MER Primary Care Conferences Internal Medicine for Primary Care Cardio Gyn Mens Uro Aug 07-09, 2026

MER Primary Care Conferences Internal Medicine for Primary Care Cardio Gyn Mens Uro Aug 07-09, 2026

Cardiology • Gynecology • Men’s Urology • Internal Medicine • Primary Care

August 7–9, 2026 | Big Sky Resort, Yellowstone, Montana

MER Cardio Gyn Mens Uro 2026 is a primary care study resource covering cardiology, gynecology and men’s urology. It relates to the MER meeting held August 7–9, 2026, at Big Sky Resort in Montana.

Organized by Medical Education Resources (MER), the original conference was held August 7–9, 2026, at Big Sky Resort in Yellowstone, Montana. The official MER title is Internal Medicine for Primary Care: Cardio/Gyn/Men’s Uro.

The three-day program was designed for office-based primary care clinicians and other healthcare professionals seeking clinically relevant updates involving:

• Cardiovascular risk prevention
• Coronary artery disease
• Heart failure
• Cardiac arrhythmias
• Atrial fibrillation
• Male sexual health
• Benign male genitourinary conditions
• Prostate cancer
• Testicular cancer
• Annual women’s health visits
• Abnormal uterine bleeding
• Cervical cancer screening
• HPV
• Menopause
• Hormone replacement therapy

The curriculum connects preventive care, diagnostic reasoning, disease management, screening, and case-based clinical decision-making across several high-frequency areas of outpatient medicine.

Course Details

• Course: Internal Medicine for Primary Care: Cardio/Gyn/Men’s Uro
• Provider: Medical Education Resources – MER
• Year: 2026
• Original Conference Dates: August 7–9, 2026
• Duration: 3 Days
• Venue: Big Sky Resort
• Location: Yellowstone, Montana
• Primary Specialty: Internal Medicine / Primary Care
• Subspecialties: Cardiology, Gynecology, Men’s Urology
• Primary Audience: Office-Based Primary Care Providers and Other Health Professionals
• Primary Clinical Focus: Evidence-Based Updates in Cardiovascular, Women’s, and Men’s Health

Who Was the Original Program Designed For?

MER describes the target audience as:

Office-based primary care providers and other health professionals seeking updates in primary care medicine.

The program is particularly relevant for:

• Primary Care Physicians
• Internal Medicine Physicians
• Family Medicine Physicians
• Cardiologists
• Gynecologists
• Urologists
• Nurse Practitioners
• Physician Associates / Physician Assistants
• Clinicians managing cardiovascular risk
• Clinicians providing women’s health care
• Clinicians managing common male urologic conditions

The strongest clinical audience remains:

Primary Care + Internal Medicine

with focused education in:

Cardiology + Gynecology + Men’s Urology

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this program, participants should be better able to:

• Identify evidence-based tools to determine best practices in incorporating all necessary elements in the annual women’s health visit.
• Assess and manage abnormal uterine bleeding.
• Describe the management of abnormal pap smears and HPV.
• Discuss menopausal transition and the risks/benefits of treatment options.
• Discuss medical management of male sexual health.
• Evaluate and manage sexually-transmitted infections in men.
• Differentiate between benign prostate conditions and prostate cancers.
• Discuss the biology and screening, and treatment options of prostate and testicular cancer.
• Implement lifestyle changes as well as lipid and cholesterol guidelines for the prevention of CAD.
• Describe the work-up, risk assessment and test selection of patients with suspected CAD.
• Implement treatment strategies reflective of recent guidelines and current evidence based medicine for heart failure.
• Utilize case-based learning to develop treatment plans for cardiovascular conditions.

The official MER agenda additionally identifies contemporary arrhythmia and atrial fibrillation diagnosis and treatment among its stated learning objectives.

CARDIOLOGY

The cardiology component focuses on practical cardiovascular issues frequently encountered in primary care.

Major areas include:

• Cardiovascular disease prevention
• Lipid management
• Cardiometabolic risk
• Suspected coronary artery disease
• Cardiovascular testing
• Heart failure
• Arrhythmias
• Atrial fibrillation

The overall cardiovascular pathway can be summarized as:

Identify Risk → Prevent Disease → Evaluate Symptoms → Select Testing → Diagnose → Treat → Refer When Appropriate

Primary Prevention of Cardiometabolic Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiovascular prevention is a major component of the official program.

The curriculum addresses the integration of:

• Lifestyle changes
• Lipid management
• Cholesterol guidelines
• Exercise
• Cardiovascular risk assessment
• Obesity
• Metabolic syndrome
• Pharmacologic therapy

into strategies for reducing coronary artery disease risk.

The objective is to help clinicians translate current cardiovascular prevention principles into practical primary care.

Lipid & Cholesterol Management

A specific learning objective is to:

Implement lifestyle changes as well as lipid and cholesterol guidelines for the prevention of CAD.

Lipid management therefore forms part of a broader preventive strategy rather than being treated as an isolated laboratory target.

The clinical pathway is:

Risk Assessment → Lifestyle → Lipid Evaluation → Treatment → Monitoring

Cardiometabolic Risk

The official agenda connects prevention with:

• Metabolic syndrome
• Obesity
• Cardiovascular risk calculation
• Lifestyle modification
• Exercise
• Medical therapy

These factors are especially relevant to internal medicine and family medicine because cardiovascular prevention often begins years before clinical coronary disease develops.

Suspected Coronary Artery Disease – CAD

The conference includes a dedicated session on the:

Work-up of Patients with Suspected CAD

The objective is to improve clinicians’ ability to assess cardiovascular symptoms and select appropriate diagnostic testing.

Cardiovascular Risk Assessment

Evaluation of suspected coronary artery disease requires integration of:

• Symptoms
• Medical history
• Cardiovascular risk factors
• Clinical examination
• Pretest risk
• Appropriate diagnostic studies

The goal is not simply to order more testing, but to select appropriate testing according to the patient’s clinical risk.

Cardiovascular Test Selection

The official agenda reviews test selection involving modalities such as:

• ECG
• Echocardiography
• Nuclear imaging
• Contemporary cardiac imaging
• CT-based approaches
• Biomarkers

within the assessment of suspected coronary artery disease.

This supports a practical strategy:

Clinical Suspicion → Risk Assessment → Appropriate Test → Interpretation → Management

Coronary Artery Disease in Special Populations

Cardiovascular risk and diagnostic decision-making may differ across different patient groups.

The official program includes consideration of suspected CAD in:

• Women
• Patients with diabetes
• Older adults

reinforcing the need for individualized cardiovascular evaluation.

Heart Failure

Heart failure forms another major cardiology session.

The curriculum includes contemporary concepts involving:

• Heart failure etiology
• Disease staging
• HFrEF
• HFpEF
• Biomarkers
• Pharmacologic therapy
• Device therapy
• Hospitalized heart failure
• Readmission prevention

The course emphasizes treatment strategies reflecting current evidence and guidelines.

HFrEF & HFpEF

The official program addresses both:

• Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction – HFrEF
• Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction – HFpEF

These conditions may require different therapeutic and diagnostic considerations.

Guideline-Directed Heart Failure Therapy

The MER agenda includes contemporary medication classes used within evidence-based heart failure management, including therapies such as:

• ACE inhibitors
• ARBs
• ARNI
• Beta blockers
• Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists
• SGLT2 inhibitors

along with consideration of device-based treatment.

Heart Failure Referral

The course also considers the role of biomarkers and clinical findings when determining whether patients require more specialized cardiovascular evaluation.

This supports collaboration between:

Primary Care ↔ Cardiology

for patients with complex or progressive heart failure.

Cardiac Arrhythmias

The official program includes a dedicated Arrhythmias session.

Important areas include:

• Types of arrhythmias
• Symptoms
• Palpitations
• Atrial fibrillation
• Ventricular arrhythmias
• Risk assessment
• When to treat
• When to refer
• When hospital evaluation is appropriate

Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation represents an important component of the arrhythmia curriculum.

The program addresses issues involving:

• Anticoagulation
• Stroke risk assessment
• Rate control
• Rhythm control
• Referral decisions

The primary care challenge is to integrate rhythm management with thromboembolic risk reduction.

Palpitations

Patients frequently present to primary care with palpitations.

The course places evaluation within a structured framework:

Symptoms → History → Rhythm Assessment → Risk → Treatment or Referral

MEN’S UROLOGY

Men’s Urology represents the second major clinical component of this conference.

Topics span:

• Male sexual health
• Erectile dysfunction
• Hypogonadism
• Androgen replacement
• Benign prostate disease
• Lower urinary tract symptoms
• Prostatitis
• Testicular pain
• Prostate cancer
• Testicular cancer

Male Sexual Health

A central learning objective is to:

Discuss medical management of male sexual health.

This is especially relevant for primary care because concerns regarding sexual function may first be presented to an internist or family physician rather than a urologist.

Androgen Replacement & Sexual Function

The first Men’s Urology session is officially titled:

Androgen Replacement and Sexual Function

The session addresses treatment concepts involving:

• Erectile dysfunction
• Treatment algorithms
• Medication safety
• Testosterone supplementation
• Hypogonadism

Erectile Dysfunction

Management of erectile dysfunction may require evaluation of:

• Symptoms
• Cardiovascular risk
• Medication use
• Hormonal factors
• Treatment options
• Contraindications

The topic highlights the intersection between men’s health, cardiovascular medicine, endocrinology, and urology.

Male Hypogonadism

The program incorporates testosterone supplementation within the management of appropriate patients with hypogonadism or sexual dysfunction.

This requires individualized evaluation rather than treatment based on symptoms alone.

Sexually Transmitted Infections in Men

The supplied learning objectives also emphasize the ability to:

Evaluate and manage sexually-transmitted infections in men.

This reinforces the role of primary care clinicians in:

• Sexual history
• Risk assessment
• Appropriate testing
• Treatment
• Counseling
• Prevention
• Follow-up

Prostate Cancer Screening

A dedicated session addresses:

Prostate Cancer Screening and Treatment

The course examines the clinical challenges surrounding:

• Screening
• Potential benefits
• Potential harms
• Patient selection
• Overdiagnosis
• Overtreatment
• Treatment considerations

The official agenda specifically frames prostate cancer screening as an area requiring careful interpretation of sometimes conflicting evidence.

Prostate Cancer Treatment

The men’s urology curriculum extends beyond screening into treatment considerations.

The goal is to help primary care clinicians better understand the disease pathway:

Risk → Screening Discussion → Evaluation → Diagnosis → Treatment → Long-Term Follow-Up

Benign Male Genitourinary Conditions

The official program includes:

Benign Male Genitourinary Conditions

This session addresses common conditions frequently encountered in primary care before urologic referral is required.

Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms – LUTS

The agenda specifically includes management of:

Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms – LUTS

including symptoms associated with benign prostate enlargement.

The clinician must determine which patients are appropriate for initial medical management and which require referral because of complex or refractory disease.

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia – BPH

BPH is an important cause of lower urinary tract symptoms in men.

The learning objectives emphasize differentiating benign prostate conditions from prostate cancer, helping prevent both unnecessary alarm and delayed evaluation of suspicious disease.

Prostatitis

Prostatitis is included among the benign genitourinary conditions covered in the official agenda.

Epididymitis & Testicular Pain

The same session incorporates:

• Epididymitis
• Testicular pain
• Other benign male genitourinary findings

These presentations require clinicians to distinguish common outpatient problems from conditions requiring urgent urologic or emergency evaluation.

Male Malignancies – Prostate & Testicular

A dedicated session is titled:

Male Malignancies (Prostate & Testicular)

The official agenda addresses contemporary evaluation and treatment concepts involving both prostate and testicular malignancies.

Prostate Cancer

The program reviews:

• Biology
• Screening
• Evaluation
• Treatment options
• Contemporary medical technology

within the context of prostate malignancy.

Testicular Cancer

Testicular malignancy is also addressed, including:

• Evaluation
• Treatment
• Long-term considerations after successful treatment

This makes the session particularly relevant for clinicians involved in longitudinal care after cancer treatment.

GYNECOLOGY & WOMEN’S HEALTH

The gynecology component focuses on several high-frequency aspects of women’s health relevant to primary care.

Major areas include:

• Annual women’s health visit
• Pelvic examination
• Breast examination
• Preventive screening
• Vaccinations
• Health counseling
• Abnormal uterine bleeding
• Cervical cancer screening
• Abnormal Pap smears
• HPV
• Menopause
• Hormone replacement therapy

Annual Exam for Women

The official program includes:

Annual Exam for Women

The session focuses on evidence-based components of the annual women’s health visit.

This directly supports the learning objective to:

Identify evidence-based tools to determine best practices in incorporating all necessary elements in the annual women’s health visit.

Annual Women’s Health Visit

A comprehensive visit may integrate:

• Preventive screening
• Vaccinations
• Health-risk assessment
• Counseling
• Age-related recommendations
• Patient-specific health needs

The focus is on tailoring preventive care rather than performing the same intervention for every patient.

Pelvic Examination

The official curriculum examines the role of routine pelvic examination in asymptomatic, nonpregnant women.

This represents an important area in which primary care recommendations must reflect evolving evidence.

Clinical Breast Examination

The program also considers which patients should be offered a clinical breast examination as part of routine women’s healthcare.

The broader goal is evidence-based preventive decision-making.

Abnormal Uterine Bleeding

A dedicated official session addresses:

Abnormal Uterine Bleeding

The curriculum includes:

• Normal menstrual physiology
• Abnormal menstrual patterns
• Menstrual disturbances
• Ovulatory bleeding
• Anovulatory bleeding
• Other menstrual abnormalities
• Diagnosis
• Treatment options

AUB Evaluation

A structured primary care assessment of abnormal uterine bleeding may include:

• Menstrual history
• Bleeding pattern
• Patient age
• Pregnancy possibility
• Associated symptoms
• Medications
• Clinical examination
• Appropriate investigations

The objective is to determine an appropriate diagnostic and management pathway.

Abnormal Pap Smears & High-Risk HPV

The final day includes:

Abnormal Pap Smears and High Risk HPV

The official agenda addresses contemporary cervical cancer screening, abnormal cervical cytology, HPV testing, and management principles.

Cervical Cancer Screening

The program reviews current recommendations for cervical cancer screening and the management of abnormal cervical cytology.

The clinical pathway can be summarized as:

Screen → Interpret → Assess Risk → Follow Appropriate Algorithm → Monitor or Refer

Abnormal Cervical Cytology

The official agenda references abnormalities including:

• ASC-US
• LSIL
• HSIL
• Atypical glandular cells

within the context of management recommendations and risk-based decision-making.

HPV

Human papillomavirus is central to contemporary cervical cancer prevention.

The course addresses:

• HPV testing
• Appropriate clinical use
• Cervical screening
• Vaccination considerations
• Follow-up

Menopause Transition

Another major official session is:

Menopause Transition and Hormone Replacement Therapy

The program addresses common symptoms and treatment decisions during the menopausal transition.

Menopausal Symptoms

Confirmed areas include:

• Hot flashes
• Night sweats
• Atrophy

as well as broader health considerations associated with the menopausal period.

Hormone Replacement Therapy – HRT

The curriculum discusses:

• Hormone therapy
• Treatment alternatives
• Estrogen-based approaches
• SERMs
• Risks
• Potential benefits
• Patient counseling

The objective is not simply prescribing therapy but helping patients make informed treatment decisions.

Menopause Treatment Decisions

An individualized approach may consider:

• Symptom severity
• Patient preferences
• Potential benefits
• Potential risks
• Comorbidities
• Contraindications
• Nonhormonal alternatives

The clinical framework is:

Assess Symptoms → Evaluate Risk → Discuss Options → Shared Decision-Making → Monitor

Three-Specialty Primary Care Integration

The value of this MER conference comes from integrating three major areas of outpatient medicine into one program:

Cardiology

Cardiovascular Prevention + CAD + Heart Failure + Arrhythmias

Men’s Urology

Sexual Health + Benign GU Disease + Prostate Cancer + Testicular Cancer

Gynecology

Annual Women’s Health + AUB + Pap/HPV + Menopause

This format is particularly relevant to clinicians managing a broad adult primary care population.

Study Files and Accreditation

This MedicalAmboss product is delivered as digital study material via Google Drive. It does not include conference registration, an official MER account, CME points or a certificate.

Product Summary

• Product: MER Primary Care Conferences Internal Medicine for Primary Care Cardio Gyn Mens Uro Aug 07-09, 2026
• Official Course: Internal Medicine for Primary Care: Cardio/Gyn/Men’s Uro
• Provider: Medical Education Resources – MER
• Year: 2026
• Conference Dates: August 7–9, 2026
• Duration: 3 Days
• Venue: Big Sky Resort
• Location: Yellowstone, Montana
• Primary Specialty: Internal Medicine / Primary Care
• Subspecialties: Cardiology, Gynecology, Men’s Urology
• Primary Audience: Office-Based Primary Care Providers and Other Healthcare Professionals
• Major Areas: CAD Prevention, Heart Failure, Arrhythmias, Male Sexual Health, Prostate & Testicular Disease, Women’s Preventive Care, AUB, HPV, and Menopause

Program Reference

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