Total Credits: 1 including 1 AOA Category 1-A Credit(s)
Patients incarcerated for any amount of time face unique health challenges. There is a public health crisis in our correctional facilities, and it leads to spillover effects within surrounding communities. Join us as we discuss what this unique patient population needs with regards to their healthcare and what obstacles they face when trying to access our services. Learn what to look for in your previously incarcerated patients so that you can provide optimal care for them.
Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:
Statement of Accreditation
The Texas Osteopathic Medical Association (TOMA) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. TOMA designates this program for a maximum of 1 AOA Category 1-A credits and will report CME credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity.
Grievance Policy
All grievances may be directed to TOMA's Executive Director at toma@txosteo.org. All grievances will receive an initial response within 30 days of receipt. If the participant does not receive a satisfactory response, they can submit a complaint to the Bureau of Osteopathic Education of the AOA at 142 East Ontario Street, Chicago, IL 60611.
James Aston, DO
Dr. Aston is board certified in Family Medicine and practices medicine with a distinctively osteopathic approach to patient care. His interest is in how a patient’s environment influences their health and wholeness. Because of his brief stint in the USAF, he has a special interest in veteran’s health, too. Following residency (in Searcy, Arkansas), Dr. Aston packed his wagon and brought his family west to Fort Worth, where he spent a year training in neuromusculoskeletal medicine. Serendipity then brought him into the world of Performing Arts Medicine, and under the tutelage of Drs. Sajid Surve, DO and Yein Lee, DO, he became the world’s first fellowship trained performing arts medicine physician. Dr. Aston trained in this subspecialty at UNTHSC and then accepted an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at UNTHSC.
Dr. Aston discloses that he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.