Online Learning Component for the 2026 Update in Internal Medicine

We are pleased to present the second-year offering of our online training modules, developed to complement the University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine’s 2026 Update in Internal Medicine (UIM): Practice Changing Advances course, held virtually on October 22–23, 2026.

Each year, the Department of Medicine hosts this 2-day educational event. Throughout the years, the event has averaged 350 attendees, including general internists, family practitioners, advanced practice providers, physician assistants, nurses/nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals. The course provides a comprehensive update on major advances in internal medicine as well as a review of various medical-and surgical-related topics impacting daily practice from a panel of nationally recognized faculty. Participants also receive updates on disease practice activities. Emphasis is placed on evidence-based approaches to practical and innovative healthcare delivery, including care pathways that emphasize key elements in the diagnosis and management of various diseases. The course fosters the cooperation, coordination, and collaboration of professionals of different medical specialties in delivering cost-effective, patient-centered care.

Access to the materials will be available through May 30, 2027. 

If you have any questions, please contact: Matt Freidhoff at [email protected]

The training can be completed in four seperate segments:

  • Updates in Internal Medicine 2026 Practice-Changing Advances: October 22 - AM Sessions
    • Update In Peripheral Artery Disease: Screening and Treatment  - Jack Hornick, MD, FACC, FSVM, RPVI
    • Update in Asthma Management for the PCP  - Richard Ramonell, MD 
    • Update in Gout for the Internist  - John S. Richards, MBBS
    • Nephrolithiasis for the PCP -  Stephen Jackman, MD
    • Inpatient Documentation Billing: Pearls and Pitfalls - Anne Perrin, MD, MPH and Danica Smith, DO 
    • Update in Pre-Operative Cardiac Evaluation - Corey Rearick, MD 
  • Updates in Internal Medicine 2026 Practice-Changing Advances: October 22 - PM Sessions
    • Technology in Endocrinology: A Rapidly Evolving Landscape - Janet Leung, MD, FACE, FEAA
    • Top Dermatology Challenges in Primary Care - Kamran Harper, MD
    • Update in Non-Surgical Approaches to Chronic Back Pain - Chris Standaert, MD
    • Update in HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis  - Ken Ho, MD, MPH 
    • My Patient can’t get a GLP1: Update in Weight Management interventions and Treatments - David Rometo, MD 
  • Updates in Internal Medicine 2026: Practice-Changing Advances: October 23 - AM Sessions
    • Precision Medicine for Primary Care Providers  - Brianne Philips, CRNP and Kevin Lee, DO
    • Cardiac Rehab: What’s New in 2025?  - Dan Forman, MD
    • Medical Marijuana in Primary Care: Certification, Evidence-Based Use and Current Challenges - Antoine Douaihy, MD
    • Complicated Infections and Oral Antibiotics, Growing Data on Non-Inferiority - Ricardo D. Arbulu, MD
    • Female Urinary Incontinence: Urogynecology Insights for PCPs - Ashley Murillo, MD
    • Second-Line Depression Management in Primary Care - Anastasia Samaras, MD
  • Updates in Internal Medicine 2026 Practice-Changing Advances: October 23 - PM Sessions
    • Evaluation and Secondary Prevention of TIA and Stroke - Matthew Starr, MD
    • When Miralax Isn’t Enough: Updates in Constipation Treatment  - Dave Levinthal, MD, PhD
    • Novel Approaches to Pulmonary Nodules - Daniel Dunlap, MD
    • Update in Management of Patients with Insulin-Dependent Diabetes. - Jason Ng, MD
    • Beyond B12 Deficiency: Update in Diagnosis and Management of Neuropathy - Joshua Smith, DO

​​​To view the list of Planning Committee Members and Conflict of Interest (COI) Statements, click here ► UIM 2025- Planning Committee and COI Statements