ACP CME On-Demand: 2026 Focused Topic Recordings

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Expert clinician educators provide a focused update of the diagnostic, preventive, and therapeutic approaches to the patient at risk for, or with known, cardiovascular disease. Faculty cover cardiovascular disease issues that internal medicine physicians most frequently encounter and provide “Key Points” to update the audience and foster patient care.

This high-yield collection of virtual lectures will cover:

• Diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to the patient with known cardiovascular disease.
• Guidelines and recent studies regarding hypertension, valvular heart disease, optimal blood pressure control, and care of the patient with cardiovascular disease who undergoes noncardiac surgery.
• Approaches for decreasing the risk for complications and decreasing hospital readmissions for patients with a variety of cardiovascular issues.
• Surgical/invasive and pharmacologic treatments for the care of patients with coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease, and atrial fibrillation.
• Transition of care after hospital discharge for patients with a variety of cardiac issues.
• The role of technological advances in cardiac care that the internal medicine specialist may use in patient care: electrocardiography, echocardiography, cardiac CT imaging, cardiac MRI, cardiac PET scan, wearable cardiac rhythm monitoring devices, and laboratory testing.
• When to suspect and how to evaluate and treat the patient with cardiac amyloid.
• The latest approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of peripheral vascular disease.

Course Directors:

Howard Weitz, MD, MACP, FRCP (Lond.), FACC 
Bernard L. Segal Professor of Clinical Cardiology, Senior Associate Dean, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

Gregary D. Marhefka, MD, FACP, FACC  
Professor of Medicine, Director, Medical Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

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Renowned faculty discuss the diagnosis of prediabetes and diabetes, including atypical forms of diabetes in adults. This course reviews the role of lifestyle interventions as well as appropriate indications and practical use of weight loss medications. The growing role of diabetes technology will be addressed as well as the risks and benefits of new insulin and noninsulin pharmacologic therapies, diabetes medications, cholesterol-lowering agents, and blood pressure control to reduce cardiometabolic risk.

This extensive collection of virtual lectures will cover:

• Current guidelines for the management of patients with diabetes and prediabetes.
• Guidance on the evaluation, classification, and treatment of diabetes, including less common atypical forms of diabetes.
• New insulin products and diabetes technology (including new pens, pumps, and sensors) available for patients with type 1 and 2 diabetes.
• The rapidly expanding role of noninsulin therapeutics in the management of type 2 diabetes.
• The role of nutrition and medication use for weight management in patients with obesity and diabetes.
• Prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes.
• Appropriate evaluation and evidence-based treatments for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD).

Course Director:

Irl B. Hirsch, MD, MACP  
Professor of Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA  

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Clinician-educators focus on practical, evidence-based strategies that the internal medicine physician can use across care settings to better identify and treat serious and chronic conditions common to older populations, such as cognitive impairment; function assessment, frailty, and falls; depression and anxiety; and hazards of hospitalization. Faculty discuss primary palliative care approaches, including strategies for clinical decision making and deprescribing in the setting of complex medical conditions; providing a systematic approach to pain and symptom management; applying principles of prognostication to those with serious illness and advanced age; and serious illness communication skills.

This extensive collection of virtual lectures will cover:

• How disease manifests differently in older adults and disease management in older adults using the Geriatrics 5Ms (mind, mobility, medications, multicomplexity, and what matters most) approach.
• The key elements of the Age-Friendly Health System's Framework.
• How to Integrate Age-Friendly Health System principles into clinical decision making to improve outcomes and quality of care for older adult patients.
• Frailty and its relevance to health care for older adults.
• Options for transitions of care for older adults and those with serious and chronic illness.
• Strategies for medication management and deprescribing in older adults.
• Palliative care management of common symptoms, including pain, depression, and communication strategies around complex medical conditions.

Course Directors:

Helen Fernandez, MD, MPH  
Professor, Vice Chair, Education, Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY

Sonia Malhotra, MD, MS, FAAP, FAAHPM, FACP 
Associate Chief, Palliative Medicine; Medical Director of Palliative Medicine, LCMC Health, Division of Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine/LCMC Health, New Orleans, LA

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In this highly practical, case-based curriculum, an expert clinician faculty provides an update on key medical issues, take you through the challenges of common and uncommon clinical conundrums, and address how to improve the value of care we provide to our patients.

This high-yield collection of virtual lectures will cover:

• Inpatient management of complex patients in case-based presentations.
• Conflicts in the management of patients with suspected impairment in medical decision making.
• Updates on the latest hospital medicine literature.

Course Directors:

James Newman, MD, MHA, MACP  
Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, Medical History, and Health Care Administration, Department of Hospital Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Rachel Hammer, MD, MFA, ACP Member  
Assistant Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

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This course provides an evidence-informed update designed to teach internal medicine physicians practical approaches to recognizing, diagnosing, treating, and triaging patients with commonly encountered psychiatric disorders. Faculty with training and experience in both internal medicine and psychiatry emphasize the importance of a patient-centered approach, motivational interviewing, simple therapeutic techniques, and practical psychopharmacologic approaches that can be efficiently used in medical settings. The course will focus on psychiatric diagnoses prevalent in general medical practice, including major depressive disorder, anxiety disorders, trauma-related disorders, substance use disorders, insomnia, and bipolar mood disorders.

This extensive collection of virtual lectures will cover:

• Practical, patient-centered interview strategies to detect treatable mental illness.
• Current best practices for managing psychiatric disorders in primary care and specialty medical settings.
• A practical approach to treating psychiatric conditions in primary care using commonly prescribed and novel psychotropic medications.
• Triage guidelines and communication with psychiatric care providers.
• Motivational interviewing techniques to support patient engagement and behavior change.

Course Directors:

Jane P. Gagliardi, MD, MHS, FACP  
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Professor of Medicine, Division of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC

Robert M. McCarron, MD, DFAPA, FAIHM, ACP Member  
Director of Education, Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute; Associate Dean, Continuing Medical Education; Founding Director, UC Irvine Train New Trainers (TNT) Primary Care Fellowships; Director, Health Education to Advance Leaders in Integrative Medicine (HEAL-IM); Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA