TUESDAY, March 18, 2008
"Healthcare in the US and Canada"
BENTSON MCFARLAND, MD.
Professor of Psychiatry and Public Health
and Preventive Medicine
/ OHSU
Senior Scientist at Oregon Research Institute
Re-certified in Geriatric Psychiatry
Learning Objectives: 1) List two differences in the organization and-or financing of health care between the United States and Canada. 2) Discuss the differences in spending on health care between the United States and Canada. 3) Describe at least two differences in health status between the United States and Canada.
TUESDAY, March 25, 2008
"Opiates, Opioids, and Addictions"
MARY JEANNE KREEK, MD
Rockefeller University
Learning Objectives: 1) Discuss the current definitions of addictions; 2) List the current concepts about the vulnerability to develop addictions and 3) describe existing pharmacotherapies that complement behavioral treatments.
TUESDAY, April 1, 2008
"Understanding Adolescence as a Period of Opportunity and Vulnerability."
BONNIE NAGEL, PhD
Assistant Professor. Department of Psychiatry / OHSU
Learning Objectives: 1) Describe recent findings related to adolescent neurodevelopment, 2) describe changes in behavior and cognition across adolescence, and 3) Discuss how the timing of adolescent development results in a period of vulnerability.
TUESDAY, April 15, 2008
"An education in culture and systems: a resident perspective on mental health in New Zealand."
KIMBER PEZZONI, MD
Child Fellow / OHSU
Department of Psychiatry
Learning Objectives: 1) Understand the framework of the New Zealand mental health care system. 2) Explore the mental health anti-stigma campaign. 3) Examine mental health care delivery targeting indigenous Maori populations.
TUESDAY, April 22, 2008
"Recent Advances in the Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of the Pure Obsessional form of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder."
ROBERT McLELLARN
Anxiety and Panic Treatment Center
Learning Objectives: 1) Discuss how the treatment of Pure Obsessional OCD is different from the treatment of other forms of OCD, 2) describe the Cognitive Behavioral model for the treatment of Pure Obsessional OCD and 3) List six types of cognitive errors that are frequently made in the Pure Obsessional for if OCD.
TUESDAY, May 6, 2008
NO GRAND ROUNDS:
APA Week
TUESDAY, May 20, 2008
"The Myth of the Normal Family"
STEPHANIE COONTZ
Evergreen State College
Sponsored by William H. Wilson, MD
Professor, Department of Psychiatry / OHSU
Learning Objectives: 1) Discuss the variability of in the structure of families through history, the ways in which these family structures have been functional and dysfunctional, and the ways that family structures have changes in response to social and economic environments. 2) List ways in which recent social changes have transformed demands on parents, lengthened the transition to adulthood and created a complex mix of gains and losses in adult relationships. 3) Discuss the findings of evidence regarding the impact of different family structures on child development. 4) List three ways that empirical studies of families counter popular oversimplifications and over generalizations.
TUESDAY, May 27, 2008
"Canada's Medicare: Does it Bite?"
DOUGLAS BIGELOW, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Department of Psychiatry / OHSU
Department of Public Health & Preventive Medicine
Learning Objectives: 1) Discuss the applicability of Canada's Medicare to US health insurance policy options. 2) describe the roles of physicians in Canada's Medicare. 3) List three ways that Canada's Medicare has effected physician practice and income.
TUESDAY, June 3, 2008
"Medical Pearls for the Psychiatrist."
PRINTHAM RAJ, MD
Department of Psychiatry
Learning Objectives: 1) Describe the current interface of psychiatry and general medicine, including the practice model of an "internist psychiatrist" 2) Discuss the etiology and current treatments of delirium, 3) Discuss the metabolic syndrome and its relation to psychiatric medications, 4) Discuss QT prolongation in relation to psychiatric medication.
TUESDAY, June 17, 2008
"Treating Patients with Comorbid Chronic Pain."
BETH DARNALL, PhD
Assistant Professor
Licensed Clinical Psychologist / OHSU
Dept.of Anesthesiology and Peri-Operative Medicine Comprehensive Pain Center
Learning Objectives:
1) Understand the interrelated nature of pain, cognition, and psychopathology. 2) From a psychological perspective, understand some the risks and benefits associated with pain medication usage. 3) Discuss the basics regarding current 'gold standard' psychological assessment and treatment for chronic pain sufferers.
TUESDAY, June 24, 2008
"Examination of a crisis triage center: Application of public health tools for understanding population mental health."
WILLIAM NUNLEY, MD
Chief Resident / OHSU
Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, fellow
Oregon Master's in Public Health: Health Management and Policy Student
Learning Objectives:
1) Have an understanding of the historical introduction and removal of the crisis triage center in Portland. 2) Understand correlational changes in key clinical measures, and 3) understand aspects of current considerations for reintroduction of a crisis center into the community.
Accreditation
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit
OHSU School of Medicine, Division of CME, designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ per session. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Target Audience
Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Psychiatry Residents & Fellows, Medical Students, LCSW's, MA's, PA.s, NP's, RN's, PharmD.'s.
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RESEARCH
CONFERENCES
Time: 12:00 to 1:00
p.m.
When: 1st Thursday of every month. (Unless otherwise stated)
Location: VA Hospital, Building 100, room 7D-153.
Future events to be announced
Faculty Coordinator:
Linda Ganzini, M.D.
Program Assistant: Lauren Stoner,
(503)
220-3481, Lauren Stoner@va.gov
Logistical support provided by the Northwest Network Mental Illness
Research, Education and Clinical Center
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To get to the Portland VA Conference Room 7D-153,
cross the OHSU/VA Skybridge to the VA Building 100, take the
elevator to the 7th floor, and walk to the right (the D side). The
conference room is the 4th door on the left after you pass through
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