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Educational Objectives & Course Schedule

Educational Objectives

After completing this course, participants will increase their awareness of current issues facing the osteopathic medical community and receive information on the latest and newest techniques and therapies. Participants should be able to:

1. Describe the current treatment strategies for Shingles and Celiac Disease.
2. Outline patient safety and quality improvement initiatives used to improve care outcomes.
3. Summarize the five components of Osteopathic Continuous Certification (OCC) Process.
4. Apply osteopathic principles and practice to improve patient care.
5. Demonstrate good in-office suture techniques.
6. Discuss methods to minimize adverse medical legal events.
7. Differentiate mild cognitive impairment from dementia.
8. Describe effective management strategies for respiratory emergencies that can occur in the ambulatory setting.
9. Describe strategies to prevent complications in the nursing home setting.
10. Compare and contrast the four types of hypersensitivity reactions.
11. Evaluate and treat mosquito and tick-borne illnesses.
12. Formulate a practical approach to MRSA.
13. Describe the approved use of antibiotics to minimize resistance.
14. Discuss brain behavior and addiction.
15. Explain new innovations in the coronary angiography.
16. Understand bio-identical hormone therapy.
17. Evaluate and manage the dizzy patient.
18. Outline the appropriate diagnosis and management of pain.

Schedule

Westin Lombard
Harry Caray's Conference Center
70 Yorktown Center, Lombard, IL
Midwestern University
555 31st Street, Downers Grove, IL
8 hours

Thursday, September 22

7:45 – 8:30 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 9:30 am	Treating Shingles, Herpes Zoster and Varicella
	CDC Speaker
9:30 – 10:30 am	Overview of Celiac Disease
	Carol Semrad, M.D.
10:30 – 10:40 am	Break
10:40 – 11:40 am	Patient Safety
	Richard Multack, D.O., FOCOO, C.S.
11:40 am – 12:40 pm	Osteopathic Continuous Certification and Lunch
	Karen J. Nichols, D.O., M.A., MACOI

12:40 – 1:10 pm	Move from Westin Lombard to MWU Campus
	Transportation provided -
	Westin Lombard shuttle bus to
	Midwestern University Campus
	555 31st Street, Downers Grove, IL
	OMM Skills Lab
1:10 – 2:10 pm	Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
	Kurt Heinking, D.O., FAAO
2:10 – 3:10 pm	OMM Practicum
	Kurt Heinking, D.O., FAAO and
	Robert Kappler, D.O., FAAO
3:10 – 3:20 pm	Break
3:20 – 4:20 pm	Suture Techniques for Primary Care Office
	Lab
4:20 – 5:20 pm	Medical Legal Update
	Mark Sanders, D.O., J.D., M.P.H., L.L.M.
5:30 – 7:00 pm	OSTEE Award Presentation and Reception
	Honoring Stephen A. Roskam, D.O., ’80
	Alumni Hall, Hyde Atrium MWU Campus
7:00 PM	Return to the Westin Hotel
	Transportation provided -
	Westin Lombard shuttle bus

OSTEE Award Reception honoring
Stephen A. Roskam, D.O. '80

Please join Kathleen H. Goeppinger, Ph.D., President & Chief Executive Officer of Midwestern University, for a special reception to be held Thursday, September 22, 2011, from 5:30 to 7:00 pm, in Alumni Hall, Midwestern University Campus. Dr. Roskam, Class of 1980, will be honored for his commitment to CCOM and his Outstanding Service to Training and Educational Excellence.

Westin Lombard
70 Yorktown Center, Lombard, IL
7 hours

Friday, September 23

7:15 – 7:50 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:50 – 8:50 am	Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) vs Dementia
	Kathleen Young, Psy.D.
8:50 – 9:50 am	Office Management of
	Respiratory Emergency
	Leslie Sleuwen, M.D.
9:50 – 10:00 am	Break
10:00 – 11:00 am	Nursing Home Management
	Michelino Mancini, D.O.
11:00 – 12:00 noon	Hypersensitivities: A Review of
	the Basic Mechanisms
	Kyle Ramsey, Ph.D.
12:00 – 1:30 pm	Alumni Annual Business Meeting
	& Awards Luncheon
1:30 – 2:30 pm	Mosquito and Tick Borne Illnesses
	Michael Angarone, D.O.
2:30 – 2:40 pm	Break
2:40 – 3:40 pm	MRSA
	Michael David, M.D
3:40 – 4:40 pm	Antimicrobial Stewardship
	Emily Mawdsley, M.D.
6:30 – 7:30 pm	Cocktail Reception and Class Photos
7:30 – 11:00 pm	Dinner Dance and Reunion
	Open to all CCOM alumni
	Special honors going to classes ending in 1’s and 6’s.

Annual CCOM Alumni Association Meeting & Awards Luncheon

The Annual Meeting of the Alumni Association will take place on Friday, September 23, 2011 from 12:00 pm until 1:30 pm. Please plan to attend this annual business meeting of your Alumni Association. Join us to honor our 2011 Alumni Award recipients along with the induction of the Class of 1961 into the Gold Medallion Club.

Ward Perrin, D.O. Distinguished Service Award:
Karen Nichols, D.O., M.A., MACOI
President's Citation:
Edward Riley, D.O. '64 and Harold Hakes, Ph.D., J.D. (posthumously)
Outstanding Achievement Award:
Thomas Boyle, D.O., FACOEP, FACEP, Teresa Dombrowski, Ph.D., and Don Hollandsworth, D.O.