HOT TOPICS IN INTERNAL MEDICINE 2018: The Latest Knowledge to Impact Your Practice
Course Overview
The 2018 Hot Topics in Internal Medicine features updates in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases that most impact your practice.
Elements of Comptence
This activity has been designed to change learner competence and focuses on the American Board of Medical Specialties area of medical knowlede, and patient care and procedural skills. This activity also focuses on the interprofessional competencies of interprofessional communication and teams/teamwork.
Conference Fees
$595 Physicians (MD and DO)
$495 Residents, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Others
Reduced Fee for UW Health/UW Medical Foundation/VA/Meriter Employees:
$395 Physicians (MD and DO)
$295 Residents, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Others
The conference fee includes the cost of tuition, materials, breakfasts, refreshment breaks, lunches, and a nonrefundable processing fee of $50.
Conference Materials
The conference syllabus will be posted online (the link will be sent to registered participants approximately one week before the conference).
Intended Audience
This activity is designed to meet the needs of practicing internists, family physicians, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses and other health professionals interested in expanding their knowledge and improving their care of patients with complex medical illness.
Learning Objectives
This activity enhances participants' knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviors, with a focus on recent advances in preventive care, acute and chronic disease management, and enhancement of practitioner application of national priorities in health systems improvement. Topics and speakers were carefully considered to be sure that we addressed current challeneges for health care issues routinely encountered by primary care providers and their health professional teams. The overall objective of this activity is to provide a comprehensive review of the most important advances in internal medicine and its subspecialties essential for all medical professionals who care for adults in the following areas:
General Internal Medicine and relevant topics in:
- Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Cardiovascular Medicine
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
- Gastroentrerology and Hepatology
- Geriatrics and Gerontology
- Hematology and Medical Oncology
- Infectious Diesease
- Nephrology
- Rheumatology
Wednesday AM | |
7:00 | Registration, Breakfast |
7:40 | Welcome |
7:45 | Myofascial Pain and Fibromyalgia: Aching for Relief Nathan J. Rudin, MD, MA |
8:30 | WHI or WHI Not: Hormone Therapy 15 Years After the Women’s Health Initiative |
9:00 | Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) Copycats: Non-Infectious Pneumonia Syndromes |
9:30 | Question and Answer Period |
10:00 | Refreshment Break |
10:15 | Greatest Hits 2018: 8 Studies that will Change Your Practice |
11:15 | Cellulitis, It Gets Under My Skin: Updates in Therapeutic Approach |
11:45 | Question and Answer Period |
Wednesday PM | |
12:15 | Lunch |
1:15 | Elevated Serum Creatinine: AKI or CKD; Two Sides of the Same Coin! |
1:45 | Highlights of Hi-Lytes-Hyperkalemia and Hypernatremia |
2:15 | Question and Answer Period |
2:45 | Refreshment Break |
3:00 | Concussion: State of the Science |
3:30 | Managing the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia |
4:00 | Question and Answer Period |
4:30 | Adjourn |
Thursday AM | |
7:00 | Breakfast, Registration |
7:55 | Welcome Kristen Panther, APNP |
8:00 | STDs in 2018: It’s a Scary World out There |
8:30 | HPV – The New Face of Head and Neck Cancer |
9:00 | Wait, What? How to Approach Shared Decision Making Conversations in Primary Care |
9:30 | Question and Answer Period |
10:00 | Refreshment Break |
10:15 | Approach to the Patient with Anemia |
10:45 | Updates in Food Allergy for the Adult Provider |
11:15 | Atrial Fibrillation: Avoiding Strokes and Making Ablations Worthwhile |
11:45 | Question and Answer Period |
Thursday PM | |
12:15 | Lunch |
1:15 | 10 Rashes for the Primary Care Provider |
1:45 | Eosinophilic Esophagitis a Rapidly Evolving Disease and Dyspepsia |
2:15 | Question and Answer Period |
2:45 | Refreshment Break |
3:00 | 2018 Hypertension (HTN) Guidelines |
3:30 | Mastering the Master Gland: Pituitary Disorders in Primary Care |
4:00 | Question and Answer Period |
4:30 | Adjourn |
May 18 AM | |
7:00 | Registration, Breakfast |
7:55 | Welcome |
8:00 | The Practical Management of Heart Failure Care |
8:30 | A Pain in the Neck: Evaluation and Management of Common Shoulder and Neck Pain |
9:00 | Complementary and Integrative Health: Latest Updates and Hot Topics |
9:30 | Question and Answer Period |
10:00 | Refreshment Break |
10:15 | Update on Thyroid Nodules: Mountain or Molehill? |
10:45 | Influenza: Preparing for a Reprise of 1918 |
11:45 | Question and Answer Period |
12:15 | Adjourn |
The University of Wisconsin provides equal opportunities in employment and programming, including Title IX requirements.
The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health 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 contact Cathy Means at 608.262.3729.
Travel
Conference Housing
A block of rooms has been reserved at the conference site, Madison Marriott West. Please write or call the hotel directly (1.888.745.2032) to arrange your accommodations. To receive the special rate of $144 (plus taxes) for a standard guestroom please tell the reservation agent that you are booking a room under the UW School of Medicine and Public Health Internal Medicine Room Block. The block of rooms will be held on a first-come, first-served basis and any available rooms that have not been reserved by April 25, 2018, will be released to the general public.
Conference Attire
To ensure your comfort in the conference room, please bring a sweater or jacket to accommodate temperature variations.
Faculty
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
- Toby C. Campbell, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine; and Ellen and Peter O. Johnson Chair in Palliative Care, Division of Hematology, Medical Oncology, and Palliative Care
- Diane F. Elson, MD, FACP, FACE, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
- Maxfield P. Flynn, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
- Nancy S. Fuller, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
- Heather M. Johnson, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
- Thomas D. Keenan, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Dermatology
- Miguel A. Leal, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
- Alexander J. Lepak, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease
- Luis D. Lomeli, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- Dennis G. Maki, MD, Ovid O. Meyer Professor of Medicine, Divisions of Infectious Disease and Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine; and Attending Physician, Center for Trauma and Life Support and eICU
- Kathryn A. Miller, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
- J. Adam Rindfleisch, MPhil, MD, Medical Director, Integrative Health; and Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health
- Nathan J. Rudin, MD, MA, Professor of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
- Nathan K. Sandbo, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Anne Marie Singh, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology
- Tripti Singh, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
- Jeremy P. Smith, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
- Andrew W. Urban, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease
- Sana Waheed, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
- Art Walaszek, MD, Professor of Psychiatry
- Aaron M. Wieland, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
- Eliot C. Williams, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Medical Oncology, and Palliative Care
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF NURSING
- Traci R. Snedden, PhD, PNP, Assistant Professor of Nursing
UW HEALTH
- Joan C. Hermsen, APNP, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
Planning Committee
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
- Richard L. Page, MD, Chair and Professor, Department of Medicine
- Jeremy P. Smith, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
- Andrew W. Urban, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease
- Bennett Vogelman, MD, Professor and Vice Chair of Education; Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program
UW Health
- Kristen L. Panther, APNP, Internal Medicine Clinic
University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing
- Tracy Mrochek, MPA, RN, Continuing Education in Nursing
Policy on Faculty and Sponsor Disclosure
It is the policy of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Interprofessional Continuing Education Partnership (ICEP) that the faculty, authors, planners, and other persons who may influence content of this continuing education (CE) activity disclose all relevant financial relationships with commercial interests in order to allow CE staff to identify and resolve any potential conflicts of interest. Faculty must also disclose any planned discussion of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation(s). Detailed disclosures will be made available in the activity handout materials.
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, the University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. | |
Credit Designation Statements | |
| American Medical Association (AMA) The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this live activity for a maximum of 18.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. |
| American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) & Iowa Board of Nursing The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this live activity for a maximum of 18.25 ANCC and Iowa contact hours. The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing is Iowa Board of Nursing provider 350. |
| Continuing Education Units (CEUs) The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP, as a member of the University Professional & Continuing Education Association (UPCEA), authorizes this program for 1.825 CEUs or 18.25 hours. |
Available Credit
- 18.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 18.25 ANCC Contact Hours
- 18.25 Iowa Board of Nursing Contact Hours
- 18.25 University of Wisconsin–Madison Continuing Education Hours
The conference fee includes the cost of tuition, materials, breakfast, lunch, refreshment breaks, and a nonrefundable processing fee of $50.
CANCELLATION AND REFUND POLICY
Requests for cancellation must be submitted in writing to help@icep.wisc.edu. Cancellation requests received at least 96 hours prior to the conference will allow a full refund except for the nonrefundable processing fee. No refunds will be made for cancellations received less than 96 hours prior to the activity start date.
QUESTIONS ABOUT REGISTRATION
Email help@icep.wisc.edu or call 608-262-7226
PROGRAM CHANGES
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
For conference information contact Cathy Means at 608.262.3729 or cathy.means@wisc.edu