MER Internal Medicine for Primary Care: Cardio/Neuro/Onc/Pulm 2025

Internal Medicine for Primary Care: Cardio/Neuro/Onc/Pulm 2025

SYllabus : 25_0602_IM_LIS_Agenda_Web_12_31_24

MER Internal medicine conefernces

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this program, participants should be better able to:

• – Implement treatment strategies reflective of recent guidelines and current evidence based medicine for heart failure
  – Recognize the clinical manifestations of valvular heart disease
  – List pharmacologic options for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation and the benefits of each
  – Perform a cardiovascular workup
  – Discuss evidence-based management options for Alzheimer’s disease
  – Evaluate weakness and recognize cardinal features of Parkinson’s disease as well as other movement disorders
  – Utilize history and physical examination to distinguish weakness from non-specific symptoms
  – Describe the differential diagnosis of headaches and migraines
  – Diagnose and manage patients with asthma
  – Design treatment strategies reflective of current evidence-based medicine for common respiratory infections
  – Describe the current therapeutic management of COPD
  – Discuss diagnosis and screening strategies as well as treatment plans for lung nodules and lung cancer
  – Identify clinical practices shown to prevent cancer
  – Discuss the diagnostic approach to the patient with suspected cancer
  – Evaluate and manage risks of the cancer survivor
  – Describe the mechanism of action of new antiplatelet agents