Optimize Patient Care
Review updates, advances & best practices in all areas of primary care.
Among the Highest-Rate CME
Program is among the highest-rated CME courses at Harvard Medical School
23.75 hours of Continuing Education
Earn up to 23.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
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Featuring Best Practices and Effective Preventive Medicine Strategies to Improve Your Practice
Hot-off-the-press emerging topics will be addressed to ensure you are up to ate with the latest information during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Topics include:
- The public health response to COVID-19
- Genetic causes of cancer: which patients should be screened
- Patient management in the face of alcohol or opioid use
- Screening and treatment of depression
- Nutrition counseling and healthy-lifestyle coaching to prevent chronic illnesses
- Preventative therapies for migraine
- Evolving vaccine recommendations, including COVID-19
- Lifestyle changes to prevent type 2 diabetes, cardiac disease, hypertension and hyperlipidemia
- Strategies for smoking cessation
- Recommendations for preventing dementia and osteoporosis
- Reducing medical errors
Presenters will provide specific recommendations for optimal care. This is an excellent opportunity to learn the latest “best practices” and enhance your clinical skills. Both new and returning attendees will benefit from the comprehensive curriculum.
Event Pricing
Live-Streaming Program
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$699
- Fees are shown in USD
- All live-stream sessions are eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and ABIM MOC points, as well as other relevant credits
- Video recordings of the presentations will be available on demand for 30 days
Optional Extended Viewing License
On-demand Video Access for One Year
$200
- Fees are shown in USD
- By purchasing the optional video recordings, you will have access to these materials for one year
- Our outstanding faculty, recognized as experts in the field, will teach you how to incorporate the latest tests and tools into your practice
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Registrations for Harvard Medical School CME programs are made via our secure online registration system. To register for this course, please click on the “register” link above
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At the end of the registration process, a $10 non-refundable processing fee will be added to your registration, and you will have the choice of paying by check, credit card (Visa, MasterCard, or American Express), or wire transfer in USD
“This was the best course I have attended in seven years of practice, with immediate benefits for my patients as a result of information presented. It reignited my passion for primary care!”
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Course Directors
Gerald W. Smetana, MD, MACP
Course Director
Professor of Medicine | Harvard Medical School
Howard Libman, MD, FACP
Course Director
Professor of Medicine, Emeritus | Harvard Medical School
Maura Moran Brain, DNP, CDCES
Course Director
Certified Adult & Geriatric NP
Certified Diabetes Care & Education Specialist | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Frequently Asked Questions
Pricing
The live-stream sessions are priced at $699. The optional extended viewing license is $200.
5% discount applied during registration by using discount code SAVE5.
*Pricing in USD
Where is the course located?
This course is presented as a live-streaming program.
Which sessions are included in the course?
Sunday, April 11, 2021 (Day 1)
| 7:30 AM | 7:45 AM | Introduction and Welcome |
| Keynote Lecture | ||
| 7:45 AM | 8:35 AM | Perspectives on Drug and Alcohol Misuse and Use Disorders Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH |
| 8:35 AM | 8:45 AM | Q&A |
| 8:45 AM | 8:50 AM | Break |
| Principles of Screening and Prevention | ||
| 8:50 AM | 9:30 AM | Evidence-Based Approach to Prevention* Quyen Ngo-Metzger, MD, MPH |
| 9:30 AM | 10:10 AM | Prostate Cancer – Screening and Beyond: Genetics, Prevention and Therapy* Marc B. Garnick, MD |
| 10:10 AM | 10:20 AM | Q&A |
| 10:20 AM | 10:35 AM | Break and Optional Guided Meditation✻ |
| 10:35 AM | 11:15 AM | Screening and Treatment of Depression Michael W. Kahn, MD |
| 11:15 AM | 11:55 AM | Prevention of Dementia* Daniel Press, MD |
| 11:55 AM | 12:05 PM | Q&A |
| 12:05 PM | 12:55 PM | Lunch Break |
| 12:55 PM | 1:35 PM | Prevention of Colon Cancer: Does Anything Besides Aspirin Decrease the Risk of Colon Cancer?* Helen M. Shields, MD, FACP |
| 1:35 PM | 2:15 PM | Screening for Lung Cancer: More Than a Protocol* Janelle V. Baptiste, MD |
| 2:15 PM | 2:25 PM | Q&A |
| 2:25 PM | 2:40 PM | Break and Optional Rejuventaion Exercises✻ |
| 2:40 PM | 3:20 PM | Preventing Malpractice: Complications and the Mistakes We Make* Jane S. Sillman, MD Megan Grew Pimentel, Esq. |
| 3:20 PM | 3:40 PM | Q&A |
| 3:40 PM | 3:45 PM | Break |
| 3:45 PM | 4:15 PM | Screening for Skin Cancer* Rachel V. Reynolds, MD |
| 9:45 AM | 10:20 AM | Which Patients Should be Screened for Genetic Causes of Cancer?* Nadine M. Tung, MD |
| 4:15 PM | 4:55 PM | Hypertension 2021: Recent Evidence that Will Change Your Practice Gerald W. Smetana, MD, MACP |
| 4:55 PM | 5:05 PM | Q&A |
Monday, April 12, 2021 (Day 2)
| Keynote Lecture | ||
| 7:30 AM | 8:20 AM | The Public Health Response to COVID-19 Michael J. Mina, MD, PhD |
| 8:20 AM | 8:30 AM | Q&A |
| Healthy Lifestyles | ||
| 8:30 AM | 9:00 AM | Exercise Prescription: Promoting Physical Activity in You and Your Patients* Edward M. Phillips, MD |
| 9:00 AM | 9:35 AM | Motivational Interviewing: A Proven Approach for Weight Loss* Frank J. Domino, MD |
| 9:35 AM | 9:45 AM | Q&A |
| 9:45 AM | 10:00 AM | Break and Optional Guided Meditation✻ |
| 10:00 AM | 10:30 AM | Lifestyle Changes to Prevent Diabetes* Martin J. Abrahamson, MD, FACP |
| 10:30 AM | 11:10 AM | Deprescribing Medication in Clinical Practice* Molly S. Brett, MD |
| 11:10 AM | 11:20 AM | Q&A |
| 11:20 AM | 12:10 PM | Preventative Therapies for Migraine Gerald W. Smetana, MD, MACP |
| 12:10 PM | 1:00 PM | Lunch Break |
| Risk Management | ||
| 1:00 PM | 1:40 PM | Breast Cancer Prevention and Screening: What We Know, What We Do and Does it Make Sense?* Nadine M. Tung, MD |
| 1:40 PM | 2:20 PM | Which Patients Should be Screened for Genetic Causes of Cancer?* Nadine M. Tung, MD |
| 2:20 PM | 2:30 PM | Q&A |
| 2:30 PM | 2:45 PM | Break and Optional Rejuventaion Exercises✻ |
| 2:45 PM | 3:25 PM | Osteoporosis Prevention and Management Harold N. Rosen, MD |
| 3:25 PM | 4:05 PM | The Electronic Medical Record and Patient Portals: Technologic Changes and Interactive Approaches to Prevention Maura Moran Brain, DNP, CDCES |
| 4:05 PM | 4:15 PM | Q&A |
| 4:15 PM | 4:55 PM | HIV Prevention: What Else Works Besides Condoms?* Howard Libman, MD, FACP |
| 4:55 PM | 5:00 PM | Q&A |
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 (Day 3)
| Keynote Lecture | ||
| 7:30 AM | 8:20 AM | The History of COVID-19 Vaccine Development: A Success Story That Is Saving Lives Daniel H. Barouch, MD |
| 8:20 AM | 8:30 AM | Q&A |
| 8:30 AM | 8:35 AM | Break |
| 8:35 AM | 9:20 AM | Management of COVID-19* Paul E. Sax, MD |
| 9:20 AM | 10:00 AM | Screening, Prevention and Treatment of HCV: A Shifting Paradigm for Primary Care Andrew J. Hale, MD |
| 10:00 AM | 10:15 AM | Q&A |
| 10:15 AM | 10:30 AM | Break and Optional Guided Meditation✻ |
| 10:30 AM | 11:10 AM | Treating Tobacco Users: Strategies and Controversies* Nancy A. Rigotti, MD |
| 11:10 AM | 11:50 AM | New Developments in the Management of Hyperlipidemias Murray A. Mittleman, MD, DrPH |
| 11:50 AM | 12:00 PM | Q&A |
| 12:00 PM | 1:00 PM | Lunch Break |
| 1:00 PM | 1:40 PM | Vaccine Angst: A Paradigm for Prevention* Kelly D. Ford, MD |
| 1:40 PM | 2:20 PM | Cervical Cancer Prevention: Is the Pap Smear Obsolete? Kelly D. Ford, MD |
| 2:20 PM | 2:30 PM | Q&A |
| 2:30 PM | 2:35 PM | Closing Remarks |
* Qualifies for Risk Management Credits
✻ Optional Wellness Activity