Seminar series to educate medical community

University Park, Pa. -- The Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, and Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College have teamed up to present the 2009 Family Medicine Seminar Series. The monthly seminars feature a buffet dinner at 6 p.m. with the presentation beginning at 6:30 p.m. All presentations will be held in the Galen and Nancy Dreibelbis Auditorium at Mount Nittany Medical Center.

The Mount Nittany Medical Center is accredited by the Pennsylvania Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. This educational activity has been designated for a maximum of five AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the educational activity. Each educational activity also has been approved for 1.2 continuing education hours. Mount Nittany Medical Center is licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and accredited by the Joint Commission.

This program is designed for physicians, physician assistants, nurses and ancillary staff who are involved in patient care. Advance registration is required. To register, contact Jessica at jbird@mountnittany.org, call (814) 234-6738 or fax (814) 234-6100.

The remaining seminars in the series are:

Feb. 19: "The Facts About Your Patient's Favorite Vitamins" with Scott M. Morcott, chief medical officer at PathFinder Health in Highland Park, Ill. At the completion ofthis program the participants should be able to identify benefits of nutritional supplements; list four of the most common nutritional supplements in use today; and review legitimate uses of Omega-3 fatty acids.

March 19: "Friendly Geriatric Pearls" with Dennis Gingrich, professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine in the Penn State College of Medicine and the University Physician's Group in Hershey. At the completion ofthis program the participants should be able to review diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making regarding several disease states common in geriatric practice; list geriatric care principles that apply across disease states; and show information relevant to disease and their manifestations that are unique to geriatric practice.

May 21:
"International Adoption: Current Guidelines and Best Practices" with Matthew D. Mathias, a physician with Duke Primary Care, Duke University Medical Center, and Janet A. Welsh, a research associate with the Prevention Research Center at Penn State. At the completion of this program the participants should be able to describe the current state of international adoption within the United States; review the evidence-based recommendations for interventions with internationally adopted children and their families in the spheres of medical care, psychosocial adjustment and attachment theory; and discuss expected and unexpected medical findings in internationally adopted children and describe current best practices in adoption medicine.

Last Updated August 17, 2009

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