"The Texas Tech Medcast is a podcast for medical residents, medical students, practicing physicians, and others involved in medical education and high quality, patient-centered primary care." "This episode addresses hypertension and diabetes. In the U.S., nearly 1 in 4 adults has HTN; HTN rates double among patients with diabetes.
Learning Objectives: the physician audience should be able to: Define hypertension and classify high blood pressure; Evaluate a patient with hypertension and its possible causes; Order appropriate lab tests for HTN; Determine an appropriate treatment protocol for hypertensive patients; and Identify possible complications of HTN
Podcast Pearl: The importance of patient education in dealing with diabetic patients (Dr. Oscar Noriega)"
There is also a Fact Sheet and Slides at: http://www.ttuhsc.edu/som/fammed/ttmedcast/HypertensionAragonSlides.pdf
