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Do you work primary care medicine? If so, I’d like to introduce Primary Care Medicine Essentials – our program is specifically for the practicing clinician (PA or NP) working primary care medicine. This complements the Clinical Medicine Membership curriculum you just purchased perfectly. We have three areas of focus inside primary care medicine essentials:
- Non-clinical (documentation, learning to communicate with patients, preventing mistakes, etc.)
- Clinical (diagnosing, workup, management, etc.)
- Life as a clinician (increasing confidence, preventing burnout, work-life balance, etc.)
Only when we address all three can we truly be fulfilled as a clinician.
There’s a big difference between school and practice. When you were in school, we often spoke about what’s done first because the order was important.
But, in real life, that’s not always the case. Oftentimes, a multitude of things are done all at once.
On an exam, there is typically one best answer that must be clear-cut; it must be easy enough to answer the question in 60 seconds. In real life, patients have multiple diseases, which can each cause their own set of symptoms. If you couple that with depression and anxiety, then arriving at a diagnosis starts to become much more of a challenge.
Diseases can be difficult to diagnose and/or differentiate in real life as things aren’t as clear-cut as presented in your studies.
This is why we like to shift our focus away from textbook exam-type presentations and toward real-world clinical scenarios.
We move away from the high-yield medicine model to tackle real-world situations and the thinking required of a primary care clinician.
The problem is that the stakes are much higher, and as you’ll soon find out, learning on the job without structure can slow down your progress.
There’s a lot you don’t think about until you’ve been in the game for a few years. In fact, there’s a lot you don’t even know that you should know…until you’ve been working primary care medicine for years.
Because of this, we at Medgeeks collaboratively found a better way to truly master the concepts you’re expected to know as a practicing clinician.
The Curriculum
Our structured curriculum will help get you up to speed with the most commonly encountered problems in practice.
This is self-paced so you can go through the program on your time. The curriculum is comprised of 100 hours of training (video, audio, & slides) that every primary care medicine clinician needs to know. After completion, you’ll be awarded 50 CAT 1 CME credits accepted by AAPA, AANP, and ANCC.
Get your questions answered.
Although it’s a self-paced program, our instructors are available Monday through Friday to answer any questions you may have. You also have the option to join our instructors on Zoom at no additional charge should you need additional guidance.
Monthly updates.
We update the curriculum every month to keep it current. You’ll have immediate access to every update at no additional charge.
- Mental frameworks to accelerate learning
- The clinician mindset
- Connecting with patients
- Learning to be successful in medicine
- Why clinicians burnout
Total: 3 hours 20 min
- Documentation in primary care
- Coding Part 1
- Coding Part 2
- Legal documentation
- Controlled drug agreements and urine drug screening
Total: 4 hours 20 min
- The diagnostic process
- The physical exam
- General observation
- Mental status
- Abdominal exam
- Pulmonary exam
- HEENT exam
- Cardiovascular exam
- Vascular exam
- Musculoskeletal exam
- Neurological exam
Total: 6 hours 50 min
- Preventative medicine in primary care
- The well child exam
- Vaccinations
- Pre-operative clearance
Total: 4 hours 15 min
- Acute cough
- Low back pain
- Joint pain
- Dermatology (common skin conditions)
Total: 5 hours
- Chest pain
- Dyspnea
- Weakness and dizziness
- Abdominal pain and constipation
- Eye complaints
- Abnormal uterine bleeding (non-pregnant)
- Microhematuria
Total: 10 hours 50 min
- Headache
- Rheumatology pearls
- Unintended weight loss
- Summer rashes
- Insect & Arthropod Bites/Stings
Total: 5 hours 20 min
- Hypertension
- Anxiety and depression
- Urinary tract infection and pyelonephritis
- Type 2 diabetes
- Obesity
- Hypothyroidism
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypertriglyceremia
- Peripheral neuropathy and restless leg syndrome
- Acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease
Total: 12 hours 30 min
- Secondary hypertension
- Upper respiratory infections and otitis media
- Viral exanthems
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
- Gout
- Osteoporosis
- PCOS
- Hypogonadism
- Fibromyalgia
Total: 9 hours 25 min
- Medication monitoring and lab interpretation
- Polypharmacy and deprescribing
- New type 2 diabetes treatments
- Topical steroids
- The Menstrual Cycle and
Menopause Hormone Replacement
Therapy - Birth Control and STIs
- HIV Pre-exposure prophylaxis
- Commonly used psych medications
- Pain management
Total: 11 hours 20 min
- Procedures in primary care part 1
- Procedures in primary care part 2
- Pulmonary Function Testing
Total: 4 hours
- Case Study: Is it the Heart or the Kidneys?
- Case Study: “Is it a False Pregnancy?”
- An interesting case of abdominal pain
- Fatigue, Dizziness and Low Back Pain Case Studies
Total: 5 hours
- Case studies: Difficult patient encounters
- Critical Thinking Skills: A Case Study on Incidentalomas and Primary Hyperaldosteronism
Total: 3 hours
- Primary care case studies part 1
- Primary care case studies part 2
- Primary care case studies part 3
Total: 4 hours 30 min
- Handling referrals
- Difficult patients and patient deaths
- Advanced care planning
- Alcohol use
- Smoking cessation
Total: 5 hours 20 min
- Lymphadenopathy
- Incidentalomas
- In-Flight Medical Emergencies
- Radiology Terminology Explained
Total: 4 hours 30 min
This activity is designated for 50.5 Category 1 CME credits for physician assistants and nurse practitioners. CME credits are accepted by AAPA, AANP, and ANCC.
Clinical Medicine Membership & Primary Care Essentials
I’d like to take this opportunity to discuss the differences between each program.
The Clinical Medicine Membership gives you a very detailed view of each disease process. The goal is mastery of clinical anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, and pharmacology. The basic sciences are often neglected in school, yet they are the basis for every clinical decision.
On the other hand, Primary Care Essentials focuses on the most important clinical topics necessary for practice. We’ll focus on the clinical application you can implement immediately. We ask every member to complete a survey after they’ve gone through our program, and 93% said that as a result of the Medgeeks primary care curriculum, they are going to alter their practice.
Each program serves a different but equally important purpose.
Primary Care Essentials normally requires a recurring subscription. However, for today only, you can join for a one-time payment of $470. You’ll have access for 12 months; payments will not auto-renew.
You will still be covered by our 30-day money-back guarantee. If you’re not absolutely in love with the material, cancel directly inside your dashboard within 30 days of purchase, and we’ll issue a full refund.
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