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2024 LARA On-Demand Education

Registration Open! September 6, 2024 – December 2025

LARA Requirements Training

This on-demand education bundle allows you to earn 4.00 - 6.00 AOA Category 1-A credits and fulfill the following LARA education requirements for licensure renewal:

  • Pain and symptom management (3 hours)
  • Medical ethics (2 hours)
  • Opioid and controlled substance awareness (1 hour - one-time requirement for prescribers with a controlled substance license)

NOTE: MAOFP will report AOA CME credits to accredited providers quarterly through 2024. Upon completion, you may view your CME Report under CME Transcript on the platform. Participants of the Winter 2024 Conference are ineligible to earn the 2 credits that were already included in the Winter 2024 program. As a result, these participants will earn a total of 4 CME credits, while all other attendees will earn 6 CME credits. 

Some of the presentations in this package contents were originally presented during MAOFP's 2024 Winter and Summer Family Medicine Update. 


Pricing

MAOFP Member

 Free
 Non-Member  $225
Retired Member/Past President of MAOFP

 Free                                                 

On-Demand Agenda

 Topic  Speaker
OMM for Pain Management Victoria Torgler, DO                                                                     
Complex Pain Management - Palliative Care Perspective Linsey Gilbert, DO
The Culturally Competent Physician Saroj Misra, DO
Advanced Care Planning and End of Life Care Stacey Ruff, DO
Drugs 101: Myths, Trends, and Opportunities to Intervene Colleen Lane MD, FASAM
Addressing Implicit Bias When Caring for LGBTQIA+ Populations   Rachel Nixon, DO

Session Details & Speaker Bio

Rachel Nixon, DO

Addressing Implicit Bias When Caring for LGBTQIA+ Populations

This session will explore implicit and explicit biases and their effects on patient care. Specifically, we will address how physician biases can affect care provided to the LGBTQ+ patient community and ways to mitigate this. 

Objectives:

1. Review the prevalence of LGBTQ+ people US

2.  Define the “why” of LGBTQ+ healthcare

3.  Appreciate the increased social/mental/health risks of LGBTQ+ community

4. Understand factors LGBTQ+ patients often encounter that can

negatively impact their health care experience

5. Review what implicit & explicit bias are

6. Understand how implicit bias can lead to altered health outcomes for LGBTQ+ community

7. Recognize ways to mitigate implicit bias’ when caring for patients

Victoria Torgler, DO

OMM for Pain Management

Discuss the data surrounding manual therapies for acute and chronic low back pain.



Objectives:

1. To become familiar with what the research says about Osteopathic Manipulation to treat low back pain, both acute and chronic

2. To learn indications for further testing before the trial of Osteopathic Manipulation

3. To know whe to escalate care to other specialists

4. To have a basic refresh on basic manipulation modalities

5. To learn how to teach patients to do a home exercise program

Linsey Gilbert, DO

Complex Pain Management - Palliative Care Perspective

This session will discuss complex pain management in palliative care patients. We will review use of adjuvant therapies, Ketamine, Methadone, Buprenorphine and PCAs.

Objectives:

1. Discuss use of adjuvant medications for pain management

2. Discuss patients that may benefit from use of Methadone

3. Discuss patients that may benefit from use of Buprenorphine

4. Discuss patients that may benefit from use of Ketamine

5. Discuss patients that may benefit from use of PCA

6. Discuss pros/cons of above regimens and potential side effects



Saroj Misra DO, FAAFP, FACOFP dist

The Culturally Competent Physician


This session will help learners to understand and define cultural competency (and similar terms) as well as identify why being culturally competent matters and what practical steps we can do to become more culturally competent as physicians.

Objectives:

1. Define cultural competency and explain the need for it

2. I identify 3 areas where physicians can improve their cultural competency

3. Review models designed to guide patient interactions in a culturally competent manner



Stacey M Ruff DO

Advanced Care Planning and End of Life Care

This session is intended to meet the LARA requirement for 1 hour of the Ethics education needed for licensure in Michigan. It includes an overview of how to approach Advance Care Planning with our Primary Care patients and their families, as well as a general discussion of end-of life care options.

Objectives:

1. Review the basic ethical principles involved in end-of-life decision-making.

2. Learn how to assist our patients in developing an Advance Care Plan.

3. Review the basic principles of end-of-life care.



Colleen Lane, MD

Drugs 101: Myths, Trends and Opportunities to Intervene

We discuss the common and not so common substance that are in the illicit drug market. Participants will learn how to talk to their patients about substance use, and what options we have to address substance use disorders. We will also dispel some myths and misconceptions around substances and treatment.

Objectives:

1. Describe common drugs in our community/country

2. Describe new and emerging substances being introduced into the illicit drug market

3. Review current drug poisoning trends nationally

4. Review commonly myths and misconceptions about substances

5. Describe substance use treatment and opportunities to provide harm reductive care in clinical practice


Payment

Payment must be received to gain access to the On-Demand Education.  


Refund Policy

Given that the sessions can be watched at the learner's convenience, registrations are non-refundable.


CME Credit Statement: The Michigan Osteopathic Association is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. The Michigan Osteopathic Association designates this program for a maximum of 6  AOA Category 1-A credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician's participation in this activity.

Disclosure Statement: All MAOFP Education Committee members and MAOFP staff participating in planning and content development have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.


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