MER Primary Care Conferences Endocrinology for Primary Care May 15-17, 2026

1. Overview
The “Endocrinology for Primary Care” conference is organized by Medical Education Resources (MER), a non-profit organization. The event is scheduled to take place from May 15-17, 2026, at the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego, CA.
2. Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this program, participants should be better able to:

Develop patient-specific treatment plans for the management of type 2 diabetes.

Diagnose and tailor treatment strategies for type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

Identify the risks and benefits of utilizing bisphosphonates in the treatment of osteoporosis.

Discuss options to help patients with prediabetes prevent developing type 2 diabetes.

Discuss current diagnostic criteria and treatment approaches to disorders of calcium metabolism.

Describe the pathophysiology surrounding obesity and the risks and benefits of the various weight management options.

Review the diagnostic criteria and therapeutic approaches to osteoporosis and other calcium related disorders.

Utilize case-based learning to develop treatment plans for calcium disorders.

Identify the risks of abnormal thyroid function.

Describe the diagnostic evaluation of thyroid nodules with a focus on the utilization of ultrasound and cytology.

Describe treatment options for pituitary disorders.

List management strategies of adrenal hyper and hypofunction.

3. Target Audience
This program is targeted to office-based primary care providers and other health professionals with updates in primary care medicine.
4. Topics

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Diagnosis and treatment; lessons from the DCCT; managing diabetic emergencies; screening; pre-diabetes.

Insulin Therapy for Diabetes: Treating T2DM with insulin; T1DM.

Osteoporosis: Review the epidemiology and pathophysiology of osteoporosis along with interpretation of DEXA scans and FRAX risk assessment; up-to-date therapeutic options.

Disorders of Calcium Metabolism: Review of calcium homeostasis; causes of hypercalcemia; diagnosis and treatment.

Obesity Management: Diagnosis; etiology; complications; use of appetite suppressant medications; lifestyle modifications; when surgery should be performed.

Metabolic Bone Disease: Disorders of bone strength caused by abnormalities of minerals, vitamin D, bone mass and structure; The role of calcium and phosphorus; Osteomalacia, Paget’s disease and parathyroid disorders.

Endocrinology Cases: Calcium Disorders: Challenging case presentations in calcium disorders.

Utilizing Diabetes Technology for Optimizing Care: Review of the currently available diabetes technologies and how they can be utilized to optimize the care of the person with diabetes; Strategies to access reports for pumps and continuous glucose monitors online; Tools to interpret the findings from these reports.

Disorders of Thyroid Function: Prevalence, diagnosis and treatment options of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism.

Thyroid Nodules and Cancer: Diagnosis and treatment.

Evaluation and Management of Pituitary Disease: Diagnosis and treatment of pituitary disorders.

Adrenal Disorders in Primary Care: Evaluation and management of adrenal hyper and hypofunction; Endocrine hypertension.