Section Content will Include:

Internal Medicine Board Review & Recertification Course

Sunday, July 15 Day 1

CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
Coordinator: Hector O. Ventura, MD, FACC, FACP
7:45 am – 12:10 pm and 1:10 pm – 2:30 pm
Advances in hypertension; stable ischemic heart disease; unstable angina and myocardial infarction; valvular heart disease and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; pericardial and congenital heart disease; bradyarrhythmias and pacemakers; atrial and ventricular arrhythmias; systolic heart failure/dilated cardiomyopathy.

SPECIAL ISSUES FOR THE INTERNIST
Coordinator: Edward D. Frohlich, MD, MACP
2:45 pm – 7:15 pm
Clinical pharmacology; geriatrics; medical genetics; cerebrovascular diseases and dementia; healthcare outcomes and evidence based medicine; ethics; obstetrics and gynecology for the internist; dermatology.

Monday, July 16 Day 2

HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY
Coordinator: B. Jay Brooks, Jr., MD, FACP
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Medical complications of cancer treatment; update on lymphomas; what an internist must know about lung cancer, breast cancer, and colon cancer; clinical problems in oncology; the plasma cell dyscrasias; approach to the patient with anemia; clinical problems in coagulation and thrombosis.

ENDOCRINOLOGY/METABOLISM
Coordinator: Frank Svec, MD, PhD
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Pituitary/endocrine control; thyroid diseases; adrenal disorders; gonadal disorders; diabetes mellitus; lipid metabolism disorders; calcium metabolism and bone disorders; tidbits of endocrinology.

Tuesday, July 17 Day 3

NEPHROLOGY
Coordinator: Eric E. Simon, MD
8:00 am – 12:10 pm
Disorders of water, sodium, and potassium metabolism; clinical disorders of acid-base metabolism; glomerular and tubulointerstitial disease; diagnosis and treatment of renal stone disease; acute and chronic renal failure.

GASTROENTEROLOGY
Coordinator: Robert S. Bulat, MD, PhD, FRCPC
1:10 pm – 5:40 pm
Gastroesophageal reflux disease; motor disorders of the esophagus; peptic ulcer disease; GI hemorrhage, diarrhea, including malabsorption; inflammatory bowel disease; gastrointestinal cancer; pancreatic disease, including acute and chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer; cholelithiasis; liver disease, including viral hepatitis, evaluation of jaundice, and complications of cirrhosis.

Wednesday, July 18 Day 4

PULMONOLOGY
Coordinator: Warren R. Summer, MD
8:00 am – 12:30 pm
Pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary embolism; interstitial lung diseases; pulmonary infection; lung cancer; chronic obstructive lung disease; pulmonary function testing; acute respiratory failure and critical care.

ALLERGY-IMMUNOLOGY/RHEUMATOLOGY
Coordinator: Prem Kumar, MD, MRCP, FACP
1:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Target areas in clinical allergy, asthma; rhinitis; allergic contact dermatitis, urticaria and angioedema; anaphylaxis; insect sting allergies; drug allergies; immunoglobulins and complement deficiency disorders; organ transplantation; target area in rheumatology; rheumatoid and osteoarthritis; gout; vasculitis; systemic lupus erythematosus; spondyloarthropathies and other clinically relevant rheumatologic disorders.

Thursday, July 19 Day 5

INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Coordinator: Julio E. Figueroa, II, MD
8:00 am – 12:15 pm
Case presentations of CNS infections and endocarditis; HIV and AIDS; natural history and update on antiretroviral therapy; opportunistic infections in AIDS and tuberculosis; urinary tract infections and sexually transmitted diseases; antibiotics; infections in immunocompromised patients and fungal infections; traveler’s infections and miscellaneous topics in infectious diseases.

SHOW AND TELL
Coordinator: N. Kevin Krane, MD, FACP
1:15 pm – 5:00 pm
Visual clues to evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment in cardiology, pulmonology, nephrology, infectious diseases, hematology-oncology and ophthalmology. Images of physical findings, EKGs, CXRs, biopsies, and other diagnostic studies will be presented in the content of clinical vignettes. Participants should plan to put down their pens and pencils and enjoy the show.

Friday, July 20 Day 6

STRING OF PEARLS
Coordinator: Bennett P. deBoisblanc, MD
8:00 am – 12:15 pm
Infectious diseases; nephrology; pulmonary/critical care; endocrinology-metabolism; cardiology; hematology-oncology; gastroenterology; allergy-immunology and rheumatology.

Test-Taking Skills Workshop
Coordinator: Charles Gifford, PhD

Monday, July 16, 2007
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
This seminar will present a systematic overview of the test-taking skills necessary for maximum performance on the Internal Medicine Board Exams. From an introduction to factors relevant to testwiseness to issues directly related to computer-based performance, the presentation will include suggestions for maximizing test preparation experiences and the application of proven test-taking skills during the actual test.