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Health Benefits of Tai Chi
Length: 1 Hour 1 Minute
This program will expire and must be completed by 01/05/27.
*** Please note this program was part of the KCU Homecoming 2023. If you participated in the live event, you would not want to choose this program. ***
This presentation aims to educate healthcare providers on the rapidly growing scientific evidence on the health benefits of Tai Chi. It is designed to equip the provider interested in improving the health and well-being for themselves and their patients through understanding movements and the evidence for improving mobility for those with co-morbid mental and physical diagnoses.
Learning Objectives:
· Identify how Tai Chi can address or prevent provider burnout and improve provider wellness.
· Identify the cognitive benefits of Tai Chi for those with memory impairment.
· Identify how Tai Chi can improve mobility during the treatment of depression anxiety for those with comorbid mobility diagnoses and anxiety regarding safety concerns.
Accreditation Statement:
The event has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) through the joint providership of the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS) and Kansas City University (KCU) College of Osteopathic Medicine. MAOPS is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA (Allopathic) Credit Designation:
The Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS) is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. MAOPS designates this activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)ä. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AOA (Osteopathic) Credit Designation:
The Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS) is accredited by the AOA to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. MAOPS designates this program for a maximum of 1 AOA Category 1-A CME Credit(s) and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity.
Planning Committee Disclosure:
Each of the members of the KCU CME Planning Committee discloses that he/she has no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this presentation, including no relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests relative to the content of this program.
Grievance Policy for AOA Credit:
All grievances should be in writing and should specify the nature of the grievance. Initially, all grievances should be directed to the MAOPS Executive Director, who will then forward said grievance to the Education & Convention Committee. All grievances will receive an initial written response within 30 days of receipt. If the participant does not receive a satisfactory response, they can submit a complaint in writing to the Council on Continuing Medical Education of the AOA at 142 East Ontario Street, Chicago, IL 60611.
Rex Archer, MD, MPH, Professor and Director of Population and Public Health, Kansas City University
Rex D. Archer, MD, MPH, is the Director of Population and Public Health and Professor for Curriculum and Integrated Learning at the College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kansas City University.
Retired from KCMO after 23 years as Director of Health for the City of Kansas City, Missouri. He was responsible for safeguarding the public health of nearly half a million residents and a daytime population of almost one million. He presently serves as Chair of the international Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) and as a member of the Past President Council of the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO).
Dr. Archer has served on numerous national committees involved with public health including most recently the Council of Linkages between Academia and Public Health Practice, Public Health Foundation.
Under Dr. Archer’s leadership, the Kansas City, Missouri, Health Department is, to date, the only health department in the country to win NACCHO’s Local Health Department of the Year award more than once! They are also one of a handful to have earned both PHAB national reaccreditation, and to have led their community to a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Culture of Health Prize.
Dr. Archer completed his medical degree at the University of Kansas and his General Preventive Medicine Public Health Residency and Master’s in Public Health degree at the University of Michigan. He is recognized as a Public Health Leadership Institute Scholar by UCLA/CDC. He has served as Physician in Charge of Employee Health Programs for the Ford Motor Company and has held local and state public health positions in Maryland.
Dr. Archer was the recipient of the 2013 Milton and Ruth Roemer Prize for Creative Local Public Health Work. The award is the top honor given annually to a local health director by the more than 25,000 members of the American Public Health Association.
In July of 2018, Dr. Archer received NACCHO’s Maurice “Mo” Mullet Lifetime of Service Award for noteworthy service to NACCHO that has reflected the commitment, vigor, and leadership exemplified by Mo Mullet’s distinguished career.
Rex D. Archer, MD, MPH, has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.
Dr. Archer can be reached at rarcher@kansascity.edu.
Carol E. Kirila, DO, FACOI, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Kansas City University - COM
Dr. Carol Kirila is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician who graduated from KCU College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed a rotating internship in Jefferson City, Missouri followed by her Internal Medicine residency with the UMKC School of Medicine at St. Luke's Hospital and Truman Medical Center. She is a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Internists. Dr. Kirila is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine in the Department of Primary Care at KCU in the College of Osteopathic Medicine. She also serves as the Chair of the Medical Advisory Board for the National Kidney Foundation of Western Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma and is a member of the NKF Health Equity Committee.
Dr. Kirila discloses that she has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.
She can be reached at ckirila@kansascity.edu or at 816.654.7394
