Medical Education Resources Internal Medicine for Primary Care Addiction Gynecology Neurology Palliative 2025

• Target Audience: primary care physician, internists
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INTERNAL MEDICINE FOR PRIMARY CARE: ADDICTION/GYNECOLOGY/NEUROLOGY/PALLIATIVE

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Medical Education Resources 2025: Internal Medicine for Primary Care is a comprehensive, hybrid training series tailored to equip clinicians with cross-disciplinary mastery in four critical areas: Addiction Medicine, Gynecology, Neurology, and Palliative Care. This flexible blend of live interactive sessions and recorded content is designed for hands-on relevance and seamless integration into busy clinical practices.

What You Will Learn

Addiction Medicine: Practical strategies for screening, diagnosis, treatment approaches, and managing co-occurring mental health conditions in substance use disorders.

Gynecology for Primary Care: Effective care strategies for common women’s health concerns—such as menstrual disorders, menopause, contraception, and screenings—within the primary care setting.

Neurology: Updated guidance on neurologic evaluations, essential diagnostics, and management of common conditions such as headache disorders, neuropathy, seizure disorders, and stroke.

Palliative Care: Foundational principles of symptom control, advanced care planning, interdisciplinary communication, and supportive care for chronically and critically ill patients.

Event Details

Structure: Organized into four focused tracks, each with case discussions, clinical pearls, and practical takeaways relevant to primary care topical needs.

Flexibility: Access to session recordings for extended post-conference learning and clinical reference.

Who Should Attend

Primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, internists, and advanced practice providers seeking high-yield updates and expanded competency across addiction, women’s health, neurology, and palliative care.

Why Attend

This dynamic program offers an exceptional opportunity to enhance clinical breadth and confidence across crucial areas of internal medicine. Tailored to busy providers, it delivers relevant practical guidance, up-to-date clinical strategies, and flexible learning—empowering you to elevate patient care across multiple domains.

• Topics:

Time

Session Title

Topic

Description

Sunday, June 15, 2025

2:30 pm

Registration

The Neurological Exam

Neurology

Characteristics and objectives of the examination; exam phases; assessing general mental status; long-term predications; examination of infants; demonstration on conducting an exam.

Evaluating Weakness

Neurology

Using the history and physical examination to distinguish weakness from non-specific symptoms; characteristics of neurological diseases that produce weakness; presentations of representative diseases of the nervous system.

Headaches & Migraines

Neurology

Basic headache mechanisms; headache history: characteristics, precipitating factors, medical conditions; migraine: common tension, classic, treatment, complicated, cluster, sinus; trigeminal neuralgia; Giant Cell Arteritis; brain tumor; subarachnoid hemorrhage; emergency room treatment.

6:00 pm

Session Adjourns

Monday, June 16, 2025

7:00 am

Registration and Hot Breakfast

Medicare Hospice Benefit

Palliative

Which patients are eligible? What is palliative care? What does the Medicare benefit provide for patients and families?

Symptom Management

Palliative

Symptom management; Symptom management of dyspnea and cough, pain, nausea and vomiting, constipation, and agitation, at the end of life.

Coffee Break

Prognostication for the PCP

Palliative

Estimating life expectancy for patients with life-limiting illnesses such as CHF, Alzheimer’s dementia, Parkinson’s disease, end stage renal disease.

Alzheimer’s & Other Dementias

Neurology

Definition; statistics; neurological changes of normal aging; pathology; etiological theories; vascular dementias; investigations; social issues; symptomatic treatment; research therapies.

Parkinson’s Disease & Other Movement Disorders

Neurology

Epidemiology; cardinal features; secondary features; pathology; neurochemistry; differential diagnosis; treatment; complication; other movement disorders; neuroleptic- induced movement disorders; chorea.

12:40 pm

Session Adjourns

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

7:00 am

Registration and Hot Breakfast

Addiction 101

Addiction

This module will introduce the disease model of addiction, its neurobiology, and some of the toolseasily used in the primary care setting to identify who is at risk for addiction.

Chronic Pain and Addiction

Addiction

Epidemiology of pain; risk factors and comorbidity; pain management concepts; patient factors affecting the analgesic response; the relationship between stress and chronic pain; the range of therapeutic options for management including non-pharmacologic approaches.

Coffee Break

Opioid Use Disorder

Addiction

Update on the opioid crisis; Risk for opioid misuse and addiction; FDA approved medication for treating overdose; FDA approved medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for managing opioid addiction.

Addressing Goals of Care

Palliative

Definition of POA, DNR, DNI, DNH, MOLST, POLST; Techniques on how to address goals of care, both in acute crisis as well as when the patient has chronic issues.

Pain Management in the Palliative Care Patient

Palliative

Treatment of pain with both nonopioid and opioid medications; New guidelines related to opioid prescribing; Side effects management.

12:40 pm

Session Adjourns

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

7:00 am

Registration and Continental Breakfast

Abnormal Uterine Bleeding

Gynecology

Overview of normal/abnormal menstrual physiology/profile; Menstrual disturbances; Ovulatory and anovulatory uterine bleeding; Other menstrual abnormalities; Diagnosis and appropriate treatment options.

Menopause Transition and Hormone Replacement Therapy

Gynecology

Symptoms of menopause, including hot flashes, night sweats, and atrophy; Menopause syndromes, including osteoporosis, breast cancer, cardiac disease, and colon cancer; Estrogen analogs; Counseling patients in options and alternatives to hormone therapy; Designer estrogens; SERMs; HRTs; Discussion of risks and benefits, especially in breast cancer and CHD.

Coffee Break

Cervical Cancer Screening Including HPV Management

Gynecology

Alcohol & Benzodiazepines

Addiction

The scope of alcohol related problems and the societal burden of Alcohol Use Disorder; Overview of FDA-approved and more common off-label pharmacotherapies for Alcohol Use Disorder.

Gaming, Gambling & Social Media

Addiction

Behavioral addictions to gaming, gambling and social media are poorly understood and thus underdiagnosed and under-treated. They are chronic brain disorders with specific risk factors and require appropriate screening, diagnosis and evidence-based treatment.

12:40 pm

Session Adjourns

Thursday, June 19, 2025

7:00 am

Registration and Continental Breakfast

Annual Exam for Women

Gynecology

Best practices in offering annual pelvic examinations in asymptomatic non-pregnant women; Determination of who should be offered a clinical breast exam as a routine part of the annual women’s health exam; The principal elements of the annual women’s health visit: screening, vaccinations, evaluation of health risks and needs, counseling; Evidence-based tools to guide components of the annual women’s health visit based on age and health needs.

Fertility Awareness and Management

Gynecology

9:30 am

Conference Adjourns