UCSF Primary Care Medicine: Principles & Practice 2022 (Videos)

Redefining Primary Care Practice Amidst Transformation and Innovation

Navigating Challenges in the Wake of COVID-19

The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a paradigm shift in primary care practice, necessitating critical decisions in a rapidly evolving ambulatory landscape augmented by virtual medicine. Despite these environmental changes, primary care practitioners remain steadfast in their unwavering commitment to preventive medicine, cardiovascular risk reduction, daily clinical challenges, chronic disease management, women’s health, geriatrics, behavioral medicine, and the judicious utilization of diagnostic tests and emerging medications.

Addressing Health Disparities and Vulnerable Populations

Health disparities and the provision of equitable care for vulnerable populations are integral components of our daily practice as we strive to optimize quality, safety, equity, and value. Seamless collaboration with specialists, inpatient colleagues, and diverse healthcare teams is paramount in addressing the complex needs of our patients.

Course Overview: Comprehensive Review and Best Practices

This comprehensive course delves into the latest advancements in outpatient medicine, exploring controversies in primary care practice and championing best practices in the management of patients with COVID-19. Through a multifaceted approach encompassing formal lectures, engaging case discussions, audience response systems, interactive question-and-answer sessions, a detailed syllabus, and convenient on-demand access to course recordings, participants will gain invaluable knowledge and skills. Remote learning opportunities further enhance the accessibility of this course.

Target Audience: Empowering Healthcare Professionals

Led by Dr. Robert B. Baron and featuring UCSF’s esteemed faculty, this course is tailored to practicing internists, family practitioners, advanced practice providers, and all healthcare professionals dedicated to providing exceptional primary care.

Course Objectives: Advancing Clinical Proficiency

Upon completion of this course, participants will demonstrate enhanced competence and refined clinical practice in primary care, specifically in the following areas:

• Comprehending the multifaceted impact of COVID-19 on primary care practice and leveraging evidence-based approaches to manage patients with COVID-related conditions, including vaccinations, acute infections, and post-COVID sequelae.

• Implementing updated guidelines in office-based preventive medicine, incorporating innovative strategies for cancer screening, immunizations, and the prevention of coronary heart disease, stroke, and sexually transmitted infections.

• Managing common clinical problems such as diabetes, coronary heart disease, valvular heart disease, chronic kidney disease, asthma, COPD, stroke, TIAs, osteoporosis, liver disease, obesity, BPH, hearing loss, sinusitis, anxiety, depression, eye disease, skin disease, chronic pain, and substance use disorder.

• Addressing prevalent specialty concerns in neurology, cardiology, endocrinology, infectious disease, pulmonary medicine and critical care, oncology, dermatology, gynecology, sports medicine, otolaryngology, and ophthalmology.

• Acquiring expertise in diagnosing and treating common women’s health issues, including cancer prevention, contraception, menopause, and osteoporosis.

• Optimizing diagnostic testing to enhance value in medical practice and promoting patient-centered decision-making through effective communication.

• Developing as compassionate and effective clinicians with a profound understanding of health disparities and the critical role of primary care practitioners in providing equitable, individualized care.