Harvard Update in Hospital Medicine 2025

Description

Course Format

Update in Hospital Medicine is a live, online 4-day intensive course featuring:

• Live streaming sessions

• Electronic Q&A with faculty

• Remote learning technologies

• On-demand access to selected pre-recorded sessions

The course is designed to update busy clinicians on current best practices in hospital medicine, using a case-based, practical approach.

Course Overview

This program covers over 30 core topics, with a strong emphasis on real-world inpatient management. Faculty includes leading hospitalists and specialists from Harvard Medical School, known for delivering clear, “bottom-line” recommendations grounded in:

• Latest clinical evidence

• Updated guidelines

• Expert consensus

Core Clinical Topics Covered

• Heart Failure & Atrial Fibrillation

• Acute Coronary Syndromes & Coronary Imaging

• ECG & Radiology Interpretation

• Diabetes & Inpatient Endocrinology

• Acute Kidney Injury & ESRD

• Stroke & TIA

• Critical Care & Sepsis

• Bacteremia, Pneumonia, UTIs, C. difficile

• Drug-Resistant & Complex Infections

• GI Bleeding, Cirrhosis & Pancreatobiliary Disease

• Electrolyte & Laboratory Interpretation

• Dermatology & Skin Infections

• Psychiatry & Delirium

• Geriatrics & Palliative Care

• Pain Management & Substance Use Disorders

• Perioperative Medicine

• Pregnancy-Related Medical Conditions

2025 Program Highlights

• First new AHA perioperative guidelines in 10 years

• New heart failure guidelines and GDMT sequencing

• Coronary CTA vs cardiac catheterization

• Latest data on MSSA bacteremia management

• Non-opioid pain therapies (including Suzetrigine)

• Rapid-fire diagnosis sessions (ECG, labs, imaging)

• Updated IDSA guidelines (diabetic foot infections, UTIs)

• Microdosing buprenorphine & new alcohol withdrawal protocols

• Reduced-dose anticoagulation & Factor XI inhibitors

• ICU sedation updates & delirium prevention

• Cystatin C for GFR assessment

• Oral fecal microbiota therapy for C. difficile

• Extended thrombolysis windows in stroke

• Best practices for serious illness conversations

Specialty-Focused Tracks

Addiction Medicine

• Complicated alcohol withdrawal

• Phenobarbital-based protocols

• Buprenorphine microdosing

• Oral vs IM naltrexone

• Harm-reduction strategies at discharge

Allergy & Immunology

• Penicillin allergy delabeling

• Anaphylaxis updates

• IV contrast allergy management

• Practical approaches without allergist support

Cardiovascular Medicine

• Heart failure (HFrEF & HFpEF)

• Atrial fibrillation management

• Anticoagulation strategies

• DAPT vs SAPT

• Syncope risk stratification

Infectious Diseases

• Antibiotic selection & stewardship

• Resistant organisms & ESBLs

• HIV screening & prevention

• IV-to-oral antibiotic transitions

• C. difficile updates

Neurology

• Acute stroke imaging & management

• Thrombolysis & thrombectomy

• Antiplatelet and anticoagulation decisions

• Syncope evaluation

Pulmonary & Critical Care

• COPD & GOLD 2025 updates

• Oxygen therapy & HFNC

• Sepsis guidelines

• ICU delirium & sedation strategies

(Additional tracks include GI, Renal, Endocrine, Hematology, Rheumatology, Psychiatry, Geriatrics, Palliative Care, Perioperative Medicine, and Pregnancy.)

Program Schedule Overview

Dates: Monday–Thursday, November 3–6, 2025
Daily Format:

• Morning plenary sessions

• Scheduled breaks

• Afternoon specialty lectures

• Study Hall each evening for self-paced learning

Supplementary On-Demand Sessions (Available Daily)

• Rapid-Fire Electrolytes & Lab Interpretation

• ECG: Can’t-Miss Diagnoses

• Acute Kidney Injury Case Reviews

• Inpatient Endocrinology Pearls

• Pregnancy for Hospitalists

• Alcohol Withdrawal & Opioid Use Disorder