UPMC Hamot Primary Care Conference 2023

At the conclusion of this activity, the participants should be able to:

• Describe stages of fatty liver disease progression.
• List causes and risk factors for fatty liver disease.
• Review testing options for liver fibrosis assessment.
• Describe the role of gratitude in wellness.
• Name three gratitude exercise for use in daily work life.
• Identify the role of purpose in promoting work satisfaction.
• Name three strategies to clarify purpose in work life.
• Explore evidence-based coping strategies to deploy in everyday life.
• Review pancreatic cancer resectability.
• Discuss multimodality treatment of pancreatic cancer.
• Describe advances in pancreatic surgery robotics.
• Describe the common accessibility problems patients with various disabilities encounter within a healthcare setting.
• Apply legislation, standards and guidelines applicable to ensuring accessible healthcare for patients with disabilities within their facilities.
• Name key stakeholder groups within a healthcare system who can champion the needs of patients with disabilities and facilitate staff awareness.
• Describe the epidemiology of symptomatic disease, hospitalizations, and death due to SARS-CoV-2.
• Review factors impacting changing epidemiology, including SARS-CoV-2 variants.
• Discuss how the response to the COVID-19 pandemic may inform approaches to minimizing harm from current and future respiratory virus epidemics.
• Identify common pediatric illnesses.
• Review treatment recommendations for common pediatric illnesses.
• Review the definition of COPD.
• Define how pulmonary function testing supports diagnosis, guides treatment, monitors condition over time.
• Describe the range of pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment options available for patients with COPD.
• Recognize the role of CGRP in migraine production.
• Recognize CGRP medication mechanism of actions and how they vary.
• Review CGRP medications.
• Review CGRP medication prescription for primary care and prior authorization.
• Review new updates on antibiotics.
• Discuss ways to improve antibiotic prescribing in primary care.