Event

Department of Family Medicine Faculty Development/Primary Care Research Forum: Integrating Spiritual Assessment into the Patient Centered Primary Care Model

Date:
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Time:
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Location:
Gateway Building, 77 Goodell Street, 2nd Floor, room 208
Presenter:
Dr. Sushama Kotmire, MD, FAAFP
Sponsor:
UB Department of Family Medicine & Primary Care Research Institute

Presentation Purpose:
Explore options to perform patient-based research on ways to integrate Spiritual Assessment in primary care.

Objectives: At the end of the session, the participants will be able to…
1. Understand the fundamentals of the Bio-psycho-socio-spiritual model of health care
2. Rationale for research about recognizing the Spiritual dimension and the role of Health Care Practitioners to address Spiritual issues in Primary Care

Brief Presenter Biosketch:
Dr. Sushama Kotmire completed her residency at ECMC, Department of Family Medicine at University of Buffalo and has practiced in the Olean area for the last 15 years. She completed the Mini-Fellowship/ Faculty development course in 2011 where Spiritual Health was the focus of her research. She has participated in Primary Care Research Forum being a volunteer faculty with the Department of Family Medicine at UB since 2012. Currently working as Family Physician at the Seneca Nation Health System in Salamanca, she practices the full spectrum of family medicine.

CME:
The University at Buffalo (UB) School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The UB School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

For more information, contact:

Denise McGuigan
Email: dpalermo@buffalo.edu