Total Credits: 1.5 including 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™, 1.5 AOA Category 1-A Credit(s), 1.5 AOBNMM Specialty Credit(s)
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. ***
The attendee will review the evaluation of the shoulder for Structural and Functional pathology. For functional somatic dysfunction, OMM modalities will be reviewed and taught, including Still Technique, Counterstrain, Muscle Energy, Articulatory, and HVLA.
At the end of the workshop, the attendee will be able to:
• Differentiate shoulder diagnoses that are amendable to OMT procedures through a diagnosis of structural and functional pathologies.
• Diagnose Somatic dysfunction of the AC, SC, Scapulothoracic, and Glenohumeral joints.
• Properly apply Spencer's Techniques, Counterstrain, and Muscle Energy to the shoulder region.
• Apply the proper OMT coding for the procedures employed for the shoulder diagnosis.
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:
MAOPS is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. MAOPS designates this activity for a maximum of 1.5 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:
MAOPS is accredited by the AOA to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. MAOPS designates this program for a maximum of 1.5 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 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.
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A third generation Osteopathic Physician, Dr. Treffer earned his DO degree from KCU-COM in 1987 and completed a Rotating Internship at University Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri in 1988. He is board certified in Osteopathic Family Practice by the AOBACOFP and Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine/Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine by the AOBNMM/OMM. He earned his Fellow award from the ACOFP in 2013. He has served as full time OMM faculty for 28 years as of July 20, 2020 and has helped train over 5500 Osteopathic Physicians at KCU. He is the Chair of the Department of OMM for KCU-COM (KC and Joplin Campuses). He maintains a Specialty Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine practice here in Kansas City at the KC Care Health Care Center. He authored a chapter in Waldman Pain Management Textbook on the Osteopathic Approach to the Chronic Pain Patient, editions 1 and 2. He is a member of AACOM’s Educational Council on Osteopathic Principles since 1992 and served as the Chair of the Council from 2011 to 2015. He has given numerous lectures and workshops covering multiple OMM topics on a local, regional and national level. He was inducted into the inaugural class of the Mentor Hall of Fame for the AOA. He received the 2002 Family Physician of the Year award from the Missouri Society of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians and was the 2018 KCU-COM Alumnus of the year.
Kevin Treffer, DO, 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. Treffer can be reached at ktreffer@kansascity.edu or 816-654-7430