Osteopathic Medicine for All - CME/GME
Fall 2024 course
Friday, September 20, 2024 (10-4 p.m.) and
Saturday, September 21, 2024 (8:30-3:30 p.m.)
**Attendance on both days, as well as completion of the pre-record materials is expected and required for CME credits
Teaching Faculty
- Dr. Shawn Kerger
- Dr. Stevan Walkowski
- Dr. Ben Bring
- Dr. Frances Comer
- Dr. Nick Hess
Course Format
Blended, pre-recorded lectures with quizzes and in-person labs. Pre-recorded lectures and accompanying assessments should be completed by Wednesday, September 18. Materials covered in the pre-recorded lectures will not be covered in the in-person lab sessions. All pre-study materials will be available on CloudCME until October 31, 2024.
Location
**UPDATED LOCATION (as of Aug. 13, 2024): Due to the interest in this course, the location has been changed to Doctors Hospital, 5100 W. Broad St. Columbus, OH 43228
OLD LOCATION: HCOM Dublin: 6775 Bobcat Way, Dublin, OH 43016
Hotel Information
Registration Details
Registration: Visit ()
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Registration Cost
- Students (current Medical students)- $250
- Residents- $400
- HCOM Faculty/ clinical preceptor/ adjunct clinical faculty- $500
- Physician- $650
- Optional Textbook (Atlas of Osteopathic Techniques, 4th edition, Wolters-Kluwer Publisher, priced at 179.99 before S&H)- $150
This course is designed for D.O. and M.D. residents and their D.O. and M.D. faculty/preceptors in Osteopathic Recognized programs. Participants will gain knowledge to better integrate OMM/OPP into their training and improve skills in precepting and evaluating learners in applying those skills. This is an excellent faculty development opportunity that will allow participants to share their learning experiences with each other. Participants will watch pre-recorded lectures and take post-tests prior to attending the live OMM lab sessions at the Dublin campus.
Course Outcomes
In this course, participants will learn:
- Osteopathic philosophy and history
- Osteopathic medical practice
- Fundamentals of structural diagnosis
- Fundamentals of osteopathic manipulative treatment
- Treating common problems osteopathically
- Through a variety of presentations and demonstrations by Heritage College OMM faculty and guest presenters, participants will learn, practice and strengthen their OMM skills and improve their understanding of osteopathic principles and practices.
- The course will teach participants to increase the utilization of OMM/OPP in resident clinics.
- Participants will improve their skills of precepting students in OMM/OPP.
- Participants who complete the program will be better able to integrate OMM into their training along with precepting and evaluating students in applying those skills.
- Those experienced in OMM will have the opportunity to refine their skills and increase utilization, with the added benefit of group discussion regarding difficulties in practice or precepting.
Learning Objectives
- Participants will learn and improve their understanding of osteopathic principles and practices (OPP).
- Participants will practice and strengthen their Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM) skills.
- Participants will learn how to increase the utilization of OMM/OPP in resident clinics.
- Participants will improve their skills of precepting students/residents in OMM/OPP.
- Participants will learn how to integrate OMM into their training along with precepting and evaluating students/residents in applying those skills.
- Participants will refine their existing OMM skills and increase utilization along with the benefit of group discussion re: difficulties in practice or precepting.
Agenda
Tentative agenda for the event can be found
Continuing Education Hours
Completion of 16.5 total hours of pre-study materials (7.75 credits) and attendance on both days of course (8.75 credits) is required. DOs and MDs are eligible to receive CME credit through OhioHealth from AOA and AMA.