General Internal Medicine for Specialists

Overview

What you will study

The General Internal Medicine for Specialists program offered by Harvard University provides broad and inclusive content ranging from clinical controversies to specific new and innovative therapies. The program was developed by experienced practitioners, and sessions are presented by Harvard faculty and select guest speakers dedicated to peer-to-peer education. They will succinctly and effectively summarize material and provide focused updates, emphasizing specific recommendations for clinical practice and improved patient care. 

This program is designed to meet the needs of the full range of specialists, provide focused updates, and cover a vast amount of information efficiently and effectively, including:

• Current guidelines and management strategies for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, lipid disorders, hypertension, chronic lung disease, sleep disturbances, cognitive decline

• Strategies for assessing and managing interacting comorbidities

• Potential adverse interactions between medications you prescribe and those prescribed by others

• Focused examination techniques in basic orthopedics

• Women's health topics

• Up-to-date interventional therapies in cardiology, rheumatology, gastroenterology, neurology, dermatology and more

• Inter-specialty clinical decision-making

• The most current evidence-based screening and prevention practices

• Breakthrough innovations with proven patient benefit

• How medical practices can positively address health care inequities and disparities

• How climate changes affect health