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Integrative Medicine: What Every Primary Care Physician Should Know
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Evans Hall, Room 334 A/B
4170 City Avenue
Philadelphia, PA
Eugene Mochan, PhD, DO, FACOFP
Program Chairman
Description
Integrative Medicine involves the practice of medicine that focuses on the importance of the practitioner-patient relationship in developing a whole person approach that utilizes therapeutic interventions (traditional, complementary, alternative) that are based on best-evidence. This program is designed for all healthcare professionals (physicians, nurses, physician assistants, pharmacists, generalists, specialists, etc.) to provide a forum for learning how to use these concepts in daily practice.
Schedule
| 7:30 a.m. |
Registration & Continental Breakfast |
| 7:45 a.m. |
Integrative Medicine: Key Issues and Challenges in Daily Practice
Eugene Mochan, Ph.D., D.O., FACOFP, Associate Dean for Primary Care and Continuing Education, Professor of Family Medicine, Director of PCOM Center for Evidence-Based Practice, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine |
| 8:15 a.m. |
Integrative Medicine: The Future of Primary Care
Kathalina A. Corpus, M.D., Faculty, Department of Family Medicine, Lehigh Valley Hospital |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Acupuncture: Finding and Interpreting the Evidence
Jun J. Mao, M.D., MSCE, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania Health System |
| 9:45 a.m. |
Food: The Best Medicine
Kathalina A. Corpus, M.D. |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:45 a.m. |
An Integrative Approach to the Management of Low Back Pain David A. Bevan, D.O., FACOI, FACP, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Chairman, Division of Rheumatology, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine |
| 11:30 a.m. |
An Integrative Approach to the Management of Osteoarthritis
Eugene Mochan, Ph.D., D.O., FACOFP |
| 12:15 p.m. |
Searching for Clinically Relevant Information Etheldra Templeton, M.S., Executive Director, Library and Educational Information Systems, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Adjourn |
Objectives
Upon completion of this program, participants should be able to:
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Describe the fundamentals of Integrative Medicine, its strenths and limitations.
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Distinguish Integrative Medicine from Complementary/Alternative medicine (CAM).
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Explain how and where to find the best evidence resources.
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Interpret quality of research involving therapeutic interventions.
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Discuss how to use Integrative Medicine in daily practice.
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Describe approaches for measuring ambulatory care quality.
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT
Physicians: " This program anticipates being approved for five of AOA Category 1-A CME credit hours pending approval by the AOA CCME ". Sign-in and full day attendance of program is required for credit. All faculty participating in continuing medical education programs sponsored by PCOM are expected to disclose to the program audience whether they do or do not have any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest or other relationships related to the content of their presentation(s).
PARKING
On-campus parking is available in our garage, please enter on Stout Road. All-day parking is $5.00. Please note: the automated gate takes quarters or one, five and ten dollar bills. Enter Evans Hall through the front entrance across from the parking garage.
FEE POLICIES
Physicians $125.00, Physician Assistants and other Health Care Professionals, $75.00.
Registration fees for Saturday and Sunday programs are not refundable, nor can they be credited to future programs.
EMERGENCY MESSAGES
Call PCOM Rowland Hall Security Desk at (215) 871-6351 and ask the guard to transfer your call to ext. 5350 which is the phone in Evans Hall.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Linda Miller, CME Coordinator
4170 City Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19131
Phone: 215-871-6348
Fax: 215-871-6781 |
