Discussed barriers to glycemic control and management of diabetes, including clinical inertia and diabetes distress, and identified the need for more education and patient-centered care to address these challenges.

This talk from 2 DH palliative care physicians discusses the components of a Serious Illness Conversation (SIC), and available eDH tools to facilitate and document these conversations.

The impact of menopause on women’s health and productivity, as well as various treatment options available for menopausal symptoms.

Beyond routine mammography, women at high risk of breast cancer and women with breast masses may require evaluation with additional mammographic views, MRI, or ultrasound.

DH screens for depression in primary care with the PHQ-9, which has a question on suicidal ideation. It is important to evaluate patients with suicidal ideation to determine the appropriate response.

Learning Objectives:

* To demonstrate a practical approach to risk assessment, using risk calculators as needed;

* To recognize people at risk for genetic mutations who could benefit from genetic counseling and testing;

* To describe risk reduction strategies (medications, surgery) and when...

An ongoing series of talks to keep primary care clinicians up to date on issues in managing adult patients.

Learning objectives:

• Understand the potential benefits and harms of breast cancer screening, and why the USPSTF recently lowered their recommended starting age from 50 to 40...

Objectives

1. Recognize how common both FH and elevated Lp(a) are in the US and that FH is more common in Northern New England due to a Founder Effect

2. At the conclusion of this lecture the participant will understand that FH can be caused both by monogenic defects in several genes and by...

Learning Objectives: 1. Describe pain neuro-science and its implications for management- including non-pharmacologic approaches 2. Review pharmacologic treatment of pain, including when and how to use opioids per the new CDC and VA guidelines 3. Share an approach to the patient who is having...

Provide practical health literacy strategies for optimizing health outcomes in primary care clinics.    1. Describe the causal pathways between low health literacy and poor health outcomes.                    2. Distinguish between definitions of individual vs organizational health literacy (OHL)...