Who Should Attend:

All physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants who desire to improve their patients' overall health.

Agenda:

November 30 & December 1, 2007

6:30 am - 7:30 am Registration and Complimentary Continental Breakfast

7:30 am - 12:10 pm Morning Sessions

12:10 pm - 12:40 pm Complimentary Lunch

12:40 pm - 5:00 pm Afternoon Sessions


Topics

Prevent The Event: Role of Oral Antiplatelet Therapy in the Management of the ACS Patient

Cardiovascular Risk and the Endocannabinoid System

Management of Obese Patients: When Medical Management May Not be Enough

Sleep-Wake Disturbances: What You Need to Know to Recognize, Diagnose, and Manage them in Your Practice

Prevention Is Now a Reality: Vaccination Strategies to Reduce the Burden of Cervical Cancer and Other HPV-Related Diseases

Herpes Zoster Vaccination: Reducing the Burden of Shingles and Postherpetic Neuralgia

Best Practices for the Type 2 Diabetic Patient and Thiazolidinediones

Insomnia: New Directions in Evaluation and Treatment

Prevention, Detection, and Management of Venous Thromboembolism in Special Patient Populations

Enhancing Female Sexuality

Improving Health Outcomes in Patients With COPD

Hypertension Treatment Strategies in Getting Patients to Goal

Venue Information:

Meeting Room: Grand Ballroom
Parking: Complimentary

A limited number of rooms have been reserved at the Embassy Suites Cleveland-Rockside at the rate of $129 per night. For reservations, call 216-986-9900 and state that you are attending the Primary Care Network conference. Reservations must be made by October 29, 2007 in order to receive the discounted rate.

Presenting Faculty:

Murray A. Freedman, MS, MD
Clinical Professor
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Medical College of Georgia
University Hospital
Augusta, GA

Joseph A. Lieberman III, MD, MPH
Professor of Family Medicine
Jefferson Medical College
Thomas Jefferson University
Associate Editor, Delaware Medical Journal
Philadelphia, PA

Thomas Neylan, MD


James LaSalle, DO
Director, Medical Arts Research Collaborative
Medical Arts of Excelsior Springs, Inc.
Excelsior Springs, MO

D. Wayne Bell, MD
Family Practitioner
Bowling Green Family Care Center
Medical Director, Diabetes Day Care Center
Wood County Hospital
Bowling Green, OH

Edward John Mayeaux, MD


Daron G. Ferris, MD
Professor
Department of Family Medicine
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Director, Gynecologic Cancer Prevention Center
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, GA

M. Susan Burke, MD, FACP
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA
Director, Internal Medicine Clinical Care Center
Lankenau Hospital
Wynnewood, PA

Lawrence D. Gelb, MD
Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO

Franklin A. Michota, MD
Head, Section of Hospital Medicine
Department of General Internal Medicine
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH


Dan J. Fintel, MD
Professor of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL

F. Wilford Germino, MD, FACP
Assistant Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Rush Medical College
Chicago, IL


Michael B. Ganz, MD
Director, Clinical Research Center of Cleveland
Cleveland Clinic Health Systems
Cleveland, OH


Douglas Hogarth, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

Thomas Roth, PhD
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
University of Michigan School of Medicine
Ann Arbor, MI
Director, Sleep Disorders and Research Center
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, MI

Phyllis Zee, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology, Neurobiology, and Physiology
Director, Sleep Disorders Center
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL


Lawrence E. Mieczkowski, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Wright State University School of Medicine
Dayton, OH

Accreditation:

ACCME
Primary Care Network, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Primary Care Network designates this educational activity for a maximum of 16 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AAFP
This activity has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 16 Prescribed credits by the American Academy of Family Physicians.

AANP
This program has been approved for 16 contact hours of continuing education (which includes 5.1 hours of pharmacology) by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Program ID 0708370.

AAPA
AAPA accepts Category 1 credit from AOACCME, Prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA Category 1 CME credit for the PRA from organizations accredited by ACCME.

Overview

Emerging Science - Expanding Knowledge

Helping patients. In today's growing practice, you have more and more demands on your time - and less time with each patient. It can be difficult to keep up with the latest research and new science emerging on an almost daily basis. How do you translate the knowledge gained into improved patient outcomes?

Best Practices in Primary Care turns the latest emerging science into better patient care. The education will engage you, the practicing clinician, by providing the latest research in a case-based, patient centered program. The goal of Primary Care Network and Best Practices in Primary Care is to provide the tools that you can use immediately in your daily practice, expanding your knowledge and ultimately improving patients' outcomes.

Offering the participating clinician up to 16 hours of CME in a variety of therapeutic areas, Best Practices in Primary Care, brings together case-based education presented by nationally recognized faculty. Over the intensive two day educational program, you will have the opportunity to participate in an impactful learning experience through 12 different symposia, dialogue with key opinion leaders, and interact with your colleagues.

Learning Objectives

• Recognize the dichotomy between sexual dysfunction in the younger vs. the older couple, the physical changes that effect sexuality, and implement the modifications to enhance patient's sexual gratification

• Understand the link between sex, happiness, and hormones; recognize the prevalence of estrogen deficiency and genital atrophy; develop strategies to enhance sexual gratification

• Identify risk factors for insomnia and determine appropriate screening and diagnosis of insomnia

• Evaluate current and emerging treatment therapies for acute and chronic insomnia on the basis of efficacy, safety, dependency and contraindications to use

• Recognize that TZDs are a beneficial option for treating many patients with type 2 diabetes, while monitoring the risks associated with the drug

• Implement pharmacologic interventions, utilizing TZDs, as an adjunct to diet and exercise for patients with type 2 diabetes

• Recognize the risk/benefit of surgical options for management of morbid obesity and evaluate postsurgical considerations such as: nutrition, early signs of potential complications, and potential lifelong use of dietary and nutritional supplements

• Recognize the effect of obesity on common metabolic and cardiovascular disorders, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, metabolic syndrome, hypertension, and coronary artery disease

• Identify the link between HPV infection and cervical cancer and HPV infection and genital warts

• Evaluate the impact of HPV vaccination on cervical cancer; cervical, vaginal, and vulvar neoplasias; cervical adenocarcinoma in situ; and genital warts based on large clinical trials

• Discuss the natural history and public health burden of herpes zoster and recognize the relationship between natural aging, cellular immunosuppression, and the incidence of herpes zoster

• Evaluate the efficacy and limitations of current treatment options for herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia and describe the benefits of a zoster vaccine in reducing the incidence and burden of illness for populations at risk

• Outline the incidence of VTE in the primary care setting, the frequent patient characteristics and comorbidities that increase VTE risk and complicate medication management, and the potential impact of more widespread risk stratification and prophylaxis on morbidity and mortality

• Implement the AAFP/ACP guidelines for screening, diagnosis, and management of DVT and PE in clinical practice and initiate evidence-based prophylactic measures to improve primary care patient outcomes

• Understand how to manage and appropriately treat overweight and obese patients according to the NIH guidelines

• Understand the safety and efficacy of conventional (orlistat, sibutramine) and novel (rimonabant) pharmacotherapies for abdominal obesity

• Discuss the level of clinical evidence for monotherapy vs combination therapy in reaching goal for the majority of patients with hypertension

• Define the basis for current treatment guidelines and blood pressure goals for high-risk patient groups

• Identify and develop strategies to overcome barriers that exist in your practice which hinder the use of spirometry

• Select appropriate pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation, improving lung function, and reducing morbidity and mortality, based on the 2006 GOLD guidelines and emerging clinical data

• Improve recognition of sleep-wake disturbances and identify comorbid sleep, psychiatric, neurologic, or medical etiology of these disturbances

• Develop an appropriate management plan for sleep-related problems that may incorporate nonpharmacologic or pharmacologic strategies, as well as referral to local sleep specialists

• Name 5 treatment recommendations for reduction of global CV risk in patients being medically managed for UA/NSTEMI

• Describe 2 situations where dual antiplatelet therapy is recommended in patients with acute coronary syndrome

Grant Statement

This program is supported through educational grants from the following sponsors: Bristol-Myers Squibb/Sanofi Pharmaceuticals Partnership; Cephalon, Inc.; Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc.; GlaxoSmithKline; Merck & Co., Inc.; and sanofi-aventis U.S.

Primary Care Network complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you require special services to support your participation in this continuing education program, contact us directly at 877-594-1770.

Overnight accommodations and parking fees are the responsibility of the participant of this CME activity. Please contact the hotel hosting this program to book overnight accommodations.