Title: 2023 Family Medicine: Common Challenges in Internal Medicine & Geriatrics – Day 3 (Physician)

Faculty: Michael A. Malone, M.D.; Gary H. Oberlender, M.D., F.A.C.P; David A. Horowitz, M.D.

Release Date: 7/1/2023 Expiration Date: 7/1/2026

Day 3

Approach to the Management of Stroke (Horowitz)

Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able utilize the latest evidence based medicine and guidelines to: ^{EBM, GL, COMP}

1. Develop a strategy to assess the common presentations of stroke/TIA.
2. Utilize current initial treatment strategies appropriately.
3. Develop a strategy to stratify the risk of stroke.
4. Develop a secondary prevention plan.

Practical Approach to the Diagnosis and Management of Heart Failure (Horowitz)

Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: ^{EBM, GL, COMP}

1. Appraise the symptoms of congestive heart failure and detect the common causes of systolic heart failure.
2. Employ the current standard-of-care therapies.
3. Determine which patients will benefit from device therapy and specify when to refer patients for more advanced cardiac care.
4. Be familiar with, and be able to apply, the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Heart Failure

Sensible Approaches to Geriatric Infections (Oberlender)

Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: ^{EBM, COMP}

1. Recognize atypical presentations of infectious illness in the elderly.
2. Differentiate the causes of pneumonia and UTI in seniors.
3. Specify an evidence based approach to appropriate antibiotic usage.
4. Appraise evidence based considerations in emerging antibiotic resistance.
5. Apply evidence based options in the prevention and treatment of C. difficile illness in seniors.

Geriatric Depression: Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment (Oberlender)

Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: ^{EBM, COMP}

1. Differentiate the variety of clinical presentations of depressive disorders in seniors.
2. Appraise the utility of, and plan to use, the Geriatric Depression Scale.
3. Apply an evidence based approach to antidepressant drug therapy in seniors.
4. Apply the evidence based recommendations for use of non-drug antidepressant therapy.

Sensible Prescribing Practices for the Elderly (Oberlender)

Upon completion of this session, the participant should be able to: ^{EBM, COMP}

1. Appraise and appreciate the limits of published trials studies on drug safety and efficacy for seniors.
2. Assess the subtle but significant drug side effects in the elderly.
3. Distinguish undesirable prescribing practices and employ better approaches based on current evidence-based referenced literature.