All presenters must complete Waterbury Hospital's  “CME Program Disclosure Declaration for Speakers” forms provided on this web site.   Please be sure the completed forms are filed with Waterbury Hospital's Dept of Continuing Medical Education a minimum of two weeks prior to the presentation.   If you are unable to deliver these forms to the hospital directly than you may present them to Dr. Beatriz Olson 3 weeks prior to the presentation. Please follow the guidelines below:

 

1. Title of Presentation
2. Objectives of Presentation:
1. List 3 objectives in short sentence form.
2. Objectives should describe in precise terms what the learner could do after the presentation.
3. Use action verbs from the learner's perspective. i.e.:  apply, integrate, understand, diagnose.

 

Example: “Following attendance of this presentation the learner will be able to:

·         Understand what does and doesn't cause chronic low back pain.

·         Understand how chiropractic adjustments interrupt the chronic pain cycle.

·         Grasp the shift in medical literature toward the biopsychosocial model of back pain diagnosis and treatment.

 

3. On the date of the presentation the presenter should have available a summary of their presentation suitable for inclusion in the minutes and posting on the web site.  (Please provide as an MS Word document or Power Point presentation via e-mail to the Education & Research Chair.)
4. Presenter may choose to provide a more complete review of their presentation suitable for publication in “Petals from the Lotus” (Please provide via e-mail).

 

Presentations should include reviews of papers or topics relating to integrative medicine.  If applicable to the presentation, all sources should be properly footnoted, wherever possible utilizing scientific journals, which uphold peer review standards.  All footnotes should include:  Author(s), Journal Title, Date, Volume, and Pages.

 

Educational presentations will constitute one hour of our meetings.  The presenter should allow adequate time for group discussion following the presentation.

 

Our goals are:  to present topics or peer reviewed articles which reveal evidences-based support, or lack of support, for complementary and alternative healing practices – Allowing us to decide if such practices or modalities fit into an integrative model.  It is also our goal to maintain academic quality to our presentations, rotating our presentations among different healing traditions.

 

When reviewing a scientific study the following should be covered:

      Goal of study described in paper.

      Methods used.

      Number of subjects, study duration, doses of meds./herbs used.

      Was a control group used?  Was the study placebo controlled?

      What were the findings or outcome of the study?

      Include discussion of strengths and weaknesses of the paper.

 

CME credits will be provided for each presentation through Waterbury Hospital's Dept. of Continuing Medical Education.  1 credit hour will be awarded for each attendee and 2 credit hours are awarded to each presenter.                                  5-8-02