3019.0 Developing Integrative Approaches to Patient Care

Monday, October 27, 2008: 8:30 AM
Oral
This session explores a variety of subjects with the underlying theme of evolving interdisciplinary and/or integrative approaches to patient care. There will be presentations on student attitudes on different medical approaches and non-traditional approaches to disorders in traditional settings.
Session Objectives: 1. Evaluate whether health promotion recommendations for known risk factors of arthritis progression differed between chiropractors and general medical doctors 2. Describe the existing attitudes of Chiropractic students and Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine students toward each others profession 3. Describe the state of the literature relating to scoliosis and participation in sports. 4. Articulate the role of chiropractic services for musculoskeletal complaints in the emergency department.
Moderator:
Paul Dougherty, DC

8:30 AM
Students' attitudes toward health care professions derived from Eastern and Western medical traditions
Gene S. Tobias, PhD, DC, Anupama Kizhakkeveettil, BAMS (Ayu), MAOM and David M. Sikorski, DC
     
8:45 AM
Scoliosis and sports participation: A literature review and recommendations
Bart Green, MSEd, DC and Claire Johnson, MSEd, DC
9:00 AM
Management of arthritis: Chiropractic wellness approach
Harrison T. Ndetan, MSc, MPH, DrPH, Martha Felini, DC, PhD, Sejong Bae, PhD, Marion Willard Evans, DC, PhD, CHES, Ronald Rupert, MS, DC and Karan P. Singh, PhD
     
9:15 AM
Emerging Role of Chiropractic in the Emergency Department Setting
Michael A. Bernstein, DC, John L. Cerf, DC, Louis Lupinacci, DC and Thomas Ventimiglia, DC
     
9:30 AM
Relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder and clinical outcomes within a Veterans Affairs medical center chiropractic clinic
Andrew S. Dunn, DC, MEd, MS, Steven R. Passmore, DC, MS and Jeanmarie Burke, PhD

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Chiropractic Health Care

CE Credits: CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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