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MER Primary Care Conferences Women’s Health for Primary Care Endo Gyn Psych Sep 11-13, 2026
MER Primary Care Conferences Women’s Health for Primary Care Endo Gyn Psych Sep 11-13, 2026 is a continuing medical education program focused on practical, evidence-based updates in women’s health, endocrinology, gynecology, and psychiatry for primary care clinicians.
+ Target Audience
Primary Care Physicians, Psychiatrists, Endocrinologists, Gynecologists, and other healthcare professionals involved in the evaluation and management of women’s health conditions in primary care practice.
+ Information
The Women’s Health for Primary Care: Endocrinology/Gynecology/Psychiatry conference, organized by Medical Education Resources (MER), is scheduled for September 11–13, 2026, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada.
This continuing medical education program provides primary care clinicians with evidence-based updates covering commonly encountered psychiatric, endocrine, and gynecologic conditions affecting women.
The educational content emphasizes practical clinical decision-making, including the assessment and treatment of anxiety and depression, substance use disorders, osteoporosis, obesity, thyroid disease, pituitary disorders, abnormal uterine bleeding, menopause, breast cancer screening, and contraceptive counseling.
The course is particularly relevant for clinicians seeking a multidisciplinary update in women’s health for primary care, with an emphasis on translating current evidence into everyday outpatient practice.
Course Details
- Course: Women’s Health for Primary Care: Endocrinology/Gynecology/Psychiatry
- Organizer: Medical Education Resources (MER)
- Dates: September 11–13, 2026
- Location: Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada
- Format: Continuing Medical Education / Primary Care Conference
- Core Specialties: Women’s Health, Endocrinology, Gynecology, Psychiatry, Primary Care
Target Audience
This program is targeted to office-based primary care providers and other health professionals seeking updates in primary care medicine.
It is especially relevant for:
- Primary Care Physicians
- Family Medicine Physicians
- Internal Medicine Physicians
- Psychiatrists
- Endocrinologists
- Gynecologists
- Other clinicians involved in women’s healthcare
Program Overview
The program integrates several important areas of women’s healthcare commonly encountered by primary care clinicians.
Psychiatry-focused education addresses anxiety disorders, depression, substance use disorders, and practical approaches to challenging patient encounters.
Endocrinology sessions emphasize osteoporosis treatment, obesity and weight management, sex-based differences in thyroid disease, and pituitary disorders.
Gynecology and women’s health content focuses on abnormal uterine bleeding, menopausal transition, breast cancer screening, and complex contraceptive decision-making.
Together, these topics provide clinicians with a broad evidence-based framework for managing women across different stages of adulthood.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this educational program, participants should be able to:
- Review current evidence for the treatment of anxiety disorders.
- Recommend appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment for depression.
- Describe strategies for identifying and treating substance use disorders.
- Utilize suggested strategies to manage “the difficult patient”.
- Identify the risks and benefits of utilizing bisphosphonates in the treatment of osteoporosis.
- Describe the pathophysiology surrounding obesity and the risks and benefits of the various weight management options.
- Distinguish sex-based differences in the pathophysiology, presentation, and diagnosis of thyroid disorder.
- Describe treatment options for pituitary disorders.
- Assess and manage abnormal uterine bleeding.
- Discuss menopausal transition and the risks/benefits of treatment options.
- Discuss the current evidence and recommendations regarding breast cancer screening.
- Describe approaches to counseling patients for making complex contraceptive decisions.
Major Topics
Psychiatry
- Anxiety Disorders
- Evidence-Based Anxiety Treatment
- Depression
- Pharmacologic Treatment of Depression
- Non-Pharmacologic Management of Depression
- Substance Use Disorders
- Identification of Substance Use Disorders
- Treatment Strategies for Substance Use Disorders
- Managing Difficult Patient Encounters
Endocrinology
- Osteoporosis
- Bisphosphonate Therapy
- Risks and Benefits of Osteoporosis Treatment
- Obesity Pathophysiology
- Weight Management
- Medical Approaches to Obesity
- Thyroid Disorders in Women
- Sex-Based Differences in Thyroid Disease
- Pituitary Disorders
- Treatment Options for Pituitary Disease
Gynecology & Women’s Health
- Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
- Evaluation of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
- Management of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
- Menopausal Transition
- Menopause Treatment Options
- Risks and Benefits of Menopause Therapy
- Breast Cancer Screening
- Current Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations
- Contraception
- Complex Contraceptive Decision-Making
- Patient-Centered Contraceptive Counseling
Why This Course Is Relevant
Women’s health issues frequently present first in the primary care setting, requiring clinicians to integrate knowledge from multiple specialties.
This MER Primary Care conference provides clinically relevant education across psychiatry, endocrinology, and gynecology, helping healthcare professionals improve their approach to conditions such as depression, anxiety, osteoporosis, obesity, thyroid disorders, abnormal uterine bleeding, menopause, breast cancer screening, and contraception.
The multidisciplinary structure is particularly valuable for clinicians who manage women longitudinally and need practical strategies that can be incorporated into everyday clinical practice.
Short Description
MER Primary Care Conferences Women’s Health for Primary Care Endo Gyn Psych Sep 11-13, 2026 provides evidence-based CME updates in women’s health, endocrinology, gynecology, and psychiatry. Topics include anxiety, depression, substance use disorders, osteoporosis, obesity, thyroid and pituitary disorders, abnormal uterine bleeding, menopause, breast cancer screening, and contraceptive counseling.
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Topics
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Anxiety Disorders: The nature of anxiety; Generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder; etiology and diagnosis; Co-occurring conditions; Treatment options for these disabling conditions.
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Depressive Disorders: History taking, diagnosis and treatment of depression across the lifespan; pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment options; rational polypharmacy.
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Substance Use Disorders: Substance abuse history-taking to encourage patient honesty; Accurate diagnosis; Use of screening tools; Brief intervention; Recovery and treatment options; Motivational interviewing; Family symptoms and codependency.
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The Difficult Patient: Understanding patient who interprets benign interpersonal and social interactions in an idiosyncratic and negative way; management of such behavior and avoidance of negative feelings in the physician.
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Osteoporosis: Review the epidemiology and pathophysiology of osteoporosis along with interpretation of DEXA scans and FRAX risk assessment; up-to-date therapeutic options.
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Obesity Management: Diagnosis; etiology; complications; use of appetite suppressant medications; lifestyle modifications; when surgery should be performed.
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Thyroid Disorders in Women: Management of thyroid disorders; postpartum thyroiditis.
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Evaluation and Management of Pituitary Disease: Diagnosis and treatment of pituitary disorders.
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Abnormal Uterine Bleeding: Overview of normal/abnormal menstrual physiology/profile; Menstrual disturbances; Ovulatory and anovulatory uterine bleeding; Other menstrual abnormalities; Diagnosis and appropriate treatment options.
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Menopause Transition and Hormone Replacement Therapy: Symptoms of menopause, including hot flashes, night sweats, and atrophy; Menopause syndromes, including osteoporosis, breast cancer, cardiac disease, and colon cancer; Estrogen analogs; Counseling patients in options and alternatives to hormone therapy; Designer estrogens; SERMS; HRTS; Discussion of risks andnew1 benefits, especially in breast cancer and CHD.
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Breast Cancer Screening: Comparison of recent breast cancer screening recommendations from U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, ACOG/ACS/NCCN, including a discussion of risks and benefits of screening at various ages; Review of the new USPSTF guideline on BRCA-related cancer: risk assessment, genetic counseling, and genetic testing, including risk assessment tools for women with a personal or family history of breast, ovarian and related cancers.
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Contraception: A Primary Care Review of Best Practice: Coverage of the effectiveness, side effects and non-contraceptive benefits of available contraceptive options in the U.S.; Discussion of contraceptive counseling that is patient-centric including communicating without coercion; Management strategies for medically complex contraceptive decisions (patients with a history of VTE, breast cancer, hypertension).
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