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Vacationland Vexes: Warm Weather Visits to the Emergency Department


Total Credits: 1.0 including 1 AOA Category 1-A Credit(s)

Average Rating:
   40
State Associations:
MOA - Maine
Faculty:
Joel Kase, DO
Duration:
1 Hour 01 Minutes
Expiration:
Never expires.


Description

Session Objectives: 

  1. Identify commonly encountered warm weather conditions in New England warranting urgent or emergent evaluation and intervention
  2. Review up-to-date guidelines and recommendations for care
  3. Utilize current evidence to support data-driven decision-making
  4. Engage and employ available resources and established systems of care to ahcieve optimal patient outcomes
  • The Maine Osteopathic Association designates this program for a maximum of 1.0 AOA Category 1-A credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity. 

MOA Grievance Policy: All grievances should be initially directed in writing to the MOA Executive Director by email to info@mainedo.org who will share them with the MOA's Program Committee. Grievances will receive a response within 30 days of receipt. If you do not receive a satisfactory response, you may notify the Council on Continuing Medical Education, AOA, 142 East Ontario St., Chicago, IL 60611.

Faculty

Joel Kase, DO's Profile

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Dr. Joel Kase is an osteopathic physician who throughout his career has been active in clinical practice, administrative operations, advocacy and policy development, and population health and medical education.

Dr. Kase has worked clinically in rural emergency medicine for over a decade, and prior to that, practiced the entire spectrum of osteopathic family medicine, including inpatient hospital and skilled nursing care, home health visits, obstetrics, and osteopathic manipulation.  He is double boarded in Family Medicine and Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine. 

Dr. Kase currently practices clinical medicine full time. He has most recently served as the Emergency Department Director for the VA Maine Healthcare System. He previously served as the Director of Medical Education for the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Dr. Kase serves on the AOA’s Bureau of State Government Affairs, as well as the Bureau of Osteopathic Clinical Education and Research. He is also a Past-President of the Maine Osteopathic Association, and serves as the Chair of the Maine delegation to the AOA House of Delegates.

A graduate of the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dr. Kase completed a family medicine residency as well as an academic fellowship in obstetrics through the teaching hospitals of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Additionally, Dr. Kase attended the Harvard School of Public Health, where he completed a Master’s Degree in Public Health with a concentration in Health Care Management and Policy. 

Dr. Kase has no actual or potential conflict of interest, financial relationship/arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.


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Total Reviews: 40