HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL • 2026 EDITION Harvard Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine 2026
The Comprehensive 2026 Primary Care Update — practical, case-based education covering chronic disease management, preventive medicine, behavioral health, diagnostic skills, and specialized primary care considerations.
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Course Details
Harvard Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine 2026
Course Dates: March 16–20, 2026 • 81 Videos • 81 Subtitles • 82 PDFs • 97.52 GB
About the Course
Harvard Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine 2026 provides a comprehensive review of the most important recent advances affecting daily primary care practice, together with practical guidance for incorporating these changes into state-of-the-art patient care.
The program is taught by leading Harvard Medical School clinical faculty and uses practical, case-based lectures and workshops. Sessions focus on physical examination skills, diagnostic techniques, evidence-based disease management, preventive care, behavioral health, and specialized clinical challenges.
Nationally and internationally recognized faculty customize their key takeaways for busy primary care practitioners and share high-yield resources that can be applied directly in clinical practice.
Why Choose This 2026 Primary Care Update
✓ Comprehensive 2026 update across common and challenging primary care conditions
✓ 81 video lectures with matching VTT subtitles
✓ 82 PDF resources for review and clinical reference
✓ Practical, case-based teaching focused on real-world decision-making
✓ Broad coverage of chronic disease, prevention, mental health, screening, immunization, and physical examination skills
✓ Expert faculty from multiple medical specialties
2026 Course Highlights
Optimizing Your Approach to Challenging Conditions
✓ Treating obesity: pharmacologic and lifestyle medicine interventions
✓ Chronic kidney disease management and prevention of complications
✓ Optimal chronic pain management: opioids and non-opioids
✓ Updated approaches to hypertension and lipid care
✓ Practical pointers for treating diabetes, including challenging cases
✓ Congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, and atrial fibrillation
✓ Updates on respiratory infections and pneumonia
✓ Menopause management and treatment of osteoporosis
✓ Treating headaches
✓ Mental health conditions: depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and ADHD
✓ Stroke
✓ Assessing and treating tobacco, alcohol, and opiate addictions
✓ Sleep disorders: insomnia and sleep apnea
✓ Pre-operative cardiac and pulmonary consultation
✓ Can’t-miss diagnoses
New Treatment Options and Guidelines
✓ Breakthrough anti-obesity drugs
✓ Use of diabetes medications in kidney and cardiovascular disease
✓ Electrolyte cases
✓ The latest COPD guidelines
✓ Buprenorphine without the waiver
✓ MASLD, formerly NAFLD, and hepatitis C
✓ Top primary care articles
✓ Updates in urology
✓ Antibiotics in office practice
✓ Update on thyroid problems
✓ Common eye problems
✓ Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses
Screening and Immunizations in 2026
✓ Adult immunization updates, including pneumonia, RSV, and COVID vaccines
✓ Screening updates for breast, colorectal, lung, cervical, and prostate cancer
Practice Tips from World-Renowned Experts
✓ Treatment of insomnia and sleep apnea
✓ Diagnosis and treatment of cognitive impairment
✓ Managing anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and ADHD
✓ Patient information handouts relevant to practice in English and Spanish
✓ Resources for primary care practitioners
✓ Practical billing and health insurance tips
Physical Exam Skills and Diagnostic Tools
✓ Evaluating low back pain
✓ Physical examination of knee and hip pain
✓ Physical examination of the hand, elbow, and shoulder
✓ Evaluation of peripheral neuropathy
✓ Dermatology updates
✓ Optimal use of cardiac imaging
Learning Objectives
🎯 Upon Completion, Participants Will Be Able To
✓ Provide state-of-the-art care to patients with a wide range of general internal medicine problems
✓ Support patients with obesity more effectively
✓ Deliver state-of-the-art care to patients with diabetes
✓ Apply up-to-date screening recommendations for colon, breast, lung, prostate, and cervical cancer
✓ Provide equitable care
✓ Manage chronic kidney disease and complications
✓ Evaluate and treat GERD, IBS, and MASLD
✓ Manage chronic pain effectively, with and without opioids
✓ Use antibiotics appropriately and wisely
✓ Evaluate and treat patients with coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation, and congestive heart failure
✓ Apply improved physical examination skills in practice
✓ Apply up-to-date recommendations for respiratory infection management in the outpatient setting
✓ Provide up-to-date care for menopause symptoms
✓ Support patients with mental health concerns
✓ Evaluate patients with dizziness and vertigo
✓ Communicate effectively about end-of-life care with patients
✓ Discuss lifestyle interventions to support patient wellbeing and techniques for motivational interviewing
✓ Discuss disparities in cancer diagnoses and mortality attributable to social factors
Target Audience
Best suited for primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants seeking current updates on chronic disease management, preventive care, behavioral health, screening, immunization, physical examination, and common office-based clinical problems.
Complete Curriculum — 81 Sessions
📚 Sessions 01–10
01. Headaches — Angeliki Vgontzas
02. Hypertension — Aaron Mann
03. Antibiotics in Office Practice — Jacob Johnson
04. Respiratory Infections — Paul Sax
05. Coronary Artery Disease — Aeron Small
06. Hyperlipidemia — Scott Kinlay
07. Diabetes Update — Marie McDonnell
08. A1 – Challenging Diabetes Cases — Marie McDonnell
09. A2 – Pelvic Floor Disorders — Milena Weinstein
10. A3 – Hip Pain — Michael Beasley
📚 Sessions 11–20
11. A4 – Gynecology Cases in Primary Care — Bevin Kenney
12. B1 – Cardiac Imaging Cases — Diana Lopez
13. B2 – Neuropathic Pain Treatment — Paragi Rana
14. B3 – Motivational Interviewing — Joji Suzuki
15. B4 – Geriatric Cases — Julia Loewenthal
16. Dementia — Andrew Budson
17. Resistant Hypertension — Naomi Fisher
18. Colon Cancer Screening — Robert Lowe
19. Breast Cancer Screening — Lydia Pace
20. Hematologic Cases — Robert Stern
📚 Sessions 21–30
21. Top Primary Care Articles — Eve Rittenberg
22. C1 – Thyroid Cases — Sara Ahmadi
23. C2 – Pre-Operative Cardiac & Pulmonary Consultation — Adam Schaffer
24. C3 – Anxiety — Joe Tulip
25. C4 – Climate Change and Human Health — Gregg Furie
26. D1 – Lyme Disease and Other Tick-Borne Illnesses — Daniel Solomon
27. D2 – Artificial Intelligence in Primary Care — David Bates
28. D3 – Knee Pain — Elizabeth Matzkin
29. D4 – Food and Drug Allergies — David Sloane
30. E1 – Billing Tips for PCPs — Stuart Pollack
📚 Sessions 31–40
31. E2 – Science and Practice of Healthy Eating — Katherine McManus, MS, RD, LDN
32. E3 – Electrolyte Cases — Brad Denker
33. E4 – Care for Unhoused Patients — Jennifer Brody
34. Acute Dizziness and Vertigo — Kevin Kerber
35. Atrial Fibrillation — Paul Zei
36. Heart Failure Cases — Akshay Desai
37. Managing MASLD, Acute Hepatitis, and Compensated Cirrhosis — Anna Rutherford
38. Pharmacologic Management of Depression — David Kroll
39. Asthma — Nancy Lange-Vaidya
40. Medical Treatment for Obesity — Chioma Tomlinson, PA-C
📚 Sessions 41–50
41. F1 – Hand and Elbow Problems — Simon Talbot
42. F2 – Approach to Peripheral Neuropathy — Michael Bowley
43. F3 – Bipolar Disease and ADHD — Rachel Rosales
44. F4 – Buprenorphine 101 — Alev Atalay
45. G1 – Urology Cases — Martin Kathrins
46. G2 – PrEP and HIV — Ellen Nagami
47. G3 – Ophthalmology — Mina Farahani
48. G4 – Stroke Cases — Mariel Kozberg
49. COPD — Craig Hersh
50. Cervical Cancer Screening — Cristina Alexander
📚 Sessions 51–60
51. Adult Immunization Updates — Daniel Solomon
52. Low Back Pain — Dana Kotler
53. CKD Management — John Kevin Tucker
54. Can’t-Miss Primary Care Cases — Maria Yialamas
55. H1 – Irritable Bowel Syndrome — Molly Perencevich
56. H2 – Pharmacologic Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder — Salah Alrakawi
57. H3 – Primary Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Patients — Ole-Petter Hamnvik
58. H4 – Contraception — Kathryn Fay
59. I1 – Shoulder Pain — George Dyer
60. I2 – UTIs — Jacob Lazarus
📚 Sessions 61–70
61. I3 – Office ENT Problems — Dunia Abdul-Aziz & Alan Workman
62. I4 – End-of-Life Discussions and Advanced Care Directives — Allyson Goldberg
63. J1 – STIs — Jana Jarolimova
64. J2 – Sleep Apnea — Rohit Budhiraja
65. J3 – Rheumatology Cases — Candace Feldman
66. J4 – Care of Patients with Intellectual Disabilities — Frances (Kitty) O’Hare
67. Prostate Cancer Screening and Beyond — Marc Garnick
68. Lung Cancer Screening — Samuel Ash
69. Insomnia Treatment — Suzanne Bertisch
70. Menopause Management — Kathryn Corelli
📚 Sessions 71–80
71. Osteoporosis — Sharon Chou
72. GERD and Peptic Ulcer Disease — Navin Kumar
73. Dermatology Updates — Sotonye Imadojemu
74. K1 – Tobacco, Vaping, and E-Cigarette Cessation — Nancy Rigotti
75. K2 – Advanced Dermatology Cases — Alexandra Charrow
76. K3 – Foot and Ankle Pain — Jeremy Smith
77. K4 – Chronic Pain Management with Opioids — James Morrill
78. L1 – Lifestyle Medicine for Patients & Their Clinicians — Elizabeth Frates
79. L2 – Outpatient Approach to DVT and PE — Gregory Piazza
80. L3 – Travel Medicine — Carolina Geadas
📚 Sessions 81–81
81. L4 – Adolescent Medicine Cases — Joshua Borus
Included Materials
🎥 81 Video Lectures
Complete MP4 video collection covering all listed course sessions.
💬 81 VTT Subtitles
Matching subtitle files for easier review and accessibility.
📄 82 PDF Resources
Course handouts and supporting educational materials.
💾 97.52 GB
Total size of the complete course package.
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