Harvard Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine 2025 (Videos + Slides)

Overview

Harvard Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine 2025 (Videos + Slides) offers a comprehensive update on office-based primary care medicine, presenting the most recent advances and practical guidance to integrate these changes into daily practice. This program is delivered with video lectures and accompanying slide presentations to support effective learning.

On-demand Family Medicine education — accessible anytime, anywhere.

Format: Videos and slides
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Content

This program provides practical, case-based reviews and updated clinical guidance covering a broad spectrum of conditions encountered in primary care. Lectures and workshops address physical examination skills, diagnostic techniques, and the latest in disease management.

• Treating obesity: new medications, nutrition, and lifestyle medicine interventions
• Chronic kidney disease management and complication prevention
• Providing equitable care and responding to microaggressions in practice
• Optimal chronic pain management including opioids and non-opioids
• Updates in hypertension, lipid care, and diabetes management
• Care approaches for congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, and atrial fibrillation
• Updates on respiratory infections, including COVID-19
• Menopause management and treatment of osteoporosis
• Treatment strategies for headaches and mental health conditions (depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, ADHD)
• Stroke care and assessment
• Assessment and treatment of alcohol and opiate addictions
• Evaluation and management of sleep disorders: insomnia and sleep apnea
• Pre-operative cardiac and pulmonary consultation
• Important diagnoses that should not be missed in primary care
• New treatment options and guideline updates: anti-obesity drugs, diabetes medications impacting kidney and cardiovascular health, direct anticoagulants, COPD guidelines, buprenorphine without waiver requirements, MASLD and hepatitis C, updates in urology, antibiotic use, thyroid problems, common eye issues, Lyme disease and tick-borne illnesses
• Screening and immunizations updates for 2025, including adult immunizations (pneumonia, RSV, COVID vaccines) and cancer screening (breast, colorectal, lung, cervical, prostate)
• Practice tips from experienced primary care physicians covering time-management, anemia, cognitive impairment diagnosis and management, mental health care, patient education handouts in English and Spanish, and billing/insurance strategies
• Physical exam skill enhancement: evaluation of low back pain, joint examinations (knee, hip, hand, elbow, shoulder), peripheral neuropathy assessment, dermatology updates, and optimal cardiac imaging use
• Family Medicine-focused topics including adolescent health, contraception, STIs and UTIs, and eating disorders
• Non-clinical challenges: billing, insurance barriers, and drug denials

Speakers

This program is taught by nationally and internationally recognized clinical faculty specialized in primary care medicine and related fields. Expert speakers provide evidence-based instruction focusing on practical recommendations for busy primary care providers, featuring live Q&A during original sessions now available on-demand.

Target Audience

• Internists
• Family Physicians
• Geriatricians
• Nurse Practitioners
• Physician Assistants
• Other medical professionals seeking to update their knowledge in primary care medicine

Why This Topic Matters

Harvard Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine 2025 (Videos + Slides) addresses the evolving clinical challenges faced by primary care practitioners. It offers timely updates and clinically relevant guidance in family medicine to strengthen professional confidence in managing diverse patient populations.

This MedHub Central educational resource supports primary care clinicians by updating knowledge on key conditions, treatments, and practice management strategies that are essential for delivering high-quality, patient-centered care in 2025.