Primary Care Update 2026

INAFP

Get ready for a couple of jam-packed days of updates and insights in primary care - don't miss out on the latest trends and practices!

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Primary Care Update 2026Get ready to connect with healthcare professionals, exchange knowledge, and stay updated on the latest trends in primary care. This event is a fantastic opportunity to enhance your skills and network with like-minded individuals. Don't miss this chance to expand your expertise and gain valuable insights. Secure your tickets for Primary Care Update 2026!

Friday, May 1

Registration, Breakfast and Exhibits

Welcome

1.	The attendee will understand what adrenal hormones do in the Human Body.
2.	The attendee will learn how to work up adrenal excess and insufficiency.  
3.  The attendee will know how to work up a pheochromocytoma.  


What Primary Care Providers Should Know About Adrenal Disease

Tendinopathies

Refreshment Break

1.	Identify common pitfalls in obesity treatment that worsen outcomes.
2.	Apply evidence based clinical pearls that improve patient engagement and outcomes.
3.  Implement realistic obesity care strategies within a 15 minute PCP visit. 


Pitfalls and Pearls in Obesity Treatment

1.	The attendee will understand how to use coronary calcium scores to determine the need for potential therapy.  
2.	The attendee will understand the need for more aggressive lipid therapy based on the most recent experimental data.  
3.	The attendee will understand the difference between primary prevention therapy and secondary prevention therapy in regards to lipid management.    


Lipid Therapy and the use of Cardiac Calcium Scoring in 2026

Break and Exhibits

1.  The attendee will understand the need to educate future physicians, especially in Primary Care. 
2.	The attendee will understand techniques for efficient and effective teaching a.  How to integrate learners into the practice, and b. how to utilize newer methods of evaluation and why those are important
3.	The attendee will learn techniques to work more effectively with challenging students. 

Lunch  - Effectively and Efficiently Teaching in a Primary Care Practice 

1.	The attendee will understand history and exam finding that indicate work up for these etiologies. 
2.	The attendee will understand appropriate work up including labs and imaging if pathology is suspected. 
3.	The attendee will understand indications for referral to gynecology.   


Endometriosis, Fibroids, and Adnexal Masses

1.	This session will describe the magnitude, risk and mechanism of chronic kidney disease. 
2.	This session will define emerging guideline directed medial therapy. 
3.	This session will describe the interplay between CKD and cardiovascular disease. 

Getting the the Heart of Kidney Disease

Coffee Break 

1.	Increase knowledge of new contraceptive methods.
2.	Become familiar with the U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for contraceptive use, 2024.
3.	Identify evidence-based hormonal and non-hormonal treatment options for bothersome menopausal symptoms. 


Updates in Contraception and Menopause Care

1.	 Describe the various clinical presentations of patients with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)
2.	Review evidence-based behavioral and pharmacological OUD treatment options
3.	Explore emerging complementary, alternative, and integrative approaches of OUD


Opioid Use Disorder:  A Clinical and Research Update

Saturday, May 2

Breakfast 

1.	Understand indications, patient selection and broader benefits of use.
2.	Know how to initiate, titrate, and monitor for efficacy.
3.	Manage common side effects.



GLP-1 Agonists in Everyday Primary Care

1.	Differentiate NSTEMI from other cardiac conditions
2.	Identify risk stratification and treatment approaches
3.	Dictate initial management and referral of acute coronary syndromes


Acute Coronary Syndrome

Break

1.	Describe key findings from clinical studies published in the last year. 
2.	Analyze how these findings update current stands of care and advance clinical decision making. 
3.	Implement evidence-based changes that reflect current body of research.  



Top 10 Practice Changing Papers 2025-2026

1.	Describe at least three current application of AI in primary care and the clinical or operational problems they address. 
2.  Evaluate the potential benefits and limitations of AI tools on clinician workload, quality of care, and patient outcomes. 
3.	Identify practical, ethical and regulatory considerations for implementing AI in a primary care setting. 

Artificial Intelligence in Primary Care:  Burdens & Benefits

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