Title: Poetic Medicine: A Prescription for Brain Health in Dementia Patients & Caregivers

Speaker: Rosemarie Dombrowski, PhD

Objectives: 

1. To introduce the practice/intervention of poetic medicine.
2. To explore the methodology used in dementia-specific sessions.
3. To explore its efficacy for dementia patients, specifically, how it can stimulate memory and improve communication as well as promote the formation of new memories.
4. To briefly explore the benefits and application of poetic medicine for dementia caregivers.

Date: April 11, 2025

Title: Application of Change Management Principles in Planning & Go-Lives: Informaticists Perspective

Speaker: Vikeen Patel, MD

Objectives: 

1. Review Common Change Management Theories.
2. Assess Organizational Culture for Change.
3. Identify and Overcome Resistance Amongst End-Users.
4. Take Home Examples of Successes and Failures.
5. Application of Change Management Principles.
6. Leading Change.
7. Assessing Organizational Change.

Date: April 4, 2025

Title: TED: More Than Meets the Eye

Speaker: Christian Nasr, MD

Objectives: 

1. Describe the pathophysiology of TED.
2. Discuss the diagnosis and grading of TED.
3. Describe progress in the management of TED.
4. Discuss an algorithm for the management of TED.

Date: March 28, 2025

Title: Heads Up: Concussion Evaluation and Management for the Internist

Speaker: Andrea Morley, MD

Objectives: 

1. Define the diagnosis and pathophysiology of concussion/ mild traumatic brain injury.
2. Provide a framework for efficient and accurate evaluation of concussion to be utilized in both outpatient and inpatient settings.
3. Outline the indications for imaging.
4. Describe indications for referral to vestibular therapy, neuro optometry, functional visual retraining, psychology and cognitive therapy.

Date: March 21, 2025

Title: Introduction to Clinical Ethics

Speaker: Adrienne Jones-Adamczyk, MBE, RN, ACNP-BC, ACHPN, HEC-C & Lexi C. White, J.D., PhD, HEC-C

Objectives: 

1. Discuss the difference between morals and ethics.
2. Assess which surrogate decision maker is appropriate to use in Arizona.
3. Describe the elements of capacity.
4. Restate the elements of determining ethically supportable safe discharge.

Date: March 7, 2025

Title: Navigating the Intersection: Pulmonary Hypertension in Interstitial Lung Disease – Latest Updates

Speaker: Karim El-Kersh, MD

Objectives: 

1. Describe PH prevalence in the setting of ILD.
2. Identify challenges in PH-ILD diagnosis.
3. Understand PH impact on ILD prognosis.
4. Discuss PH-ILD treatment strategies

Date: February 28, 2025

Title: Physiologic Adaptations to Pregnancy

Speaker: Stephanie Coulter, MD

Objectives: 

1. Describe the high maternal cardiovascular risk conditions.
2. Understand strategies for anticoagulation in pregnancy.
3. Know the cardiovascular contraindications of pregnancy.

Date: February 14, 2025

Title: Reflective Practice: Experiences of a Medical Advisor during COVID

Speaker: Adam K. Saperstein, MD, FAACP

Objectives: 

1. Have a working understanding of the definition of Personal Context and how it shapes the lens through which we see the world.
2. Consider the implications of relationships between medical advisors and policy decision-makers in varied contexts.
3. Explore approaches to coping with uncertainty.

Date: February 7, 2025

Title: Contemporary Approaches to Decongestion in Heart Failure

Speaker: Sean P. Pinney, MD

Objectives: 

1. Understand the Pathophysiology of Congestion in Heart Failure
2. Evaluate the Limitations of Conventional Diuretic Therapy
3. Analyze the Role of Ultrafiltration in Heart Failure Management
4. Assess the Clinical Implications of Persistent Congestion

Date: February 3, 2025

Title: Describe the diagnostic criteria and differences between Narcolepsy Type 1 & 2 and Recent Updates in Restless Leg Syndrome Evaluation and Management

Speaker: Izayadeth Jennings, MD and Sirkar Vegesna, MD

Dr. Jenning’s objectives:

1. Describe the diagnostic criteria and differences between Narcolepsy Type I and Narcolepsy Type II.
2. Describe the diagnostic criteria for Idiopathic Hypersomnia.

Dr. Vegesna’s objectives:

1. Understand what RLS is (definition, epidemiology, clinical picture).
2. How to evaluate for RLS.
3. Updated guidelines for the management of patients with RLS

Date: January 31, 2025

Title: Management of Hyperglycemia in the Hospital

Speaker: Guillermo Umpierrez, MD, CDCES, FACE, MACP

Objectives: 

1. Describe the current guidelines for treating hyperglycemia in general and surgery patients in the hospital.
2. Outline processes and procedures to and for an appropriate transition from the hospital to outpatient care.
3. How and when to initiate insulin therapy in the hospital and after hospital discharge.
4. Describe the evidence for using non-insulin agents in the hospital setting.

Date: January 24, 2025

Title: Leveraging Challenge Through Shared Responsibility: Creating an optimized environment for learning and performance

Speaker: Mark Guadagnoli, PhD

Objectives:

1. Summarize the core tenets of the Challenge Point Framework and explain how it relates to common practice and learning patterns in healthcare.
2. Describe the relationship between personal responsibility and the Challenge Point Framework, illustrating how to foster an optimal learning environment that supports self-directed learning and skill development.
3. Apply the Challenge Point Framework to a specific clinical skill (e.g., performing a particular procedure or conducting a patient interview), identify key challenge points, outline evidence-based strategies for overcoming these challenges, and enhance skill acquisition.
4. Analyze how personal responsibility and the Challenge Point Framework can be integrated into biomedical education strategies to create more effective learning experiences and improve learner outcomes, providing specific examples of curriculum design and/or teaching methods.

Date: January 17, 2025

Title: Catalyst in Action Updates and The Importance of Feedback

Speaker: Roderick Tung, MD, Cheryl O’Malley, MD, MACP, FHM, and Emily Mallin, MD, FACP, SFHM

Objectives: 

1. Explore the latest research and advancements in Immune VT.
2. Recognize assessment and feedback as essential elements of the Master Adaptive Learner process.
3. Understand how to develop a centralized and standardized GME system for distributing faculty feedback.
4. Embrace a growth mindset to enhance learning at all career stages.

Date: December 13, 2024

Title: Current Management of Variceal Hemorrhage

Speaker: Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao, MD

Objectives:

1. Recognize standard-of-care measures to control variceal hemorrhage
2. Identify patients with variceal hemorrhage who are candidates for preemptive TIPS
3. Understand different options for the management of bleeding gastrofundal varices

Date: December 6, 2024

Title: Novel Therapeutic Approaches to HFpEF

Speaker: Marat Fudim, MD

Objectives: 

1. Review the current state of HF related morbidity and mortality and unmet opportunities for management.

2. Survey the landscape of available device-based therapies.

3. Review the pipeline of device-based therapies in HF.

Date: November 22, 2024

Title: What’s Next for the Field of Public Health and How Medicine Can Help

Speaker: Michael Yudell, PhD, MPH

Objectives:

1. Participants will be able to discuss significant and persistent challenges facing public health today.
2. Attendees will be able to describe the historical roots of the challenges facing public health today.
3. Attendees will be able to consider and apply solutions and innovations to resolve the ongoing challenges facing public health, particularly how public health and medicine can work together to improve population health.

Date: November 15, 2024

Title: 2024 Alzheimer's Disease World Series

Speaker: Pierre Tariot, MD

Objectives:

1. Summarize the key aspects of the pathobiology of Alzheimer’s disease.
2. Discuss the highlights of new approved and experimental symptomatic and preventive treatments for Alzheimer’s disease.
3. Share the key findings from the recent explosion in biomarker research pertaining to neurodegenerative disorders.

Date: November 8, 2024

Title: An update on Staphylococcus bloodstream infections

Speaker: Jonas Marschall, MD, MSc, DTM&H

Objectives: 

1. To describe the diagnostic tools for S. aureus bloodstream infection.
2. To understand the different antibiotic options for MSSA and MRSA and their comparative effectiveness.
3. To know about novel developments in treatment, such as shorter antibiotic courses and transition to oral antibiotics.

Date: November 1, 2024

Title: Screening for Barrett’s Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

Speaker: Salih Samo, MD, MSci, FACP

Objectives: 

1. The epidemiological trends of esophageal adenocarcinoma.
2. Failure of the current screening criteria to detect Barrett's esophagus as a precursor for esophageal adenocarcinoma.
3. Beyond endoscopy: non-invasive modalities for Barrett's esophagus screening.

Date: October 25, 2024

Title: Human Nutrition and Dietary Supplements

Speaker: Justin Stevenson

Objectives: 

1. Review the role of nutrition in the setting of disease and medicine.
2. Review the basic principles of human nutrition and macronutrient metabolism.
3. Discuss useful techniques for obtaining brief nutritional histories and patient counseling strategies.
4. Review common dietary supplements and their role in health.
5. Increase awareness of medically sound nutrition resources for physicians and patients.

Date: October 18, 2024

Title: Contemporary Tobacco Control Issues: Tobacco Treatment, Novel Products, Cigarette Relighting, and Nicotine Misperceptions

Speaker: Michael Steinberg, MD, MPH, FACP

Objectives: 

1. Describe recent health, policy, and epidemiological issues related to the use of novel tobacco and nicotine products including e-cigarettes, vaping devices, and tobacco-free nicotine products and the concept of harm reduction regarding these products.
2. Utilize the current evidence regarding tobacco dependence treatment techniques.
3. Review the latest research regarding cigarette use behaviors, such as relighting cigarettes.
4. Understand the impact of nicotine misperceptions among the general population as well as healthcare professionals.

Date: October 11, 2024

Title: High-Dose Hydroxocobalamin in Septic Shock: The Rationale for the Phase III Trial

Speaker: Jayshil Patel, MD

Objectives: 

1. What is the current pathophysiology of septic shock?
2. What is the impact of hydrogen sulfide in septic shock?
3. What preclinical data inform the role of intravenous hydroxocobalamin (Vitamin B12) in septic shock?
4. What data in humans inform the role of intravenous hydroxocobalamin in vasodilatory shock?
5. What is the safety profile of intravenous hydroxocobalamin?

Date: October 4, 2024

Title:  The Flinn Foundation Buffmire Lecture: Taking Care of the Injured Patient Why Trauma-Informed Care Matters

Speaker: D'Andrea Joseph. MD. FACS, FCCM

Objectives:

1. Describe Trauma Informed Care (TIC)
2. Discuss TIC and the impact on patient care
3. Discuss IPV and its role in patient management

Date: September 26, 2024

Title: The Stories We Tell: Narrative Medicine in the Patient Physician Relationship

Speaker: Christina Gomez, MD

Objectives:

1. Reviewing the past and present call to the science and art of medicine. 
2. Recognizing the diagnostic and therapeutic role in listening to patients. 
3. Introduction to Narrative Medicine and its effect to both patient and physician. 

Date: September 20, 2024

Title: Navigating Emotional Labor: The Experience of Women of Color Professionals at Medical Schools

Speaker: Raquel Hernandez Givens, PhD

Objectives:

1. Define Emotional Labor – Explore the concept of emotional labor and its intersection with race and gender, specifically within the context of U.S. medical schools.
2. Identify the Challenges – Discuss the unique challenges women of color professionals face, such as microaggressions, racialized emotions, and the pressure to contribute to DEI initiatives.
3. Examine Coping Strategies – Highlight how women of color in leadership navigate emotional labor and how these strategies reflect broader organizational dynamics in medical schools.
4. Propose Systemic Solutions – Offer recommendations to medical schools on how to formally recognize and address the emotional labor performed by women of color professionals, including policy changes and support mechanisms.

Date: September 13, 2024

Title:  Women and the art of networking: Cultivating your professional relationships 

Speaker: Guadalupe Federico-Martinez, PhD

Objectives: 

1. Understand the terms: network, networking, and associated benefits for career progression in academic medicine. 
2. Analyze the misconceptions, current trends, and challenges in networking practices for women in medicine and even further, women of color in medicine. 
3. Apply practical recommendations for icebreaking, re-starting, and managing network relationships. 

Date: September 6, 2024

Title: Hospice & Palliative Care Practical Application for Inpatient Medicine

Speaker: Brandon Gardner, DO

Objectives:

1. Identify the difference between hospice and palliative care
2. Explain the process of hospice referral
3.  Know how hospice reimbursement works
4. Measure the financial impact of inpatient palliative care
5. Navigate the ethics of end-of-life care
6. Become familiar with Advance Directive and the difference between Surrogacy vs MPOA
7. Sample questions

Date: August 23, 2024

Title: Inaugural Health Equity Symposium

Speakers: 

• Francisco Moreno, MD
• Rebecca Sunenshine, MD, FIDSA
• Krista LaBruzzo, MD

Panel Discussion:

• Moderator: Francisco Lucio, J.D.
• Panelists: Jayne Peterson, MD, FACP, Nafis Shamsid-Deen, MD, and Ryan Toledo, MD

Objectives: 

The Department of Medicine Health Equity Symposium will provide solutions to end health disparities within particularly vulnerable populations, present highlights of initiatives and advancements of health equity by local experts, and evaluate health equity educational innovations.

Date: August 16, 2024