Internal Medicine: Innovations and New Practices 2026

The State of the Art in Internal Medicine

Internal Medicine: Innovations and New Practices 2026 is a live online course, using live streaming, electronic Q&A, and other remote learning technologies.

This program provides a comprehensive update of the most important changes now impacting Internal Medicine and guidance on how to incorporate these changes into your clinical practice to improve patient outcomes.

Practical, Fast-Paced, Online Education

This live streaming educational experience is fast paced, relevant to the current healthcare environment, and draws upon real-life cases. The course is designed and led by Harvard Medical School’s clinical faculty who are leaders in their respective fields and are instrumental in bringing these novel developments to clinical medicine. It offers updates and advances in diagnostic and treatment approaches, covering the broad spectrum of internal medicine specialties:

• Cardiovascular Medicine
• Pulmonology
• Oncology
• Dermatology
• Addiction Medicine
• Endocrinology
• Geriatrics
• Rheumatology
• Gastroenterology
• Neurology
• Infectious Diseases
• Nephrology
• Allergy/Immunology
• Women’s Health
• Psychiatry 

Guidance to Improve Diagnosis, Treatment, and Clinical Outcomes

Highlights of this program include:

• Comprehensive updates on new anticoagulants and their antidotes
• New paradigms in medication management of diabetes 
• Update on continuous glucose monitors and insulin pumps 
• Medical and surgical therapy for obesity management
• Latest developments on the use of SGLT-2 inhibitors in heart failure
• Update in menopause management
• Advances in percutaneous aortic and mitral valve therapies
• Current and future role of AI in medicine
• Exercise for health 2026
• Novel therapies for lipid management
• Up-to-date guidance for management of opioid use disorder
• Optimal management of irritable bowel syndrome
• Advancing patient equity in medicine 
• The latest in cancer screening
• Updates in dementia and Alzheimer's disease 
• Best practices for responsible antibiotic use
• Update in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)
• What's new in vaccines for 2026

In addition to being live streamed, all sessions will be recorded and placed in the online course library, enabling registrants to view them at their convenience. Recordings will be available for viewing for 60 days after the conclusion of the course. All live streaming and recorded sessions are eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and other relevant credits. (Note: Evaluations must be completed within 60 days of the conclusion of the course to receive CME credit.)

New in 2026: Longevity Symposium

Monday Afternoon, 2:45-5:30 pm
Discover how the rapidly developing field of Longevity Medicine empowers clinicians to extend longevity and quality of life for aging patients. Experts in aging research and clinical practice lead this in-depth exploration, including:

• Aging biomarkers
• Aging and the cardiovascular system
• Clinical applications
• Integrating longevity strategies into practice
• Case-based discussion