Trauma: An Osteopathic Surgeon Perspective

Trauma: An Osteopathic Surgeon Perspective

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this educational activity, participants will:

1. To Evaluate and identify opportunities to apply osteopathic principles and practice to the care of an injured patient.
2. To integrate osteopathic principles and practice into the acute care of trauma victims. 
3. To recognize when to recommend or employ OMT for trauma patients.
4. To define opportunities to collaborate on projects about OMT and the acute care of trauma surgical patients. 

Disclosure: Dr. Baltazar has a financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with one or more organizations that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation:

• Affiliation: Speakers' Bureau
• Name of Organization: New York Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Educational Consortium. 

Accreditation Statement:

The New York State Osteopathic Medical Society (NYSOMS)  is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. NYSOMS designates this program for a maximum of 1 AOA Category 1-A CME credits and will report CME credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation.

Grievance Policy:

​Grievances regarding this program or AOA CME credit reporting will be handled on and individual basis. All grievances should be directed in writing to the NYSOMS Executive Director at nysoms@nysoms.org or by mail to NYSOMS, PO BOX 8000, Old Westbury, NY 11568. Grievances that cannot be resolved by NYSOMS will then be sent to the AOA Council on CME , 142 East Ontario Street, Chicago, IL 60611.