Total Credits: 1.75 including 1.75 AOA Category 1-A Credit(s)
Palliative Care: Benefitting Patients, Family Members and the Medical Team Members
Palliative care focuses on comfort and quality of the life that is provided in conjunction with curative therapies. Physical, spiritual, psychosocial distressors play a major role in a patient's illness and become a source of stress for the patient's family members. A palliative care team approach can provide assistance to the patients, their families, and in a unique manner support the medical teams caring for the patients.
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Healing for the Wounded Healer
In this session, Dr. Crocker will review the principles of integrative medicine. In addition, the speaker will discuss concepts of health and healing as well as share the story of The Wounded Healer. Finally, a practical approach to assessing ones’ health and some practical applications for self-care will be provided.
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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 1.75 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.
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Dr. Salman Raheem attended medical school at Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed post-graduate training in Internal Medicine at Methodist Dallas Medical Center. After serving as faculty in the Department of Internal Medicine at the same program for a couple of years after graduation, he completed the fellowship program in Hospice and Palliative Medicine at UNT-TCOM in 2017.
Dr. Salman Raheem serves as the medical director of Supportive and Palliative Medicine at?Texas Health Plano and Allen. In addition to?discussions?of goals of care in patients dealing with serious/chronic illnesses, his current practice includes inpatient palliative care for pain and symptom management. He has a passion for teaching and working with a local hospice company providing end-of-life care to patients.?When not at work, I enjoy spending time with family especially my two toddler sons, playing tennis, watching football and managing my fantasy football team.
Dr. Salman 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.
Robert “Rocky” Crocker, MD, a 2007 integrative medicine fellowship graduate, joined the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine (AWCIM) in 2012. His first task was to guide the development and support the opening of the UA Integrative Health Center in Phoenix, a new innovative model for integrative primary care. He was involved in the development of the AWCIM’s Integrative Health and Lifestyle program and has been a key leader in the development and oversight of AWCIM’s Integrative Health Coaching program. He provided leadership and oversight of the Integrative Medicine Primary Care Trial (IMPACT), and has also been involved in the development and study of AWCIM’s mobile device integrative self-care app (My Wellness Coach). Currently he is leading the development of the first Integrative Medicine Practice Standards, and the development and launch of a national integrative telemedicine network. He also serves as a consultant helping individuals and organizations in the U.S. and other parts of the world develop integrative strategies and centers.
Prior to coming to AWCIM, Dr. Crocker was the chief medical officer of American Specialty Health. He had a distinguished career in private practice and as the national medical director for WellPoint Health Networks. Additionally, he was a part-time clinical instructor in the University of Mississippi's family medicine residency program. Dr. Crocker has served as a health consultant, providing oversight of previous humanitarian relief efforts in Central Asia, and more recently has been working with aboriginal communities in Australia.
Dr. Crocker 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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