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Updates in Internal Medicine for the Primary Care Practitioner
Target Audience
Learning Objectives
After participating in this activity, attendees will be able to:
- Discuss the epidemiology,clinical manifistations, pathophysiology and treatment of common clinical conditions seen by internists and other primary care providers;
- Develop diagnostic algorithms for well recognized syndromes commonly seen by primary care physicians;
- Describe diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to common and important diseases;
- Incorporate results from recent clinical trials in the management of patients with common and important medical conditions.
*Agenda subject to change.
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ACCESSIBILITY The University of Chicago is committed to providing equal access appropriate to need and circumstances and complies fully with legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you are in need of special accommodation, please contact our office at 847-570-1258 or via email at jwertheimer@northshore.org.
NorthShore University HealthSystem and The University of Chicago reserves the right to cancel or postpone this conference due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event this activity must be cancelled or postponed, the registration fee will be refunded; however, The University of Chicago is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees assessed by airline/travel/lodging agencies.
COURSE DIRECTORS
Roy F. Kehl Chair of Gastroenterology
Vice Chairman, Department of Medicine
Head, Division of Gastroenterology
NorthShore University HealthSystem
Louise W. Coon Chairman
Department of Medicine
NorthShore University HealthSystem
Clinical Professor
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Head, Division of General Internal Medicine
NorthShore University HealthSystem
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Director, Primary Care Practice Network
NorthShore University Medical Group
Associate Head, Division of General Internal Medicine
NorthShore University HealthSystem
Senior Clinician Educator
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone who is in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. This includes any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by or used on patients. The ACCME defines “relevant financial relationships” as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 12 months, including financial relationships of a spouse or life partner that could create a conflict of interest. Mechanisms are in place to identify and resolve any potential conflict of interest prior to the start of the activity.
Additionally, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration, at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and NorthShore University HealthSystem. The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 7.25 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.