Continuing Education Company 11th Annual Primary Care Update on Urgent Care & Emergency Medicine Conference 2026

Continuing Education Company 11th Annual Primary Care Update on Urgent Care & Emergency Medicine Conference 2026

Continuing Education Company 11th Annual Primary Care Update on Urgent Care & Emergency Medicine Conference 2026 provides a practical, evidence-based update on the evaluation and management of acute medical conditions commonly encountered in primary care, urgent care, and emergency medicine settings.

Course Details

• Organizer: Continuing Education Company (CEC)
• Conference: 11th Annual Primary Care Update on Urgent Care & Emergency Medicine Conference
• Dates: September 25–27, 2026
• Location: Hyatt Regency Austin, Austin, Texas
• CME Credits: 15 Credits
• Specialties: Primary Care / Urgent Care / Emergency Medicine / Family Medicine / Internal Medicine
• Language: English

Target Audience

This conference is designed for:

• Family medicine physicians
• Internal medicine physicians
• Urgent care physicians
• Emergency medicine physicians
• Nurse practitioners
• Physician assistants
• Primary care clinicians
• Other healthcare professionals involved in the delivery of immediate medical care for acute and chronic illness and injury

Program Overview

The 11th Annual Primary Care Update on Urgent Care & Emergency Medicine Conference 2026 is designed to strengthen the clinical knowledge and decision-making skills required to evaluate and manage acute medical presentations in outpatient, urgent care, and emergency settings.

The educational program emphasizes practical, evidence-based approaches to diagnosis and treatment, with particular attention to conditions frequently encountered by primary care and urgent care clinicians.

Participants review how acute disorders present clinically, how to approach diagnostic evaluation and treatment, and how to determine whether patients can be appropriately managed in an outpatient setting or require immediate hospitalization and a higher level of care.

The conference brings together nationally recognized faculty to discuss clinical scenarios relevant to everyday medical practice, helping clinicians translate current evidence into practical patient-care decisions.

Program Objectives

As a result of this conference, participants will be able to:

1. Discuss the clinical presentation of the acute disorders seen in the primary and urgent care settings.
2. Identify the role of the primary and urgent care clinician in the management of these clinical conditions.
3. Utilize evidence-based approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of these clinical scenarios and conditions.
4. Delineate which patients require immediate hospitalization and additional care and those that can be successfully managed as outpatients.
5. Interact and question nationally acclaimed speakers on a variety of clinical scenarios from medical practice.

Major Topics

Acute Care in Primary Care Practice

Review the recognition, initial assessment, and management of acute presentations that commonly appear in primary care and ambulatory clinical practice.

Urgent Care Medicine

Develop practical approaches to patients requiring prompt evaluation and treatment in the urgent care setting.

Emergency Medicine for Primary Care Clinicians

Strengthen recognition of potentially serious or life-threatening presentations and understand when escalation to emergency care is necessary.

Evidence-Based Diagnosis

Apply current evidence-based strategies when evaluating acute symptoms and developing an appropriate differential diagnosis.

Evidence-Based Treatment

Review contemporary approaches to treatment and management of acute clinical conditions encountered in outpatient practice.

Clinical Decision-Making

Improve clinical reasoning when deciding between outpatient treatment, additional investigation, specialist referral, emergency evaluation, and hospitalization.

Acute and Chronic Illness

Explore the management of acute presentations as well as exacerbations and complications of chronic diseases encountered in immediate-care settings.

Outpatient vs. Hospital Management

Identify clinical features and risk factors that help determine which patients may be safely managed as outpatients and which require immediate hospitalization or additional care.

Practical Primary Care Updates

Translate current evidence and expert recommendations into practical approaches that can be incorporated into everyday family medicine and internal medicine practice.

Optional Hands-On Workshops

Separate optional hands-on workshops associated with the Austin meeting provide additional opportunities for procedural training.

Suture Savvy: Vital Wound Closure Techniques

A practical workshop focused on wound assessment and closure, including foundational and advanced suturing skills and approaches to both routine and more complex lacerations.

Essential Emergency & Urgent Care Procedures

Hands-on training addressing practical procedures relevant to urgent and emergency care, including selected ENT emergencies, dental trauma, finger injuries, anesthesia and infections, and soft-tissue infection management.

Note: These workshops are separate from the main conference program and require separate registration.

Why This Conference Is Relevant

Primary care and urgent care clinicians frequently encounter patients whose symptoms may represent either a relatively minor outpatient condition or the early presentation of a serious medical emergency.

This conference focuses on that critical decision-making process by combining:

• Recognition of acute clinical presentations
• Evidence-based diagnostic approaches
• Current treatment strategies
• Urgent care management
• Emergency medicine principles
• Appropriate outpatient management
• Recognition of patients requiring hospitalization
• Practical clinical decision-making
• Expert discussion of real-world clinical scenarios

The program is therefore particularly relevant for clinicians seeking an updated approach to managing acute illness and injury while improving patient triage, diagnostic accuracy, treatment selection, and disposition decisions.

Conference Format

The 2026 Austin conference was structured around half-day educational sessions, providing focused CME instruction in urgent care and emergency medicine.

The official program was held at the Hyatt Regency Austin in Austin, Texas, from September 25–27, 2026, with 15 CME Credits available through the main conference.

The educational content is particularly applicable to physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other clinicians practicing in primary care, family medicine, internal medicine, urgent care, and emergency settings.

Short Description

Continuing Education Company 11th Annual Primary Care Update on Urgent Care & Emergency Medicine Conference 2026 delivers a practical, evidence-based review of acute care for primary care, urgent care, and emergency medicine clinicians. The program focuses on clinical presentations, diagnosis, treatment, outpatient management, recognition of medical emergencies, and determining when hospitalization or a higher level of care is required.