Hospital Medicine 2017 General Session

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Classify a patient presenting with MI according to the most recent guidelines.
• Select the appropriate indications for troponin testing.
• Manage a patient with subsegmental pulmonary embolism.
• Define sepsis according to the most recent clinical guidelines.
• Select the appropriate antibiotics for a hospitalized patient with health-care associated pneumonia.
• List strategies to improve the mobility of elderly patients in the hospital.
• Manage a patient admitted to the hospital with diabetic ketoacidosis.
• Recognize common sources of cognitive bias and heuristics to minimize their impact on patient care.
• Order the appropriate tests for a hospitalized patient with a newly-diagnosed pleural effusion.
• List novel therapies for patients hospitalized with congestive heart failure.
• Manage a hospitalized patient with prosthetic joint infection.
• Select appropriate preoperative tests for a hospitalized patient undergoing non-elective surgery.

ABIM Maintenance of Certification Learning Session:  2017 – 2018 Update in Hospital Medicine

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Discuss recent updates in hospital medicine.
• Apply updated knowledge to clinical practice.
• Complete the ABIM 2017 – 2018 Update in Hospital Medicine module, which qualifies for MOC points.

Point-of-Care Ultrasound and Bedside Procedures Workshop

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Visualize the heart in at least two different windows and assess global contractility.
• Identify the pericardium and describe the appearance of a pericardial effusion.
• Visualize the inferior vena cava and estimate central venous pressure based on measurement of the diameter and collapsibility.
• Visualize the internal jugular vein and femoral vein and demonstrate how to distinguish from the tandem artery, and place central venous catheter.
• Visualize and recognize normal anatomy and physiology of pleura and underlined lungs.
• Identify pleural effusion and perform thoracentesis.
• Visualize liver, spleen, kidney, bladder, and identify free intra-abdominal fluid and perform paracentesis.

Attendance at this Mayo Clinic course does not indicate nor guarantee competence or proficiency in the performance of any procedures which may be discussed or taught in this course.