The Brigham Update in Hospital Medicine — an online CME course presented by Brigham and Women’s Hospital and accredited by Harvard Medical School — addresses everyday questions with recent evidence, guidelines, and expert opinion focused on practical management of common problems. Learn the latest advances and best practices for optimized inpatient care with 30+ core topics, including:
- Monkeypox: how worried should we be?
- The HF patient with refractory edema
- Post-op atrial fibrillation: who needs anticoagulation?
- Rapid-fire review of liver, hematology, and electrolytes
- DOACs in obesity, kidney disease, and cancer-associated thrombosis
- Can’t-miss diagnoses on CXR and ECG
- Opioid use disorder: medication-assisted treatment made simple
- Intensive case-based review of inpatient antibiotics
- and more…
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to apply the following:
- Best practices for common problems in hospital medicine
- Seminal studies and updates in the literature
- Recent guideline changes and recommendations
- Expert opinions where the data are lacking
- Pearls for interpreting common diagnostic studies
Target Audience
This activity is designed for hospitalists, internists, family physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other clinicians caring for hospitalized patients.
TOPICS / SPEAKERS
Recent Advances in Heart Failure – Anju Nohria, MD
Update in Atrial Fibrillation – Yee-Ping Sun, MD
Evidence-Based Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes – Marc S. Sabatine, MD, MPH
COVID-19 – Treatment – Paul E. Sax, MD
Racial Inequities in the Hospital – Case Studies in Antiracism Research and Action – Michelle Morse, MD, MPH and Bram Wispelwey, MD, MS, MPH
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
Management of Venous Thromboembolism – Samuel Z. Goldhaber, MD
What You Need to Know – Anticoagulation in 2022 – Jean M. Connors, MD
Rapid-Fire Hematology Cases for the Hospitalist – Arielle Langer, MD, MPH
Common Consult Questions for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections – Adam D. Lipworth, MD
Urinary Tract infections Update for Hospitalists – Sigal Yawetz, MD
Pneumonia in Hospitalized Patients – Michael Klompas, MD
Bloodstream Infections – Michael Klompas, MD
Pregnancy – What a Hospitalist Needs to Know – Meghan Rudder, 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
Managing Patients in the Transition Between Floor and ICU – Rebecca M. Baron, MD
Evidence-Based Management of COPD-Asthma – Scott L. Schissel, MD, PhD
Evidence-Based Approaches to Inpatient Hyperglycemia – Nadine E. Palermo, DO
Improving the Evaluation and Management of Syncope – Kapil Kumar, MD
Stroke in Hospital Medicine – Galen V. Henderson, MD
Update in Acute Kidney Injury – Emily S. Robinson, MD, MPH
CKD and ESKD Management for the Hospitalist – Ankit Patel, MD, PhD
Best Practices in Delirium Prevention and Treatment – Sejal B. Shah, MD
Best Practices in Pain and Palliative Care – Nelia Jain, MD, MA
Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome – A Case-Based Approach for the Hospitalist – Lisa W. Vercollone, MD, PhD
Opioid Use Disorder in the Inpatient Setting – Lisa W. Vercollone, MD, PhD
Current and Emerging Concepts for Preoperative Evaluation – Adam C. Schaffer, MD
Monkeypox – How Worried Should We Be – John J. Ross, MD, CM, FIDSA
Rapid-Fire Electrolyte Cases for the Hospitalist – HyperCa and HypoNa – David A. Krakow, MD
Rapid-Fire Lab Interpretation for the Hospitalist – David A. Krakow, MD
Can’t-Miss Radiology Diagnosis – Jennifer W. Uyeda, MD
Case-Based ECG Review – Sanjay Divakaran, MD
Management of Oncologic Emergencies – Julia Hussey, PA-C
Date of Original Release: December 1, 2022
Termination Date: January 31, 2025
