Overview

Come for a day of updates on the essentials of Hospital Medicine and for comraderie with colleagues from around the country! Our Hospital Medicine conference has a new 1-day format to provide the key content you need to expand your expertise in the most vibrant manner possible. You will hear about the new ACC/AHA guidelines on perioperative cardiac management, how to improve quality and decrease length of stay through de-escalating antibiotics, optimizing management of acute decompensated heart failure and much more on the core conditions in Hospital Medicine. Our workshops let you choose between enhancing your skill at managing critically ill patients or patients with opioid use disorder and panel discussions let you get answers to your questions across the core areas of hospital medicine. Sessions on dermatology for the hospitalist and radiologic imaging will help you sharpen your imaging skills to enhance your patient care. Our faculty consists of national and international leaders in their fields and our sessions are designed to provide highly relevant material in a concise and stimulating format. The fast pace, exciting topics, expert faculty, and flexible format ensure a highly effective and valuable experience! 

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, the participant should be able to:

• Determine the best timing to restart anticoagulation for patients who have had a major bleeding event.
• Provide optimal glycemic control for patients admitted with diabetes.
• Determine when to start, titrate, and change opioid medications for pain and utilize non-opioid medications to minimize opioid use.
• Learn how to manage common symptoms seen at the end of life, including delirium, pain, and nausea.
• Manage patients with severe manifestations of acute decompensated liver disease, such as hepatorenal syndrome and hepatic encephalopathy.

Target Audience

Specialties - Cardiovascular Disease, Critical Care Medicine, Endoscopy, Gastroenterology, Hospitalist, Infectious Diseases, Nephrology, Neurology, Pain Medicine, Palliative Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Surgeon

Accreditation

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (6.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (6.00 hours)

For more information please visit the official event page.