The Brigham Update In Hospital Medicine

Overview

Hospital Medicine CME to Expand Your Knowledge

The Brigham Update in Hospital Medicine is an intensive, case-based review of fundamentals and practice-changing updates across 30+ core topics. Led by Christopher L. Roy, MD, SFHM, and Glen M. Kim, MD, MPH, faculty address everyday questions with recent evidence, guidelines, and expert opinions focused on practical management of common problems. Highlighted continuing medical education topics include:

• COVID-19 mutations: what's next?
• Beyond basal-bolus: difficult cases in insulin management
• Rapid-fire review of liver, hematology, and electrolytes
• 10 years of direct oral anticoagulants: lessons learned and new indications
• Intensive case-based review of inpatient antibiotics
• And much more…

Topics / Speakers

Current Approaches in the Management of Venous Thromboembolism - Samuel Z. Goldhaber, MD

COVID-19 and Antithrombotics: What We Know Now for Inpatients - Jean M. Connors, MD

Rapid-Fire Hematology Cases for the Hospitalist - Aric D. Parnes, MD

Diagnosis and Management of Pneumonia in the Hospitalized Patient - Michael Klompas, MD

COVID-19: Transmission and Infection Control - Michael Klompas, MD

COVID-19: Focus on Inpatient Treatment - Paul E. Sax, MD

COVID-19: Variants, Vaccines, and Boosters - Lindsey R. Baden, MD

COVID-19: Panel Discussion - Michael Klompas, MD, Paul E. Sax, MD, and Lindsey R. Baden, MD

Alcohol Withdrawal – A Case-Based Approach for the Hospitalist - Lisa W. Vercollone, MD, PharmD

Treating Opioid Use Disorder in the Inpatient Setting - Lisa W. Vercollone, MD, PharmD

Recent Advances in Heart Failure - Anju Nohria, MD

Evidence-Based Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes - Marc S. Sabatine, MD, MPH

Update in Atrial Fibrillation - Yee-Ping Sun, MD

The Crashing Patient - Managing Patients in the Transition Between Floor and ICU - Rebecca M. Baron, MD

Evidence-Based Management of COPD/Asthma - Scott L. Schissel, MD, PhD

Stroke in Hospital Medicine - Galen V. Henderson, MD

Improving the Evaluation and Management of Syncope - Kapil Kumar, MD

Can't-Miss Radiology Diagnoses - Jennifer W. Uyeda, MD

Cirrhosis for the Hospitalist - Anna E. Rutherford, MD, MPH

GI Bleed: What a Hospitalist Needs to Know - Tyler M. Berzin, MD, MS

Practical Approaches to Pancreatobiliary Disease Management - Linda S. Lee, MD

Best Practices in Delirium Prevention and Treatment - Sejal B. Shah, MD

Rapid-Fire Electrolyte Cases for the Hospitalist - Na, Ca - David A. Krakow, MD

Rapid-Fire Lab Interpretation for the Hospitalist - David A. Krakow, MD

Best Practices in Pain and Palliative Care - Nelia Jain, MD, MA

Case-Based ECG Review - Sanjay Divakaran, MD

Current Strategies and Common Questions in the Management of Urinary Tract Infections - Sigal Yawetz, MD

Centering Equity in Covid-19 and Beyond - Cheryl R. Clark, MD, ScD and Bram Wispelwey, MD, MS, MPH

Update in Acute Kidney Injury - Emily S. Robinson, MD, MPH

CKD and ESKD Management for the Hospitalist - Ankit B. Patel, MD, PhD

Common Consult Questions for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections - Adam D. Lipworth, MD

Allergy 101 - Drug Allergies and Other Common Consults for Hospitalists - Paige G. Wickner, MD, MPH

Antibiotics: A Rapid Update and Pearls for the Hospitalist - Part I - Jennifer A. Johnson, MD

Antibiotics: A Rapid Update and Pearls for the Hospitalist - Part II - Jennifer A. Johnson, MD

Evidence-Based Approaches to Inpatient Hyperglycemia - Nadine E. Palermo, DO

Current and Emerging Concepts for Preoperative Evaluation - Adam C. Schaffer, MD

Update in C. difficile - John J. Ross, MD, CM, FIDSA

Faculty

Accreditation

The Harvard Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement

The Harvard Medical School designates this enduring material for a maximum of 28.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.™ Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Date of Original Release: November 15, 2021

Termination Date: January 31, 2024 (Please note that AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ will no longer be issued for the activity after this date)
Estimated Time to Complete the Activity: 28.75 hours

CME credit is awarded upon successful completion of a course evaluation and post-test.

ABIM Medical Knowledge MOC Points

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 28.75 Medical Knowledge 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 points.

On the course evaluation page, please indicate “Yes” when asked if you would like to receive ABIM MOC points for your participation in this enduring activity. You will then be required to provide your ABIM ID # and your Date of Birth. Points earned will equal the amount of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ claimed.

HMS will upload the participant data, including the points earned, directly to the ABIM so that it will appear on the ABIM diplomates transcript. These points will not appear on your certificate provided at the end of this enduring activity.

Risk Management Credit

This activity meets the criteria of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine for 6.75 credits of Risk Management Study, including:

1.5 Credits of Opioid Education and Pain Management Training
.75 Credit of End-of-Life Care Studies

Please check your individual state licensing board requirements before claiming these credits.

Disclosure Policy

Harvard Medical School (HMS) adheres to all ACCME Accreditation Criteria and Policies. It is HMS's policy that those who have influenced the content of a CME activity (e.g. planners, faculty, authors, reviewers and others) disclose all relevant financial relationships with commercial entities so that HMS may identify and resolve any conflicts of interest prior to the activity. These disclosures will be provided in the activity materials along with disclosure of any commercial support received for the activity. Additionally, faculty members have been instructed to disclose any limitations of data and unlabeled or investigational uses of products during their presentations.

Disclosure information for all individuals in control of the content of the activity is located on the disclosure statement in the PDF and printed syllabus.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be better able to apply the following:

• Best practices for common problems in hospital medicine
• Seminal studies and updates in the evidence
• Recent guideline recommendations
• Expert opinions where the data are lacking
• Pearls for interpreting common laboratory diagnostics

ACGME Competencies

This course is designed to meet one or more of the following Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Competencies:

• Patient Care and Procedural Skills
• Medical Knowledge
• Practice-Based Learning and Improvement

Target Audience

This activity is designed for hospitalists, internists, family physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other clinicians caring for hospitalized patients.