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2024 Hot Topics in Internal Medicine
Conference: June 6-7
Hot Topics in Internal Medicine Conference
In-person and live streamed
Preconference Workshops: June 5
You may choose one of these preconference workshops:
Skills and Procedure Lab - full day - in-person only
Exploring Artificial Intelligence in Your Practice - afternoon only - in-person and live streamed
Hot Topics in Internal Medicine Overview
Hot Topics in Internal Medicine Conference
During this year’s conference, you’ll explore some of the most common questions and significant advances in internal medicine. We’ll discuss essential diagnostic, treatment, and management strategies so we can provide the best care for our patients.
Cost:
$450 - MD/DO ($325 UW & Affiliates Reduced Fee)
$350 - RN/PA/Residents/Others ($225 UW & Affiliates Reduced Fee)
Skills and Procedures Lab
Hands-on learning in the following areas will be covered: Implantable birth control, acute migraine management and trigger point injections, suturing and orthopedic exams.
Cost: $295 ($245 - UW & Affiliates Reduced Fee)
Exploring Artificial Intelligence in Your Practice
Topics covered include: fundamental principles, large and small language models, applications, ethical consideration, impacts on patient care and outcomes. Presentations, hands-on experience and panel discussion.
Cost: $195 ($100 - UW & Affiliates Reduced Fee)
Intended Audience
This activity is designed to meet the needs of primary care physicians, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, and other health care professionals who are interested in expanding their knowledge and improving their care of patients.
Hot Topics in Internal Medicine Conference, AI Workshop and Skills and Procedures Lab
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, June 5-7, 2024
*Check back as course program may be updated
WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2024 - Skills & Procedures Lab | |
Morning Sessions | |
7:00 | Registration/Check-in and Continental Breakfast |
8:00 | Skills Procedural Sessions* |
9:45 | Break |
10:00 | Skills Procedural Sessions* |
11:45 | Lunch |
Afternoon Sessions | |
12:45 | Skills Procedural Sessions* |
2:30 | Break |
2:45 | Skills Procedural Sessions* |
4:15 | Adjourn |
*Skills Procedural Sessions include: - full list of sessions coming soon | |
WEDNESDAY, June 5, 2024 - Artificial Intelligence Workshop | |
Afternoon Session | |
12:30 | Lunch and Networking |
1:00 | Welcome and Introduction |
1:05 | Origin, Definitions and Principles of AI - Peter Kleinschmidt, MD, FACP |
1:25 | Guided Exploration: Prompting Generative AI - Peter Kleinschmidt, MD, FACP |
1:35 | Generative AI: Practical Applications and World-World Scenarios - David Kunstman, MD; Becky Kohler, MPH, RN-BC |
2:05 | AI in Medical Imaging - Richard Bruce, MD |
2:35 | Predictive Models for Clinical Decision Support - Matthew Churpek, MD, PhD, MPH |
3:05 | Break |
3:20 | Navigating the Ethical and Safety Challenges Associated with the Use of AI in Healthcare - Yonatan Mintz, PhD |
3:50 | Bias in Healthcare AI - Anoop Mayampurath, PhD |
4:20 | Panel Discussion: What Does It Mean for My Team-based Practice? - Peter Kleinschmidt, MD, FACP; David Kunstman, MD; Becky Kohler, MPH, RN-BC; Matthew Churpek, MD, PhD, MPH; John W. Garrett, PhD; Anoop Mayampurath, PhD; Yonatan Mintz, PhD |
4:50 | Closing |
5:00 | Adjourn |
Thursday, June 6, 2024 - Hot Topics in Internal Medicine Conference | |
Morning Sessions | |
7:00 | Registration/Check-in and Continental Breakfast |
7:50 - 8:00 | Welcome and Introductions - Dr. Jeremy Smith |
8:00 - 8:30 | POAs, Living Wills and and the Nuances of Activating Patients Without These Documents - Mara Terras, MD |
8:30 - 9:00 | Dementia: Evaluation and Treatment - Nathaniel Chin, MD |
9:00 - 9:30 | When to Stop Medications in the Elderly - Alexis Eastman, MD |
9:30 - 10:00 | Q&A Session - Terras, Chin, and Eastman |
10:00 - 10:30 | Break |
10:30 - 11:00 | Preoperative Assessment - Caitlin Weitzel, NP |
11:00 - 11:30 | Why We Do What We Do - Samantha Murray-Bainer, MD |
11:30-12:00 | Update on Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis & Management, Joshua Lang, MD |
12:00 - 12:30 | Q&A Session - Weitzel, Murray-Bainer, Lang |
12:30 - 1:30 | Lunch |
Afternoon Sessions | |
1:30 - 2:00 | Refractory Hypertension/Resistant Hypertension, Adam Gepner, MD |
2:00 - 2:30 | Pulmonary Hypertension, Amy Chybowski, NP |
2:30 - 2:45 | Q&A Session - Gepner, Chybowski |
2:45 - 3:00 | Break |
3:00 - 4:00 | Rheumatology Series: Connective Tissues in Review - Christine Sharkey, MD, Sara Donohue, MD |
4:00-4:30 | The Value of a Physical Exam/Screening to Be Performed at a Preventive Exam - Kelly Lavin, MD |
4:30- 5:00 | Q&A - Sharkey, Donohue, Lavin |
5:00 | Adjourn Day 1 |
Friday, June 7, 2024 - Hot Topics in Internal Medicine Conference | |
Morning Sessions | |
7:00 | Registration/Check-in and Continental Breakfast |
7:50 - 8:00 | Welcome and Introductions - Dr. Jeremy Smith |
8:00 - 8:30 | Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome - Jennifer Marks, NP |
8:30 - 9:00 | Updates in HIV: Diagnosis & Treatment - Robert Striker, MD |
9:00 - 9:30 | When to Consider Immunodeficiency - Daniel Rosenberg, MD |
9:30 - 10:00 | Q&A - Marks, Striker, Rosenberg |
10:00 - 10:30 | Break |
10:30 - 11:00 | Update on Multiple Myeloma for the Primary Provider - Matthew Brunner, MD |
11:00 - 11:30 | Endoscopic Management of Weight Loss - Andrew Spiel, MD |
11:30 - 12:00 | Interpreting TFTs - Samantha Pabich, MD |
12:00 - 12:30 | Q&A - Brunner, Spiel, Pabich |
12:30 - 1:30 | Lunch |
Afternoon Sessions | |
1:30 - 2:00 | Emerging Infections: Should I Build a Doomsday Bunker? - Daniel Shirley, MD |
2:00 - 3:00 | Greatest Hits - Jeremy Smith, MD |
3:00 - 3:15 | Q&A - Shirley and Smith |
3:15 | Adjourn |
Emergency situations occasionally occur and may necessitate topic or speaker changes. The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and the University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP reserve the right to alter or substitute a topic or speaker without prior notification.
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Conference Attire
Casual attire is appropriate for this conference.. Since meeting room temperatures and personal comfort levels vary, dressing in layers is recommended.
Conference Housing
A block of rooms has been reserved at the conference site, The Madison Marriott West. Please contact the hotel directly (1-888-745-2032) or click on the following link Hot Topics in Internal Medicine 2024 to arrange your accommodation. Please mention “Hot Topics in Internal Medicine 2024 Conference” to the hotel staff when making your reservation to receive the special block room rate of $142, plus tax (for a general standard guest room). The block of rooms will be held on a first-come, first-served basis and any available rooms that have not been reserved by 5:00 PM, May 14, 2024, will be released to the general public.
The Marriott, as part of Atrium Hospitality, is well prepared to welcome you to the hotel. Cleanliness Assured is their enhanced safety standards and protocols for the hotel. Cleanliness Assured meets the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) Safe Stay initiative launched in response to COVID-19. Developed by specialists in keeping you healthy and safe, the program emphasizes higher safety standards through:
- Team member training
- Rigorous cleaning
- Proper hygiene
- Food safety
- Physical distancing
Travel
Madison, Wisconsin has one major airport (MSN), the Dane County Regional Airport.
Driving directions are available here.
Policy on Faculty and Sponsor Disclosure
It is the policy of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Interprofessional Continuing Education Partnership (ICEP) to identify, mitigate and disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* held by the speakers/presenters, authors, committee members, planners, and other persons who may influence content of this accredited continuing education (CE). In addition, speakers/presenters and authors must disclose any planned discussion of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation(s). For this accredited continuing education activity all relevant financial relationships have been mitigated and detailed disclosures are provided at each event registration page.
*Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by, or on, patients. The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical services directly to patients to be ineligible companies.
Accreditation Statement | |
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See individual courses for credit designation statements
You may choose only one preconference workshop:
Skills and Procedure Lab - full day - in-person only
Exploring Artificial Intelligence in Your Practice - afternoon only - in-person and live streamed
Registration for this activity can only be completed through the ICEP Learning Portal. Attendee registrations made through any other sites cannot be honored. UW-Madison ICEP is not able to refund fees paid through unaffiliated registration sites, such as eMedEvents.com, MedConfWorld.com, EventEgg.com, and 10times.com. Please report any unauthorized websites or solicitations for registrations to help@icep.wisc.edu.
Questions about Registration
Email help@icep.wisc.edu
Program Changes
Emergency situations occasionally occur and may necessitate topic or speaker changes. The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP reserves the right to alter or substitute a topic or speaker without prior notification.
Accessibility
The University of Wisconsin provides equal opportunities in employment and programming, including Title IX requirements. The University of Wisconsin fully complies with the legal requirements of the ADA and the rules and regulations thereof. If any participant in this educational activity is in need of accommodations, please notify us at help@icep.wisc.edu
Additional Information
For additional information or for any questions, please contact help@icep.wisc.edu