Total Credits: 1.25 including 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™, 1.25 AOA Category 1-A Credit(s), 1.25 AOBNMM Specialty Credit(s)
This program will expire and must be completed by 04/24/27.
This presentation focuses on the application of osteopathic principles, including OMT techniques for treating geriatric patients.
Learning Objectives:
• Describe age-related physiologic changes and factors that can influence these changes.
• Discuss the integration of osteopathic principles into the management of common geriatric clinical conditions.
• List common geriatric conditions that may benefit from osteopathic manipulative treatment and discuss the current research regarding the use of osteopathic manipulative techniques in the management of common geriatric clinical presentations.
• Describe and demonstrate palpatory and manipulative treatment skills pertinent to the osteopathic management of common geriatric clinical presentations.
Accreditation Statements:
The Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. MAOPS designates this program for a maximum of .5 AOA Category 1-A CME credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation.
The Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS) designates this enduring activity for a maximum of .5 AMA PRA Category 1 Creditsä. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Planning Disclosure: None of the planners for this educational activity have a relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
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 MAOPS Executive Director, who will then forward said grievance to the Education & Convention Committee. All grievances will receive an initial response in writing within 30 days of receipt. If the participant does not receive a satisfactory response, they can submit a complaint in writing to the Bureau of Osteopathic Education of the AOA at 142 East Ontario Street, Chicago, IL 60611.
| Osteopathic Approach To Geriatrics (6.7 MB) | 88 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Karen Snider, DO, FAAO, FNAOME, is a professor at A.T. Still University’s Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-KCOM). Dr. Snider is board certified in Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine. She earned her doctor of osteopathic medicine from West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, and she completed her residency at Northeast Regional Medical Center. Dr. Snider has earned fellowship awards from the American Academy of Osteopathy and the National Academy of Osteopathic Medical Educators.
Dr. Snider discloses that she has no relevant relationship 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. Emily Gibson graduated from Michigan State College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2020. She completed 3 years of an OB/GYN residency in Detroit, Michigan prior to a change of heart. She is now a 2nd year OMM resident In Kirksville MO at NERMC and A.T. Still university.
Dr. Gibson discloses that she has no relevant relationship 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. Melissa Mann is a geriatric fellow with Grant Medical Center in Columbus, OH providing care for geriatric patients through geriatric assessments. She earned her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from A.T. Still University in Kirksville, MO, in 2020. She completed her residency training in internal medicine at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, MO in 2023.
Dr. Mann discloses that she has no relevant relationship 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.
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