2021 Primary Care Conference
Conference Format (In-Person OR Virtual)
Please Note: This conference is scheduled to be in-person at the Madison Marriott West in Middleton, and also live streamed.
Precautions will be followed, as the safety and well-being of our conference participants is of the utmost importance. In-person conference attendance is limited, so we encourage you to register early. Method of attendance is available when you register for the program. This conference will not be recorded for post-conference viewing.
For the health and safety of our learners and faculty (and according to local guidelines), the use of a mask is required. Please check the conference website periodically for updated state and local guidelines. We appreciate your understanding and flexibility as we continue to navigate this pandemic. Thank you.
Provided By
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
- Department of Medicine
- Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
University of Wisconsin–Madison Interprofessional Continuing Education Partnership (ICEP)
Conference Fees
Conference Fee
$425 Physicians (MD and DO)
$325 Residents, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Others
Reduced Fee for UW Health/UW Medical Foundation/VA/Meriter Employees:
$295 Physicians (MD and DO)
$220 Residents, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Others
Practice Gaps and Needs
Based on documented gaps in current practice, this activity addresses critical topics in primary care identified through professional practice; local, regional and national data in healthcare quality; and requests from participants in related continuing education activities.
The overall focus of this activity is to discuss these practice gaps and provide participants with the knowledge, skills, tools and resources needed to change their professional practice and improve the care of their patients.
Elements of Competence
This activity has been designed to change learner competence and focuses on the American Board of Medical Specialties areas of patient care and procedural skills, and medical knowledge. This activity also focuses on the interprofessional competencies of roles and responsibilities, and communication.
Target 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.
Learning Objectives
The 2021 Primary Care Conference is designed to:
- Describe the latest evidence regarding diagnosis and evaluation of medical conditions commonly seen by the primary care healthcare team
- Summarize state-of-the-art management of common medical conditions in clinical practice
- Employ new strategies to enact behavior change in patients
Thursday, November 18, 2021
AM
7:00 Registration, breakfast (for in-person participants)
7:50 Welcome
Jeremy P. Smith, MD
8:00 Managing Menopause 30 Years After the Women's Health Initiative
Makeba Williams, MD
8:30 How Sweet It Is: Updates in Type 2 Diabetes Therapies
Maxfield P. Flynn, MD, PhD
9:00 Sitting With the Pain: Integrative Approaches to Chronic Pain and Suffering for the Primary Care Provider
Vincent J. Minichiello, MD
9:30 Questions/Answers
10:00 Break, view exhibits (exhibits are available for in-person participants)
10:30 Anyone Tired of COVID? The Top 8 Non-COVID Articles Since Your Life Was Completely Upended
Jeremy P. Smith, MD
11:30 Let's Get PrEPared for HIV Prevention
Rose A. Staden, NP
12:00 Questions/Answers
PM
12:30 Lunch, view exhibits (exhibits are available for in-person participants)
1:30 Skin Biopsies: How to Be On the Cutting Edge
Justin O. Endo, MD, MHPE
2:00 Weight, Weight, Don't Tell Me: Anti-Obesity Medications in 2021
Samantha K. Pabich, MD, MPH
2:30 Questions/Answers
2:45 Break, view exhibits (exhibits are available for in-person participants)
3:00 Evaluation and Management of Constipation
Lisa M. Jones, MD, MPH
3:30 Asthma Severity and Where Has It Been During the Pandemic?
Mark H. Moss, MD
4:00 Questions/Answers
4:15 Adjourn
Friday, November 19, 2021
AM
7:50 Welcome
Jeremy P. Smith, MD
8:00 Beyond Men, Women, or Both: Taking a Truly Inclusive Sexual History
Ronni L. Hayon, MD
8:30 Pharmacist Phacts for Primary Care Providers: Clinical and Practical Medication Pearls for Optimizing Patient Care
Lauren A. Schleicher, PharmD; Khrystyna Hlukhenka, PharmD
9:00 A Joint Effort: Partnering With Patients to Improve Management of Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis
Kathryn A. Miller, MD
9:30 Questions/Answers
10:00 Break, view exhibits (exhibits are available for in-person participants)
10:30 The Call is Coming From Inside the (Nursing) Home: Managing Long-Term Care Patients From Your Office
Sarah Endicott, DNP, RN, GNP-BC
11:00 MOUD-y (Medication for Opioid Use Disorder) Blues: Navigating the Highs and Lows of Office-Based Opiate Treatment
Kelly V. Eagen, MD
11:30 Eating Disorder Medical Management: Food for Thought
Paula J. Cody, MD, MPH
12:00 Questions/Answers
PM
12:30 Lunch, view exhibits (exhibits are available for in-person participants)
1:30 What Do Primary Care Providers Need to Know About Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of COVID-19?
Dennis G. Maki, MD
2:30 Racism? Not in Our House!
Shiva Bidar-Sielaff, MA, CDM; Naomi K. Takahashi, LCSW
3:00 Questions/Answers
3:30 Adjourn
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 Book your group rate for UW Primary Care 2021 Conference to arrange your accommodation. Please mention “UW Primary Care 2021 Conference” to the hotel staff when making your reservation to receive the special block room rate of $148, 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 October 27, 2021, 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
VIRTUAL ATTENDEES
Program links to the event will be sent to you prior to the conference.
Planning Committee
Faculty
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. For this accredited continuing education activity all relevant financial relationships have been mitigated and detailed disclosures are listed below.
*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.
NAME | ROLE(S) | FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIPS DISCLOSURE | DISCUSSION OF UNLABELED/UNAPPROVED USES OF DRUGS/DEVICES IN PRESENTATION? |
Shiva Bidar-Sielaff, MA, CDM | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
Paula Cody, MD | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
Kelly Eagen, MD | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
Sarah Endicott, DNP, RN, GNP-BC | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
Justin Endo, MD, MHPE | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | Yes |
Maxfield Flynn, MD, PhD | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | Yes |
Thomas Hahn, MD | Committee Member | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | N/A |
Ronni Hayon, MD | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
Khrystyna Hlukhenka, PharmD | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
Lisa Jones, MD, MPH | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
Dennis Maki, MD | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | Yes |
Cathy Means | Planner | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | N/A |
Kathryn Miller, MD | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
Vincent Minichiello, MD | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
Mark Moss, MD | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | Yes |
Samantha Pabich, MD, MPH | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | Yes |
Kristen Panther, NP | Committee Member | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | N/A |
Lauren Schleicher, PharmD | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
Jeremy Smith, MD | Committee Member, Content Reviewer, Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
Rose Staden, NP | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
Naomi Takahashi, LCSW | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
Makeba Williams, MD | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
Accreditation Statement | |
In support of improving patient care, the University of Wisconsin–Madison Interprofessional Continuing Education Partnership (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 12.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. |
| American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) The AAFP has reviewed 2021 Primary Care Conference and deemed it acceptable for up to 12.50 In-Person, Live (could include online) AAFP Prescribed credit. Term of Approval is from 11/18/2021 to 11/19/2021. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. |
American Board of Internal Medicine (Maintenance of Certification-MOC) Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 12.5 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. | |
| American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.5 ANCC contact hours, of which 3.25 are eligible for pharmacotherapeutic contact hours. |
| 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 1.25 CEUs or 12.5 hours. |
Available Credit
- 12.50 MOC: ABIM Medical Knowledge Points (Part II)
- 12.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 12.50 AAFP Credits
- 12.50 ANCC Contact Hours
- 3.25 ANCC Pharmacotherapy Contact Hours
- 12.50 University of Wisconsin–Madison Continuing Education Hours
- 12.50 Approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
CANCELLATION AND REFUND POLICY
Requests for cancellation must be submitted in writing to [email protected]. Cancellation requests received at least 120 hours prior to the conference will allow a full refund except for the nonrefundable processing fee of $50. No refunds will be made for cancellations received less than 5 days prior to the activity start date.
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 [email protected]
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.
QUESTIONS ABOUT REGISTRATION
Email [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
For conference information please contact Cathy Means at [email protected].