About this Event
Primary Care Update 2026
Get 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
🕑: 07:00 AM - 07:45 AM
Registration, Breakfast and Exhibits
🕑: 07:45 AM - 08:00 AM
Welcome
🕑: 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
What Primary Care Providers Should Know About Adrenal Disease
Host: Dr. Kenneth Cathcart
Info: 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.
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:45 AM
Tendinopathies
Host: Dr. Kamran Karim
🕑: 09:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Refreshment Break
🕑: 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Pitfalls and Pearls in Obesity Treatment
Host: Dr. Valerie Sutherland
Info: 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.
🕑: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Lipid Therapy and the use of Cardiac Calcium Scoring in 2026
Host: Ken Cathcart, D.O.
Info: 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.
🕑: 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Break and Exhibits
🕑: 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Lunch - Effectively and Efficiently Teaching in a Primary Care Practice
Host: Dr. Geoff Jones
Info: 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.
🕑: 01:30 PM - 02:15 PM
Endometriosis, Fibroids, and Adnexal Masses
Host: Dr. Kelli McEntee
Info: 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.
🕑: 02:15 PM - 03:00 PM
Getting the the Heart of Kidney Disease
Host: Dr. Henry Mroch
Info: 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.
🕑: 03:00 PM - 03:15 PM
Coffee Break
🕑: 03:15 PM - 04:00 PM
Updates in Contraception and Menopause Care
Host: Dr. Molly Gilbert
Info: 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.
🕑: 04:00 PM - 04:45 PM
Opioid Use Disorder: A Clinical and Research Update
Host: Dr. Matthew Layton
Info: 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
Saturday, May 2
🕑: 07:30 AM - 08:00 AM
Breakfast
🕑: 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM
GLP-1 Agonists in Everyday Primary Care
Host: Dr. Rachel Safran
Info: 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.
🕑: 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Acute Coronary Syndrome
Host: Dr. Justin Bailey
Info: 1. Differentiate NSTEMI from other cardiac conditions
2. Identify risk stratification and treatment approaches
3. Dictate initial management and referral of acute coronary syndromes
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Break
🕑: 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Top 10 Practice Changing Papers 2025-2026
Host: Dr. Justin Bailey
Info: 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.
🕑: 10:15 AM - 11:15 PM
Artificial Intelligence in Primary Care: Burdens & Benefits
Host: Dr. Rachel Safran
Info: 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.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Davenport Hotel, Autograph Collection, 10 South Post Street, Spokane, United States
USD 28.52 to USD 439.00











