Clinical Practice

• PCMH
• Clinical Practice Committee
• Resources
• Update in GIM
• Academic Hospitalist Task Force
• EBM
• Geriatrics
• Women's Health Task Force
• Routine HIV/AIDS Testing
• Awards
• Interest Groups
• Meeting Handouts

Meeting Handouts

2009 Annual Meeting Handouts

• Anticoagulation Guidelines, Mandates, Controversies and Advances
• Bariatric Surgery is on the rise- Management of long term complications
• Contraception for Women with Chronic Health Conditions
• Controlled-Substance Prescription Management in Resident Continuity Clinics:  Establishing Policies and Procedures
• Controversies in CRC Screening – Perspectives of Guidelines from Two Major Task Forces
• Developing Pattern Recognition to Evaluate and Direct Treatment for Insomnia
• Efficient, Patient-Centered Interviewing: Teaching and Learning an Evidence-Based Method
• Ethics and Humanities Interest Group
• From Pathology to Passion: Addressing Female Sexual Dysfunction in Primary Care
• Geriatric Clinical and Educational Skills Workshop 
• Metabolic Risks in Patients with Psychiatric Illness: Controversies, Challenges and Clinical Management
• 'No FUNDS Left Behind': Maximizing Inpatient Revenue Capture Through Better Understanding and Use of Documentation and Coding Guidelines
• Office-Based Opioid Agonist Treatment: practical skills for the internist
• Oh No! I Just Got Paged For A Consult From The Obstetrics Floor! Evaluation And Treatment of Acute Medical Issues in Pregnancy for the Hospitalist: Dyspnea, Preeclampsia Related Hypertension, and Peripartum Fever
• Osteoporosis: Risk Assessment, Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment in the Postmenopausal Woman
• Physician Payment and the Future of Primary Care
• Quick picks:  efficient and evidence based screening tools for the busy internist
• The Art and Science of Treating Unexplained Symptoms in Primary Care
• The Role of Dietary Supplements on Immunomodulation, Cardiovascular Health, and Weight Control
• Understanding health literacy: Bringing the science into the art of effective patient-physician communication
• Update in New Drugs 2009
• Update in Perioperative Medicine

2008 Annual Meeting Handouts

• A Case-Based Approach to Starting and Changing Insulin Therapy
• A Practical Approach to Smoking Cessation: Effective Intervention in a Busy Schedule
• An Innovative Curriculum for Senior Residents in Outpatient Practice Management Skills
• Can the Provider Do it All? Implementing the Chronic Care Model and Preparing for Advanced Medical Home Certification
• Charting Smarter Not Longer: Advanced Concepts in Outpatient Coding to Improve Reimbursement
• Chiefs' Update on Negotiating with Administration Regarding Hospitalist Programs
• Conflict Over Futile Care: The Wrath of Mom
• Contraception: What Every Internist Should Know 
• Creating and Operating Successful Hospital-Based Transitional Care Programs
• Doctors and Lawyers Partnering for Our Patients
• Empowering the Generalist to Counsel Patients about Nutrition and Obesity: A Novel Approach Using the 5As
• Evaluating EBM Summary Information Resources
• Hallowed Ground: Spirituality and Our Care of Patients
• Health Literacy  
• Health Literacy, Its Impact on Patients, and What We Can Do
• Helping Residents and Medical Students Cope with Bad Patient Outcomes
• HIV Work in the Developing World: What Role Can General Internists Play?
• How Did They Do That? Replicating Trial Interventions in Clinical Practice
• How to Start and Manage a House Calls Program
• Learning from Patients in Recovery: What Should the Internist Know about Opioid Dependence?
• Lessons from the Prescriptions for Health Study Using REAIM as a Framework to Measure Outcomes
• Managing Complex Patients: The Art and Science of Palliative Care
• Maximizing Inpatient Revenue Capture through Better Understanding
• Meeting the Health Care Needs of Breast Cancer Survivors in Primary Care
• Motivating Change in 5 Minutes: Patient Self Management Support
• Obesity Prevention and Treatment in General Internal Medicine 
• Obstetric Medicine 
• Office-Based Opioid Agonist Treatment: Practical Skills for the Internist
• Opioids for Chronic Pain: Maximizing Benefits and Minimizing Risks
• Perioperative Medicine/Medical Consultation
• Practice Management and Innovation
• Quality Improvement Projects: Achieving Local Goals and Your Academic Goals 
• Rational Clinical Exam: Does this Patient Have...?
• Sports Medicine for the General Internist
• Substance Abuse 
• Supporting Behavioral Change through Diabetes-Specific Group Visits
• Transfers and Handoffs of Patient Care 
• Translating Cancer Control Research into Community Practice
• Translating Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) into Clinical Practice
• Update in General Internal Medicine 2008
• Update in HIV Medicine for the Generalist
• Update in HIV Medicine for the Generalist - Bibliography
• Update in Hospital Medicine 2008
• Update in Hypertension
• Update in Medications for Primary Care Practice
• Update in Palliative Medicine
• Update in Perioperative Medicine 2008
• You Can Treat Patients with Medically Unexplained Symptoms: Translating an Evidence-Based Method

2007 Annual Meeting Handouts

• Advanced Medical Homes: A Key Piece Of The Puzzle In Quality Healthcare Delivery Workshop
• Cancer Survivorship 101: What primary care clinicians should know to improve the quality of care for cancer survivors
• Changing Physician Behavior: When To Do It, How To Do It, When Not To Do It
• Charting Smarter not Longer: Advanced Concepts in Outpatient Coding
• Chronic Care Management Model: Leading the Way to the Future of Medical Care
• Chronic Care Model Tools
• Chronic Care Model: The Role of the Group Visit In Diabetes Care & Management
• Chronic Disease Management Strategies In Ambulatory Practice: Implementation, Study Design, And Evaluation
• Dealing Effectively With Futility: Ethics, Communication, And Conflict Resolution
• Ethical Practice Under Fire: Physicians’ Role in War
• Health Literacy Symposium
• Health Literacy; Strategies for Patient Care and Teaching
• HIV testing, prevention, & the new CDC guidelines: are you ready to opt-in?
• Hospital Diabetes / Glycemic Control: Tools for Improvement
• Hospitalists and Quality Improvement: Using Lean and Six Sigma
• Improving Care: Understanding Home Care
• Incorporating Quality Improvement Initiatives into Everyday Clinical Work
• Opioids for Chronic Pain
• Palliative Medicine; Literature Review and Interactive Case Presentations
• Perioperative Care of Surgical Patients
• Preconception care: The Critical Role of the Primary Care Physician
• Teaching acid base and electrolyte problems
• The Role of Thrombophilia Testing
• Transparency in Reporting and Pay for Performance – What Physician Leaders Should Know
• Trauma, Urban Violence and African American Men: Envisioning New Pathways to Healing
• Treating Medically Unexplained Symptoms: An Evidence-Based Method
• Update in General Internal Medicine 2007
• Update in Pain Medicine
• Update in Perioperative Medicine
• Update in Women's Health
• Update On Cervical Cancer Screening And Prevention
• Yes...You Can Teach Documentation Rules