Harvard Update in Hospital Medicine 2024
A comprehensive Harvard hospital medicine course designed to help busy clinicians stay current with best practices in inpatient care, including cardiovascular medicine, infections, diabetes, kidney disease, pulmonary and critical care, stroke, geriatrics, perioperative medicine, substance use disorders, diagnostic interpretation, and serious illness communication.
Course Details:
Harvard Update in Hospital Medicine 2024 is a recorded learning package focused on practical inpatient medicine updates, recent evidence, new guidelines, and “bottom line” recommendations for clinicians caring for hospitalized patients.
Focus: Heart failure, atrial fibrillation, acute coronary syndromes, stroke/TIA, diabetes, obesity, sepsis, COPD, pneumonia, bacteremia, UTI, C. difficile, acute kidney injury, ESRD, GI bleed, cirrhosis, pancreatobiliary disease, hematology, allergy, delirium, geriatrics, pregnancy, preoperative evaluation, substance use disorders, pain, palliative care, health equity, trauma-informed care, artificial intelligence, ECG interpretation, radiology interpretation, laboratory interpretation, and goals-of-care conversations.
About This Course
Hospital medicine is a rapidly evolving field that requires clinicians to manage complex, high-acuity patients while integrating new evidence, updated guidelines, and practical recommendations across many specialties.
Harvard Update in Hospital Medicine 2024 provides a broad review of core inpatient topics using a practical, case-based format. The course emphasizes real-world decision-making for common and challenging problems encountered by hospitalists and inpatient clinicians.
The program covers cardiovascular disease, infections, pulmonary and critical care, endocrine disorders, renal disease, GI and liver disease, hematology, geriatrics, psychiatry, substance use, perioperative care, health equity, and communication skills for serious illness care.
Why Choose This Course
- Harvard 2024 course focused on current best practices in hospital medicine
- 4-day intensive program covering over 30 core inpatient topics
- Case-based teaching with practical “bottom line” recommendations
- Covers cardiovascular, infectious disease, pulmonary, renal, endocrine, GI, hematology, geriatrics, psychiatry, and perioperative topics
- Includes updates in sepsis, stroke, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, diabetes, C. difficile, bacteremia, AKI, VTE, and substance use disorders
- Addresses health equity, trauma-informed care, goals-of-care conversations, patient-directed discharges, and serious illness communication
- Useful for hospitalists, internists, family physicians, primary care physicians, NPs, PAs, residents, fellows, and inpatient care teams
Core Learning Areas
Cardiovascular & Stroke Care
ACS, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, anticoagulation, DAPT, acute stroke, TIA, thrombolysis, thrombectomy, syncope, and cardiovascular risk decisions.
Infections & Pulmonary Medicine
Antibiotic therapy, bacteremia, MRSA, C. difficile, pneumonia, UTI, HIV, sepsis, COPD, respiratory failure, high-flow oxygen, and critical care updates.
Renal, GI & Endocrine Updates
AKI, ESRD, cystatin C, hyperkalemia, hyperphosphatemia, GI bleeding, cirrhosis, pancreatitis, diabetes, SGLT2 inhibitors, GLP-1 drugs, and thyroid disease.
Geriatrics, Equity & Communication
Delirium, frailty, polypharmacy, pain, palliative care, serious illness conversations, trauma-informed care, anti-racism, and interpreter services.
Complete Curriculum
- Comprehensive updates for inpatient medicine practice
- Case-based review of common hospital medicine problems
- ECG interpretation and can’t-miss diagnoses
- Radiology interpretation and subtle CXR findings
- Laboratory interpretation in hospitalized patients
- Electrolyte, liver, and hematology case review
- Artificial intelligence and emerging tools in hospital medicine
- Acute coronary syndromes and antiplatelet therapy updates
- DAPT versus monotherapy in ACS
- Heart failure management, GDMT titration, and discharge planning
- Systolic and diastolic heart failure updates
- Atrial fibrillation guidelines and common anticoagulation pitfalls
- DOAC interactions and anticoagulation decision-making
- Management questions around breakthrough strokes and silent atrial fibrillation
- Approach to imaging in acute stroke syndromes
- Updated AHA/ASA guideline considerations
- Antiplatelet therapy in stroke and TIA
- Thrombolysis in acute stroke and treatment window considerations
- Thrombectomy and telestroke updates
- Risk stratification for syncope
- When to worry about cardiac causes of syncope
- Comprehensive review of inpatient antibiotic therapy
- Short-course antibiotics for common infections
- Cefepime versus piperacillin-tazobactam in sepsis
- Bacteremia controversies and when to consult infectious disease
- MRSA therapeutics and MRSA pneumonia coverage
- Complicated UTI treatment options
- Inpatient HIV screening and injectable HIV therapy updates
- C. difficile treatment updates and prevention strategies
- Fidaxomicin and oral fecal microbiota therapy discussions
- Skin and soft tissue infection treatment duration
- Cellulitis antibiotic dilemmas
- Differentiating skin infections from mimics
- Drug reactions and can’t-miss dermatology diagnoses
- Cutaneous findings of systemic disease in hospitalized patients
- COPD exacerbation management and 2023 GOLD guideline applications
- Short-course antibiotics in COPD exacerbations
- Supplemental oxygen and high-flow oxygen in critical illness
- New Surviving Sepsis guideline concepts
- Steroids in sepsis and acute respiratory illness
- Critical care considerations for hospitalists
- Practical respiratory management in hospitalized patients
- Inpatient insulin management challenges
- New guidelines for hyperglycemia in the hospital
- Continuous glucose monitoring in hospitalized patients
- Dangers of SGLT2 inhibitors, including euglycemic DKA and UTIs
- GLP-1 agonists for weight loss and hospitalist considerations
- Adrenal insufficiency and steroid tapering
- Thyroid disease pitfalls in medically ill patients
- Acute kidney injury diagnostic approach
- Cystatin C for GFR assessment
- GLP-1 and SGLT2 inhibitors in kidney protection
- Early renal replacement therapy in acute kidney injury
- Dialysis access and ESRD considerations for hospitalists
- Anemia, blood pressure, hyperkalemia, and hyperphosphatemia in ESRD
- Common electrolyte disorders in hospitalized patients
- Upper and lower GI bleed management updates
- Timing of endoscopy and use of risk scores in upper GI bleeding
- When to resume anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapy after GI bleed
- Cirrhosis, covert hepatic encephalopathy, and bleeding/thrombosis management
- Hepatorenal syndrome and terlipressin updates
- Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis management and prophylaxis
- Acute pancreatitis, ERCP indications, and post-ERCP pancreatitis prevention
- Bleeding and thrombosis management in hospitalized patients
- Hypercoagulable states and thrombocytopenia
- Diagnostic approach to anemia in the hospital
- Transfusion thresholds and practical decision-making
- Updated venous thromboembolism guidelines
- Identifying low-risk pulmonary embolism patients
- DOAC use in cancer, obesity, and chronic kidney disease
- Preoperative frailty assessment in older adults
- Polypharmacy and deprescribing in older patients
- Delirium prevention and management
- Best practices in pharmacotherapy for agitated delirium
- Perioperative medication management
- Perioperative anticoagulation and bridging decisions
- Reducing pulmonary risk in perioperative patients
- Hypertension management in pregnancy
- Radiology studies in pregnant patients
- Medical complications in pregnant and postpartum patients
- UTI treatment guidelines in pregnancy
- Inpatient psychiatric medication management
- Capacity assessment in hospitalized patients
- Best practices and risk mitigation for patient-directed discharges
- Treating acute and chronic pain in patients with substance use disorders
- Management of complicated alcohol withdrawal
- Phenobarbital updates for alcohol withdrawal
- Medication management for alcohol use disorder at discharge
- Microdosing protocols for buprenorphine induction
- Harm reduction and reducing opiate overdose risk at discharge
- Serious illness conversations, family meetings, and palliative care integration
- Anti-racism in hospital medicine from triage to care transitions
- Providing high-quality inpatient care to patients with obesity
- Trauma-informed care in the hospital
- Race-based reference ranges and equity-focused practice updates
- Racial equity in pain management
- Improving patient outcomes with interpreter services
- Evidence-based strategies for goals-of-care conversations
Learning Objectives
- Apply current best practices to common and complex inpatient medicine problems
- Use recent evidence and updated guidelines to improve care for hospitalized patients
- Strengthen diagnostic interpretation of ECGs, imaging, laboratory data, and clinical presentations
- Improve management of heart failure, atrial fibrillation, ACS, stroke, syncope, and anticoagulation decisions
- Apply practical updates in antibiotics, bacteremia, pneumonia, C. difficile, HIV, UTI, and sepsis
- Manage inpatient diabetes, obesity, SGLT2 inhibitor issues, GLP-1 considerations, adrenal disease, and thyroid disease
- Improve care for AKI, ESRD, electrolyte disorders, cirrhosis, GI bleeding, pancreatitis, VTE, and anemia
- Use updated approaches for delirium, frailty, perioperative risk, pregnancy-related inpatient issues, and psychiatric care
- Integrate health equity, trauma-informed care, interpreter services, and serious illness communication into hospital practice
- Translate case-based recommendations into practical bedside decisions for inpatient care teams
Who Should Take This Course
This course is designed for hospitalists, internists, family medicine physicians, primary care physicians, emergency medicine clinicians, residents, fellows, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists, and clinicians who provide care for hospitalized adult patients.
It is especially useful for busy practitioners who want a practical update on inpatient medicine, case-based recommendations, and current best practices across the broad range of conditions encountered in the hospital.
Delivery & Access
Recorded Course
Review the hospital medicine sessions at your own pace.
2024 Edition
Updated inpatient medicine recommendations and case-based teaching.
30+ Topics
Broad coverage of common and complex hospital medicine problems.
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Course Highlights
Practical Inpatient Updates
Focused guidance for common hospital problems including heart failure, sepsis, stroke, infections, renal disease, diabetes, and GI bleeding.
Case-Based Teaching
Lectures use practical cases, recent evidence, expert opinion, and “bottom line” recommendations for clinical decision-making.
Broad Hospitalist Focus
Covers diagnostics, geriatrics, perioperative medicine, substance use, palliative care, health equity, and serious illness communication.
FAQ
Who is this course best suited for?
This course is best suited for hospitalists, internists, family medicine physicians, primary care physicians, emergency medicine clinicians, residents, fellows, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists, and inpatient care teams.
What topics are covered?
Topics include heart failure, atrial fibrillation, acute coronary syndromes, diabetes, obesity, sepsis, COPD, pneumonia, bacteremia, UTI, C. difficile, stroke/TIA, end-stage renal disease, acute kidney injury, HIV, GI bleed, cirrhosis, hematology, geriatrics, delirium, pain, palliative care, alcohol withdrawal, opioid use disorder, preoperative evaluation, dermatology, electrolyte disorders, syncope, VTE, pancreatobiliary disease, artificial intelligence, antibiotics, goals-of-care conversations, and trauma-informed care.
Is this course practical for daily hospital medicine?
Yes. The course is designed for busy practitioners and focuses on practical management of common inpatient problems, recent evidence, guidelines, expert opinion, and case-based recommendations.
Does this course include case-based learning?
Yes. The course uses a case-based format to help clinicians apply recent evidence and practical recommendations to real inpatient care decisions.
Is this a recorded course?
Yes. This product is provided as recorded course access so you can review the material at your own pace.
Does this course include CME or a certificate?
No. CME credits and certificates are not included with this course package.
Who can I contact for support?
You can contact support at [email protected].
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