Thursday, December 6, 2018 to Saturday, December 8, 2018

26th Annual Primary Health Care of Women Conference & Integrative Health in Primary Care CME Course

7:30 AM to 6:00 PM

Weber's, 3050 Jackson Road, Ann Arbor

 

Now combining two popular CME courses in one, join us for a three-day, clinically-oriented course designed to explore the most recent topics in the diagnosis and treatment of common medical conditions in women and in integrative medicine.

26th Annual Primary Health Care of Women Conference & Integrative Health in Primary Care

 

Presented by the Departments of Family Medicine and Obstetrics & Gynecology at The University of Michigan Medical School, the 26th Annual Primary Health Care of Women Conference & Integrative Health in Primary Care is a three-day, clinically-oriented course designed to explore the most recent topics in the diagnosis and treatment of common medical conditions in women and in integrative medicine. These two popular courses have been combined for the first time ever. You may attend the full course or just one or two days. Early-bird discounts are in effect until November 21st.

Agenda

You will find the agenda at http://www.UMFamilyMedCME.com. This course will help attendees meet the Michigan state-mandated CME requirements for pain and symptom management.

Women's health care sessions will be presented on Thursday, December 6th and integrative medicine sessions on Saturday, December 8th. Friday, December 7th will consist of a combination of both topics. Topics include dementia, hypertension, weight management, bipolar disease, breast cancer and pain management.

We have designed four interactive workshops for Friday afternoon. You will learn about culinary medicine, managing chronic tension headaches with massage therapy, mindfulness and Pilates for post-natal, low back and active aging issues.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  1. Implement best practice methods to improve the diagnosis and treatment of common medical conditions in women including, but not limited to, dementia, bipolar disease, breast cancer, hypertension and chronic pain.
  2. Identify evidence-based health care practices in physical health including, but not limited to, gynecology and oncology.
  3. Identify the unique issues in caring for minority groups, such as African American females.
  4. Implement an integrative approach to the diagnosis and treatment of common medical conditions, including but not limited to, chronic tension headaches, autonomic dysfunction and POTS, musculoskeletal pain and mast cell activation syndrome.
  5. Expand their underlying knowledge of evidence-based integrative therapies such as mindfulness, massage therapy, Pilates and culinary medicine.
  6. Identify best approaches to behavioral change in helping motivate patients toward optimal health.

Who should attend? 

This course is designed for health care professionals with diversified primary care practices, including but not limited to: family physicians, gynecologists, obstetricians, nurse midwives, integrative medicine practitioners, internists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and nurses.

Lodging

A small block of guest rooms has been reserved at Weber's for the nights of December 5, 6 and 7. The conference rate is $98 plus tax, single or double occupancy. To make a reservation, call 800-443-3050 and reference the University of Michigan Department of Family Medicine to ensure the conference rate. The rate is in effect until November 5th.

CME Credits: 

The University of Michigan Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Michigan Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 20.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Contact

[email protected] or 734-747-2746.

Course Directors

Carrie Bell, M.D.

Amy B. Locke, M.D.

Amy B. Locke, M.D.