Available until February 1, 2026

Pulmonary function tests are extremely useful in both diagnosing and managing patients with respiratory disease. In addition to a medical history, physical exam and imaging studies, they give us a great deal of information of the pulmonary physiology and help us understand why patients have various respiratory symptoms. However, there are quite a number of pulmonary function tests available to us and which tests we should order can be confusing. Do we know when spirometry, lung volumes or diffusion capacity will be useful for evaluating the various pulmonary conditions? Our guest for this podcast is Dr. Alexander Niven, from the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the Mayo Clinic and he’ll provide answers to these questions and more as we discuss “How to Use Pulmonary Function Tests Effectively”.

Available until February 1, 2026

A patient with an unexplained cough is commonly seen in an outpatient primary care practice. While there are several potential causes, fortunately, most are relatively benign. However, determining the cause can be challenging and its best to use an organized approach in the evaluation. Using the patient’s history, chest imaging studies, pulmonary function and occasionally laboratory tests, we’re usually able to determine the cause. What are the most common causes of a persistent cough? What approach is recommended in the evaluation? And what should we do when no cause is apparent? We’ll discuss “The Unexplained Cough” in this podcast with our guest, Sumedh S. Hoskote, M.B.B.S., a pulmonologist in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care at the Mayo Clinic.

June 28 - 30, 2024 - Portola Hotel and Spa at Monterey Bay - Monterey, California

This course aims to build meaningful connections and cultivate a sense of belonging for medical educators through lecture-based and small group discussions. Successful ways of engaging with learners, teaching mentors to be coaches, and ways to mitigate burnout by rediscovering happiness, joy, gratitude, and value in teaching and medical education is covered in this work-life integrated activity.

June 20 - 22, 2024 - Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel - Chicago, Illinois

This course offers Live (in-person) and Livestream (virtual) attendance options

The Mayo Clinic Leadership and Professional Development course is focused on strategies, healthcare business trends, literature, and testimonials on the transformational change of NP and PA utilization in leadership, education, research, innovation, and professional development. Topics will address learners of all career stages on insights and organizational models to cultivate a culture of career growth.

August 13, 2024 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm ET

This webinar series is presented via Livestream (virtual) only and presents in ET from Jacksonville, Florida

Management of chronic pain is complex, with primary care physicians and other non-pain management specialists often facing challenges in addressing complex pain. In particular, there are significant knowledge gaps regarding opioid management and nonpharmacologic management. This webinar series addresses these gaps with topics that focus on improving the safety and quality of treatment of patients with chronic pain in our community.

Communication with patients with chronic pain can often be challenging given a different number of factors. This session will focus on effective strategies for communicating with difficult patients as well as patients who catastrophize their pain so that providers can optimize patient safety and outcomes.

April 29 - May 3, 2024 - Mayo Clinic Rochester - Hilton Hotel

This course offers Live (in-person) and Livestream (virtual) attendance options

Mayo Clinic's Practice of Internal Medicine postgraduate course, celebrating its forty-fourth year, is designed to provide general internists, internist-subspecialists, family medicine physicians, and other primary care professionals with a state-of-the-art update in internal medicine. Lectures are presented by specialists from Mayo Clinic. The topics represent some of the most common problems encountered in clinical practice including the management of a variety of medical issues seen in areas of gastroenterology, infectious diseases, general internal medicine, rheumatology, geriatrics, emergency medicine, pulmonology, endocrinology, cardiology, neurology, and women’s health.

April 25, 2024 - Luther Building - Eau Claire, Wisconsin

**This course is for Mayo Clinic staff**

This course offers Live (in-person) and Livestream (virtual) attendance options.

Designed to empower women to take the next steps in their academic and career progression, Women in Leadership, Medicine and Academics: WILMA 2024, focuses on tactics to lead more effectively, build resilience, and initiate scholarly activity.  This course consists of lectures, small group breakouts, and question and answer sessions geared towards discussion of actionable strategies and tools to support thriving careers for women.