July 21-25, 2010
Westin Riverwalk and Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center
San Antonio, Texas

Family Medicine Preceptorship and Medical Ethics Seminar
Cindy Passmore, M.A.; Roy Martin, D.Min.; and Brenda Wilson

1. Recognize the essential role of the preceptor in medical education and establish a supportive and challenging learning environment.
2. Describe and use strategies for making learning an active process and use effective methods for evaluating students.

Pediatric in Pictures Seminar
Paul Berman, M.D.

1. Recognize various pediatric disorders.
2. Establish the differential diagnosis for various pediatric disorders and determine the management of various pediatric disorders.

Orthopedics for the Family Physician Seminar
Michael Petrizzi, M.D.

1. Learn specific clinical tests to evaluate each joint using EB guidelines.
2. Devise treatment plans based on a better understanding of specific clinical tests, mechanisms of injuries, and imaging techniques used for evaluation.

Your Academy: 2010 and Beyond
Tom Banning, Kaparaboyna Ashok Kumar, M.D., F.R.C.S., and Melissa Gerdes, M.D.

1. Discuss what the Academy has been doing for family medicine for the past three years and what the Academy will be doing for family medicine in the next three years.

Handling the Abnormal Pap Smear
Rebecca Gladu, M.D.

1. Discuss the consensus guidelines for the management of each type of abnormality of the Pap smear.
2. Address the abnormal Pap smear in sub populations of women.
3. Appropriately manage atypical glandular cells found on Pap smear.

Practical Approaches for the Management of Overweight Patients in Primary Care Practice
TBD

1. Prepare an appropriate treatment plan according to the severity of this disease and the patient’s mindset towards compliance.
2. Establish an individualized management plan for patients in your practice including exercise, diet, behavioral changes, medications, and surgical options.

Julia Child’s Guide to Mastering the Art of Cookbook Medicine: Finding and Implementing Practice Guidelines
Clare Hawkins, M.D.

1. Find guidelines to assist in care for different disease states and evaluate the scientific evidence and bias with guidelines.
2. Implement three guidelines in practice.

Case Studies in Diabetes Management
Charles Reasner, II, M.D.

1. Discuss the impact of lifestyle modification in the prevention and control of type 2 diabetes.
2. Assess the utilization of oral agents and injectable therapy in the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
3. Examine the appropriate use of insulin therapy for the management of type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

Managing Patients With Treatment-Resistant Depression
Christopher Ticknor, M.D.

1. Identify patients with treatment-resistant depression.
2. Discuss available treatments for treatment-resistant depression.
3. Determine which pharmacological and non-pharmacological strategies are most effective for each individual patient with treatment-resistant depression.

Wound Care for the Primary Care Practitioner
Aimee Garcia, M.D.

1. Discuss the stages in the wound-healing cascade.
2. Examine the most common factors that affect wound healing and differentiate the effect of each of the overall healing of wounds.
3. Assess the wounds for signs of infection, including staph infection.

Guide to Maintenance of Certification: A Discussion of the ABFM MOC
Dale Moquist, M.D.

1. Discuss the ABFM Maintenance of Certification process.
2. Discuss the differences between the seven-year and 10-year process of Maintenance of Certification.

Assessment and Management of Chronic Low Back Pain
John Whitham, D.O.

1. Evaluate patients with chronic low back pain, including patient history and physical examination.
2. Discuss the differential diagnosis of chronic low back pain in each individual patient.
3. Administer various therapies for the treatment of the chronic low back pain.

Current Diagnosis and Management of Patients With Heart Failure
Michael Bloch, M.D.

1. Accurately diagnose the patient with heart failure utilizing patient history, physical examination, and appropriate laboratory tests.
2. Be familiar with existing treatment guidelines and emerging changes in management of heart failure, and assess the best medical management for your patient with heart failure.
3. Recognize patients who are not responding to conventional treatment and may benefit from advanced therapies for heart failure and other risk factors.

Prevention and Treatment of Adult Pneumococcal Disease
Jeffrey Luther, M.D.

1. Compare current recommendations/guidelines for prevention and treatment of pneumococcal disease in adults against currently delivered care to identify practice improvement opportunities, considering prevalence and changing epidemiology of pneumococcal disease.
2. Model appropriate patient-to-physician dialogue on recommendations for modification of risks for pneumococcal disease with high-risk adults in a simulated case environment.
3. Recognize special patient populations for whom preventative measures for pneumococcal disease are guideline-recommended or not due to pre-existing conditions, especially those who are at increased risk for serious pneumococcal infections.
4. Differentially diagnose an adult patient for the presence of invasive pneumococcal disease or pneumococcal pneumonia and outline an appropriate plan for treatment or referral, taking resistance patterns into account.

Current Recommendations for the Evaluation and Management of Hypertension
Michael Bloch, M.D.

1. Describe the significance of early detection and successful treatment of hypertension, and distinguish resistant hypertension from uncontrolled hypertension.
2. Describe existing and emerging treatment modalities for hypertension and resistant hypertension, as well as the role of ambulatory monitoring in hypertension.
3. Construct a management plan for your patients, which include prescribing antihypertensive therapy, and offering support for successful lifestyle modification to prevent and treat hypertension to goal.

Reminder and Recall Systems to Improve Adolescent Immunization Rates
Doug Campos-Outcalt, M.D.

1. Identify barriers to immunization among adolescents.
2. Recognize the importance of reviewing immunization records at each visit, including illness or sport injuries.
3. Construct an effective approach for increasing adolescent immunization rates in practice through the use of reminder and recall systems.

Management of HIV in Office Practice: Prevention, Testing and Treatment
Ernesto Parra, M.D.

1. Discuss laboratory tests for HIV infection used in clinical practice.
2. Identify when to initiate treatment for patients newly diagnosed with HIV infection.
3. Assess the appropriate approach to address HIV in terms of prevention, occupational exposure, long-term management, and pregnancy.

Case Discussions: Polypharmacy in the Elderly
Patrick Carter, M.D.

1. Discuss how to avoid the use of problematic medications in the elderly, and know when to stop certain medications even if prescribed by other physicians.
2. Discuss the benefits and risks of polypharmacy and educate elderly patients and/or their caregivers on appropriate adherence to certain medications.
3. Describe practical strategies to attempt to achieve optimal prescribing patterns for the elderly.

Parkinson’s Disease Management in Primary Care
Wayne Gordon, M.D.

1. Recognize the signs and symptoms of Parkinson’s disease and the importance of an early and accurate diagnosis.
2. Initiate an evidence-based treatment plan for patients diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
3. Discuss the progression of Parkinson’s disease, options for all stages of the disease, and when to refer.

An Evidence-Based Approach to Fibromyalgia Management
Christopher Parker, D.O.

1. Utilize EB guidelines for the diagnosis of fibromyalgia and differentiate from other pain disorders.
2. Develop a management plan that includes pharmacological and nonpharmacological strategies for patients with fibromyalgia.
3. Discuss the likely course of fibromyalgia and the need for long-term treatment compliance with patients.

Guidelines for Asthma Management
Clare Hawkins, M.D

1. Utilize the appropriate diagnostic evaluation and assessment of patients with symptoms of asthma.
2. Discuss aggressive therapy options for managing patients with asthma, including resources to assist patients with self-management of asthma.
3. Outline the efficacy of currently available pharmacological therapies for asthma.

Redefining the Hospice and Palliative Care Patients in Primary Care
Katherine Galluzzi, D.O.

1. Identify the large and growing population of patients with serious and/or life-threatening illnesses who would benefit from palliative care and/or hospice, yet who are predominantly managed in the primary care setting.
2. Work with patients to develop treatment plans that include prescribing effective and appropriate pain medications based on current consensus guidelines, with attention to methods for risk stratification and improving outcomes by balancing goals of efficacy with risk of adverse effects. 
3. Incorporate the legal and ethical requirements of pain management, including use of validated pain scales for assessment, improved patient communication, appropriate documentation, and careful observation of outcomes into practice.       

Osteoporosis Management in Primary Care
Brett Johnson, M.D.

1. Use current screening technologies in conjunction with clinical data to identify patients at high risk for fracture.
2. Differentiate treatment options and initiate individualized treatment regimens for management of osteoporosis.
3. Discuss concepts related to the prevention of osteoporosis.

Antibiotic Therapy: Proper Prescribing for Your Patients
David Burgess, Pharm.D.

1. Assess the role of antibiotic therapy in modern medical care and feel comfortable presenting alternative treatments to patients when the need for antibiotic has not been clearly established.
2. Recognize the most likely organisms developing resistance and adjust therapeutic plans accordingly.
3. Analyze the rationale for altering empiric selection of antibiotics on a periodic basis to help preclude the emergence of resistance.