA of Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA |
| 2:15 PM-3:15 PM |
Medical Brain Game: PCP Edition
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Learning Objectives:
- Compete in the popular yet practical medical knowledge game. New categories are sure to provide a fun challenge
Pamela R. Kushner MA, MD, FAAFP
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Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA Katherine E. Galluzzi DO, CMD
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Professor and Chairperson, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, Director, Comprehensive Care @ PCOM, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, Medical Director, Hospice of Philadelphia, VNA of Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA |
| 3:15 PM-4:15 PM |
Refreshment Break and Additional Opportunities
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| 4:15 PM-5:30 PM |
Skin Deep: Diagnosis and Treatment of Skin Conditions in Primary Care
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Learning Objectives:
- Use case-based images and clinical clues to improve your diagnostic skills for common skin lesions
- Identify dermatologic manifestations of systemic disease, conditions you can treat in your office, and conditions that require referral
Andrea Zaenglein MD
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Associate Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA |
