Online CME: Discover New Primary Care Guidelines

Led by Dr. Robert B. Baron and taught by UCSF’s best teachers, this continuing medical education program addresses a range of primary care topics: preventive medicine, reduction of cardiovascular risk factors, day-to-day clinical problems, chronic disease management, women’s health, geriatrics, behavioral medicine, optimal use of diagnostic tests, new medications, and more. UCSF Primary Care Medicine: Principles and Practices includes 22 online CME lectures that will help you meet the challenges of health disparities and the care of vulnerable and complex patients. Learn to maximize quality, safety, equity, and value, along with essential strategies for collaboration with other specialists, inpatient colleagues, and diverse teams of health professionals.

Topics/Speakers

Prevention of Common Infections – Best Practices in Vaccination – Lisa Winston, MD

Cervical Cancer Screening and Routine Pelvic Exams in 2021 and Beyond – George F. Sawaya, MD

Current Challenges in Lung Disease: Asthma, COPD, Smoke, and Post-Covid Sequelae – Lekshmi Santhosh, MD, MAEd

Controversies in Cancer Screening 2021 – Colon, Breast, Lung, and Prostate – Judith M. E. Walsh, MD, MPH

Assessment of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding and Early Detection of Uterine Cancer – Sara Whetstone, MD

Initial Management of Common Cancers – Sam Brondfield, MD, MA

Gynecologic Issues in Older Women – Hot and Dry, But Sometimes Wet – Rebecca Jackson, MD

Best Practices in Addiction Medicine for Primary Care Clinicians – Irina (Era) Kryzhanovskaya, MD

Current Strategies in Pre-operative Medical Evaluation – H. Quinny Cheng, MD

Chronic Kidney Disease – What the Generalist Needs to Know – Michael G. Shlipak, MD, MPH

The Climate Crisis is a Health Crisis – What Can Health Professionals Do? – Katherine Gundling, MD

Working to Cure Dementia – Bench to Bedside and Beyond – Bruce Miller, MD

Covid-19: Where Do We Stand? What Have We Learned? Where are We Going? – George Rutherford, III, MD

New Paradigms in Management of Heart Failure – Mandar Aras, MD PhD

Cardiology for the Non-Cardiologist – New Innovations and New Guidelines – Krishan Soni, MD, MBA

Health Care Disparities and Systemic Racism: Before, During, and After Covid – Alicia Fernandez, MD

The 2021 CDC STI Treatment Guidelines are Finally Here! – Michael Policar, MD MPH

Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteoporosis – What’s New and Controversial in 2021? – Douglas C. Bauer, MD

Management of Type 2 Diabetes – Which Medications for Which Patients? – Robert Rushakoff, MD, MS

Charting New Waters – Best Practices in Clinical Documentation – Elisabeth Askin, MD

Update on the Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease – Jill Ostrem, MD

Managing Hypertension in 2021 – How Do We Work with Conflicting Guidelines? – Robert B. Baron, MD, MS