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PSYCHIATRY GRAND ROUNDS
Time: Noon to 1:00 p.m.
When: 1st, 3rd, and 4th Tuesdays
Location: 8B60, 8th Floor, OHSU Hospital (unless otherwise noted)
Program Chair: William H. Wilson, MD
Program Assistant: Mary Kays (503)494-8205, kaysm@ohsu.edu
Psychiatry Grand Rounds provides continuing medical education for the target audience. To enable discussion that both is about and involves the patient so the physician can better understand the depth of one's mental illness. Explore the history of certain policies and procedures in place for handling mentally ill patients and what can happen to improve care and treatment that they receive. To better explain and expand on various forms of mental illness and how treatment should be approached and practiced by the clinician.
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TUESDAY, June 3, 2008
"The Monism of Mind and Body: Medical Pearls for the Psychiatrist"
PRITHAM RAJ, MD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine & Psychiatry; Division of General Internal Medicine.
Learning objectives: At the end of the presentation participants will be able to: 1) Describe the current interface of psychiatry and general medicine, including the practice model of an "internist psychiatrist" 2) Discuss a case-based exploration of endocrinopathies encountered in mental health, 3) Discuss update data on delirium 4) discuss the metabolic syndrome and its relation to psychiatric medications, 5) discuss QT prolongation.
Dr. Pritham Raj's recent publications:
"Medico-legal affairs"
"Introspection: Holiday Rush"
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
"Living Old, The Modern Realities of Aging in America"
The Department of Psychiatry
will be showing a PBS Frontline special regarding aging in America.
TUESDAY, July 15, 2008
"Methamphetamine and Cocaine addiction: Facts, Myths and Treatment Methods."
CHRISTIANE FARENTINOS, MD, MPH, CADC II
Research and Clinical Director ChangePoint Inc.
Learning Objectives: At the end of the presentation participants will be able to 1) Discuss the updated facts about methamphetamine and cocaine addiction, including review of epidemiology, signs and symptoms. 2) Discuss the neurobiology of meth addiction and 3) Describe two methods of treatment for meth and cocaine addiction.
TUESDAY, July 22, 2008
"The Calvinist Origins of the "Shame and Blame" response to medical error."
MERILEE DEBORAH KARR, MD
Family Medicine Physician and Medical Journalist
Learning Objectives: At the end of the presentation the participants will be able to 1) Identify the historical origins of the shame and blame tone of medical culture. 2) Recognize the identity conflict caused by error in this culture. 3) Describe the unacknowledged cultural needs fulfilled by dysfunctional "shame and blame" behavior in response to medical error.
TUESDAY, August 5, 2008 
"OCD Treatment: Off the Shelf and Outside the Box."
JAMES HANCEY, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, OHSU
Learning Objectives: At the end of the presentation the participants will be able to 1) Discuss standard treatment and augmentation strategies and identify criteria wherein other approaches may be appropriate. 2) Describe the role of opiate agonism and / or antagonism. 3) Describe preliminary results with acamprosate. 4) Discuss surgical interventions, and deep brain stimulation.
TUESDAY, August 19, 2008
"Polypharmacy with Antipsychotic Medication"
THOMAS HANSEN, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry OHSU
Learning Objectives: At the end of the presentation the participants will be able to: 1) Discuss the frequency of polypharmacy with antipsychotic medication. 2) Discuss possible rationales for and against polypharmacy with antipsychotic medications. 3) Report on what is known about the efficacy and complications associated with antipsychotic medication polypharmacy.
TUESDAY, August 26, 2008 
"Clinical Risk Management and Physician Performance Monitoring Update"
G. STEVE REBAGLIATI, MD, MBA
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Medical Director for Medical Affairs, OHSU
Learning Objectives: 1) Discuss the major economic, legal and regulatory drivers impacting your practice environment. 2) Discuss the OHSU Tort liability environment: recent changes and what they mean for you. 3) Understand Clinical Risk Management at OHSU: people, processes and tools to keep the plaintiff lawyers away and you out of court. 4) Describe the New Joint Commission standards applicable to the Credentialing and Privileging of your future medical practice. 5) Understand Peer Review in the context of Continuous Performance Monitoring. 6) List resources you can use to protect yourself.
TUESDAY, September 2, 2008
NO GRAND ROUNDS -
LABOR DAY
TUESDAY, September 16, 2008 
"End of Life care for individuals with Schizophrenia"
LINDA GANZINI, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, OHSU
Medical Senior Scholar, Center for Ethics in Health Care
Director of the division of Geriatric Psychiatry, OHSU.
Learning Objectives: To be announced.
TUESDAY, September 23, 2008
"Addressing Addiction and Other Health Conditions in Physicians"
SUSAN McCALL, MD, MPH
Medical Director
Oregon Health Professionals Program.
Learning Objectives: At the end of the presentation the participants will be able to: 1) Understand ethical and legal obligations for reporting potentially impaired physicians in Oregon 2) Discuss the issues related to protecting patient safety while facilitating a physician's ability to return to the practice of medicine following an episode of impairment 3) Describe the services available and the systems utilized for rehabilitation and monitoring of physicians with alcohol, drug and mental health conditions through the Oregon Health Professionals Program
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.
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, MD
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 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 the double doors.
MIRECC PRESENTS:
Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center.
Time: Noon to 1:00 p.m.
When: 1st and 3rd Wednesdays
Location: VA Hospital, room 109, Building 101,
Future events to be announced
Program Chair: James Boehnlein, MD
Program Assistant: Lauren Stoner, (503) 220-3481, Lauren Stoner@va.gov |