Upon conclusion of this program, participants should be able to:

• Advocate the vital role NP/PAs play in providing care for hospitalized patients.
• Review recent hot topics in the Hospital Medicine literature.
• Evaluate hospitalized patients with delirium.
• Recognize the effect dialysis plays on drug dosing.
• Evaluate transplant or immunosuppressed patients with infection.
• Recognize common hematologic disorders affecting hospitalized patients.
• Formulate perioperative plans for medically complex patients undergoing surgery.
• Evaluate hospitalized patients with hyperglycemia.
• Identify risk factors and treat patients with hospital acquired infections.
• Evaluate hospitalized patients with underlying pulmonary issues.
• Recognize the early signs of sepsis and be able to triage/treat accordingly.
• Recognize and treat patients with acute renal failure.
• Discuss workup for hyponatremia.
• Identify common vascular emergencies encountered in hospitalized patients.
• Review up-to-date treatment guidelines for acute coronary syndrome.
• Discuss strategies for working through difficult clinical encounters.
• Formulate plans for symptom control in actively dying patients.
• Assess hospitalized patients with liver disease.
• Discuss inpatient management of decubitus ulcers.
• Review common lab abnormalities found in hospitalized patients.
• Assess patients with a recent syncopal event.
• Review treatment options for hypertensive emergencies in the hospitalized patient.

Attendance at this Mayo course does not indicate nor guarantee competence or proficiency in the performance of any procedures which may be discussed or taught in this course.