Endocrine & Diabetes Controversies in Adult Primary Care Practice

Endocrine & Diabetes Controversies in Adult Primary Care Practice

Endocrine and Diabetes Controversies in Adult Primary Care Practice is intended to provide up-to-date, state-of-the-art continuing medical education for primary care physicians and clinicians who are on the front lines of identifying and managing a wide spectrum of diabetes and endocrine disorders.

In order to be successful, it is critically important that you know when and how to identify important endocrine disorders in adults, when to screen for them and how best to manage your patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes. Providing high-quality medical care is essential. It minimizes unnecessary investigations and misinterpretation of data.

Our expert faculty will provide specific recommendations for optimal care through innovative lectures, question-and-answer panels and interactive case-based sessions. If you provide care to patients with endocrine disorders, diabetes or obesity, this course will be invaluable. You will leave with comprehensive strategies, the latest clinical updates and best practices to optimize patient care while enjoying historic Boston in the spring.

FEATURING BEST PRACTICES AND EFFECTIVE TREATMENT STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING A WIDE SPECTRUM OF DIABETES AND ENDOCRINE DISORDERS

Program Highlights

• Screening and treating of osteoporosis – understanding the new medications
• Intensifying treatment of people with type 2 diabetes
• Initiation and intensification for insulin in people with type 2 diabetes
• Personalizing nutrition plans and exercise prescriptions for people with diabetes
• Using medications to treat obesity
• Managing people with thyroid dysfunction – hypo- and hyperthyroidism
• How to best evaluate thyroid nodules
• Improving cardiovascular risk
• Menopausal symptom management
• When to suspect and how to initially screen for pituitary and adrenal dysfunction
• Endless activities including theater, museums, fine dining, shopping, historic landmarks and more located just outside the Revere Hotel Boston Common

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

Assess the potential for an underlying endocrine etiology for patients presenting with subtle and non-specific symptoms Select appropriate laboratory and imaging assessments to initiate the evaluation and management planning of patients suspected of having endocrine disease. Evaluate and, when appropriate, refer patients to a consultant endocrinologist for further diagnostic evaluation, advanced therapeutic intervention and co-management when appropriate Manage common endocrine conditions such as Type 2 diabetes, Osteoporosis, Vitamin D Deficiency, and primary hypothyroidism. Recognize the importance of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Who Should Attend

• Internists
• Hospitalists
• Geriatricians
• CDEs
• Family Physicians
• Endocrinologists
• NPs
• PAs

Course Directors

	James V. Hennessey, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
	Martin J. Abrahamson MD, FACP Associate Professor of Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center