Total Credits: 1 including 1 AOA Category 1-A Credit(s)
We're all familiar with the stress response - fight, flight, or freeze - with activation of the sympathetic nervous system, adrenal glands, and a wide range of downstream effects. Unfortunately, frequent and prolonged stress in the modern age has increasingly transformed this one-physiologic response into pathophysiologic one. Fortunately, many evidence-based mind-body practices can activate the relaxation response and counteract the detrimental effects of excessive stress. In this session, Dr. Slater will discuss the mind-body connection, present practical techniques to induce relaxation, and research into the benefits of mind-body techniques for a variety of common conditions.
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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 is program for a maximum of 1 AOA Category 1-A credit 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.
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Dr. Rob Slater is a family and integrative medicine physician who earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas in Austin, a Doctorate of Medicine from the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, and a Master of Public Health from the University of Texas School of Public Health. Dr. Slater completed his residency training in family medicine at Memorial Family Medicine Residency Program in Houston, Texas. Following this, he completed a fellowship in Integrative and Behavioral Medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, then became an assistant professor at UTMB. As an undergraduate, Dr. Slater was involved in homeless ministry in Austin and developed a passion for working with the underserved. In medical school, Dr. Slater provided medical care in bateyes along the border of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. He spent his clinical rotations working in the Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV). While there, he designed a study into nutrition barriers for a population with a high prevalence of diabetes and food insecurity. During his final year of medical school, Dr. Slater worked with the President's Malaria Initiative – a branch of the CDC’s Center for Global Health – to assess malaria interventions in Ghana. During his medical residency training, Dr. Slater spent a month working with the Indian Health Service at the Northern Navajo Medical Center, and another month with the Houston Health Department in epidemiology, behavioral surveillance and emergency preparedness. A few months later, he co-authored a study on the benefits of eating almonds for blood sugar control. Dr. Slater is passionate about incorporating lifestyle and integrative approaches to health into medical education. In 2019, Dr. Slater joined the newly-founded osteopathic medical school at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, and is currently serving as Unit Director for GI, Nutrition and Appetite (Unit 5) and Circulation, Respiration and Regulation (Unit 6).
Dr. Slater 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.
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