2021 CME Schedule of Events

Moderator: Carol Kirila, DO, Chair of the KCU CME Committee

CME Credits: The program provides a maximum of 21.25 AOA Category 1-A credits and 20 AMA PRA Category 1 credits.

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Thursday, Sept. 23

Morning

Time

Topic

8:00 - 10:00 Virtual OMM Workshop: Osteopathic Evaluation & Treatment of the Sacrum and Hip complex
Presenter: Kevin Treffer, DO, Chair of OMM, KCU
 
10:00 - 10:30 Health Systems Science: Understanding the Systems and Importance of Population Health
Presenters: Kerrie Jordan, DHSc, Designated Institutional Official and Director of Graduate Medical Education and Continuing Medical Education, KCU-Kansas City, and
Angel Pierce, DC, PhD, Phase II Director, KCU-Joplin
 
10:30 - 11:30 COVID-19 at 1 Yr: Politics, Science - An Immunology Boot Camp
Presenter: Leonard Calabrese, DO, Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner COM
 
11:30 - 12:15 45-minute Lunch Break

Afternoon

Time

Topic

12:15 - 1:15 Recent Research Efforts at the MSSU-KCU Research Consortium (MKRC)
Presenters: Jeff Staudinger, PhD , Chair of Biosciences; KCU-Joplin,
Robert D. Arnce, MD, FACEP;
Elijah Elliott, 2nd-year Medical Student, KCU-COM-Joplin; and
Phill Vainer, 2nd-year Medical Student, KCU-COM-Joplin
 
1:15 - 2:15 An Overview of Type 2 Diabetes Medications and Cardiovascular Outcome Trials
Presenter: Christos Hatzigeorgiou, DO
2:15 - 3:30 Estate Planning, Wills and Trusts for Physicians
Presenters: Mr. Scott E. Blakesley, Spencer Fane Attorney, Kansas City, MO; and
JP Smith, DO, KCU Board of Trustees Chairman

Friday, Sept. 24

Morning

Time

Topic

8:00 - 9:00 Sleep: Taking Back Your Health Through Restful Rest
Presenter: Jared Nichols, DO
 
9:00 - 10:00 Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Primary Care
Presenter: Robert Arnce, MD
 
9:45 - 10:00 Break
 
10:00 - 11:00 Identification and Treatment of Physician Burnout, Mental Health, and Substance Use Disorders
Presenter: William R. Carpenter, DO, FASAM, Chief Wellness Officer at Capital Regional Medical Center - Center for Mental Wellness
 
11:00 - 12:00 Anterior Cruciate Injuries of the Knee: Back to the Future
Presenter: Matthew Daggett, DO, MBA

Afternoon

Time

Topic

12:00 - 12:45 45-minute Lunch Break
 
12:45 - 1:30 Safer Care: Reducing Harm in the Delivery of Care
Presenters: Sherri Howell, DO, and Juan Jaramillo, MBA, LSSBB
 
1:30 - 2:15 UPDATE 2021 - Opioids
Presenter: Marcus Iszard, PhD, MS, Associate Professor of Pharmacology, KCU Joplin
 
2:15 - 2:45 30-minute Break
 
2:45 - 3:30 Chasing Dope, a Dance with the Devil
Presenter: Dr. Robert "Bo" Cooley, DO, Assistant Professor for Primary Care at KCU
 
3:30 - 4:30 Creating a LGBTQ Friendly Environment in the Clinical Setting
Presenter: Ron Holt, DO, MPA, Adjunct Assistant Professor or Psychiatry, KCU

Saturday, Sept. 25

Morning

Time

Topic

8:00 - 9:00 The Role of Cannabis in the Practice of Medicine
Presenters: Nauman Ashraf, MD, and Jordan Stanton, DO
 
9:00 - 10:00 Lifestyle Medicine - Impacts on Health Care Delivery 2021
Presenter: Robert McNab, DO, FACP, FACOI, Vice President of Medical Education at Freeman Health Systems, Joplin, Missouri
 
10:00 - 10:15 Break
 
10:15 - 11:00 Alzheimer’s Disease Update
Presenter: Jeffrey Burns, MD, MS, Professor; Neurocognitive Division Chief at The University of Kansas Medical Center
 
11:00 - 12:00 Antimicrobial Stewardship in Ambulatory Care
Presenter: Jared Heiles, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist-Infectious Disease, Baptist Health System in Little Rock, Arkansas

Afternoon

Time

Topic

12:00 - 12:45 45-minute Lunch Break
12:45 - 1:30 Migraine Signs, Pathophysiology, Symptoms and Treatment Options
Presenter: James Southwell, DO, Clinical Associate Professor, Comprehensive Spine Center Clinic/Neurology, The University of Kansas Medical Center
 
1:30 - 2:30 Integrating Oral Health into Primary Care
Presenters: Erinne Kennedy, DMD, MPH, MMSc, Director of Predoctoral Education - Dental, KCU-Joplin, and
Linda C Niessen, DMD, MPH, MPP, Vice Provost for Oral Health - Dental, KCU-Joplin
 
2:30 - 4:00 Implicit Bias and its Effects on Gender and Racial Disparities in Medicine
Presenter: Sarah Getch, PhD, and Esperanza Anaya, PhD
 
4:00 - 4:15 Closing Remarks
Presenter: Josh Cox, DO, and Carol Kirila, DO