Upcoming Courses

This is a comprehensive two-day course on diabetes geared towards primary care providers. There is an immense need for education as the incidence of diabetes in the general population reaches 10%, and primary care clinics carry the major burden of these patients. Didactic lectures offered in this program will provide the latest information on current classification of diabetes, and guideline updates. Important offerings of this course include an update on the newer pharmacologic agents for diabe...

This conference is an annual update for women’s health care providers on current topics relevant to women’s health. The topics are selected from suggestions from previous course attendees, areas with substantial change, and controversial subjects where medical opinions may differ. The purpose is to provide a clinical update for providers who care for women in an outpatient setting. The format is a series of short lectures followed by question-and-answer sessions. Hybrid Conference| In-Person or...

This innovative and interactive course is a comprehensive review for physicians preparing for ABPM&R Part 1 or 2 Board Certification or re-certification examinations. The course has been designed to maximize virtual learning by providing content in a variety of formats. The curriculum is divided into content modules taught by University of Washington and guest faculty with content expertise, and will include pre-recorded lectures that can be viewed on demand with live interactive cases and p...

The 2nd International Symposium on Merkel Cell Carcinoma (MCC) is designed to explore emerging data that may allow improvements in understand the basic biology that drives this disease, clinical guidelines, and to develop innovative approaches. Updates from the most recent clinical guidelines as well as emerging data regarding MCC biology are highlighted in plenary sessions. The educational purpose of this symposium is to disseminate emerging data and to advance MCC research through a stimu...

This course is tailored for a primary care audience and is intended to provide practical, up-to-date information on commonly encountered cardiovascular diseases. World-class faculty from the University of Washington School of Medicine will teach participants using case-based lectures and an audience response system to encourage interactive dialogue. Recent guidelines for hypertension, cholesterol management, primary prevention of heart disease, and heart failure will be reviewed. Everyday primar...

This course offered by the University of Washington is directed toward hospital medicine physicians, ARNPs, and PAs. The purpose of the course is to update the skills of inpatient providers with a focus on common problems in clinical care. The format consists of brief, directed live or video presentations followed by discussions where participants will be able to ask the presenters questions. This format guarantees question-and-answer interaction time between faculty and attendees.July 21-22,...

This course is designed to provide basic training for the rheumatologist in performing vascular ultrasound for the diagnosis of large vessel vasculitis. Hands-on training will be a significant component of this activity, partnered with expert faculty in the field, who will discuss and demonstrate how to identify the basic vascular pathological findings. Intermediate to advanced skill in the performance of ultrasound is strongly recommended as a prerequisite to this course.*Save th...

This is the 50th year that the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine is offering educational opportunities for family medicine and primary care health care providers. Each year our goal is to provide current information about practice skills and the diagnosis and management of a broad array of primary health care issues within family medicine, cardiology, endocrinology, psychiatry and behavioral science, neurology, sports medicine, women’s health, pulm...