Welcome to the South Texas
Regional Family Medicine Grand Rounds!
Grand Rounds is a weekly program sponsored by the South Central Area Health Education Center (AHEC) in partnership with the Dept. of Family & Community Medicine.
Grand Rounds is presented live every Friday at the UTHSCSA Medical School, room 309L. Participants can also watch LIVE Online OR from one of our videoconference locations. Most presentations are also available for CME units. To view an archived presentation online for CME, participants must first log on through the CME portal.
Asynchronous Access
Our Grand Rounds are available via podcasting and at our virtual library. Please see the pull down windows above to access those pages.
South Texas Regional Family Medicine Grand Rounds Mission Statement
Provide Family Physicians and other primary care providers in South Texas and beyond with evidence-based and patient-centered instruction they can use to prevent disease and improve the care they deliver to their individual patients, families and communities.
Competencies Covered
Our Grand Rounds sessions are designed to update Family Physicians and other health care providers on new, evidence-based, and useful information in the following competencies:
- Medical knowledge
- Patient Care
- Interpersonal and communication skills
- Professionalism
- Practice-based learning and improvement
- Systems-based practice
Target Audience
We welcome Family physician faculty, Family Medicine residents, other health care providers from our department; physicians and health care providers from San Antonio and South Texas; and medical students in our third year clerkship and fourth year rotations
Expected Outcomes
We expect that participating in our Grand Rounds will improve the medical care participants provide by integrating evidence-based content and quality improvement strategies. We emphasis the assessment of outcomes such as perfomance improvement inpractice and point of care learning which incorporates documented application of new knowledge into practice.
Our Sponsor: The South Central Area AHEC 
We gratefully acknowledge the South Central Area Health Education Center's support of our Grand Rounds expenses. We work in a partnership with the South Central AHEC to provide this education service to health care providers at all levels in South Texas.
INTERESTED IN GIVING A GRAND ROUNDS PRESENTATION?
For additional information please contact: |
James Tysinger, PhD
Deputy Chair of Faculty Development
Phone: 210-567-4555
Email: tysinger@uthscsa.edu |
Rachel Halvaksz
Academic Coordinator
Phone: 210-567-4556
Email: halvaksz@uthscsa.edu |
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Upcoming Grand Rounds |
| 05/02/2008 |
"Policy Development: The Case of Child Health Policy in the US and Texas"
Frank Moore, PhD
School of Public Health, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio
Susan F. Zinn, JD
Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, Private Practice
Objectives:
1.) Describe the background and outcomes associated with the ongoing Frew case.
2.) Discuss how child and adolescent health in Texas can be improved as a result of the ongoing Frew case.
Additional information on the Frew Case.
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| 05/09/2008 |
"Guidelines for Interactions Between Clinicians and Industry"
Daniel W. Carlisle, MD
Interim Chairman and Residency Program Director, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,UT Health Science Center at San Antonio
Objectives:
1.) Understand the new HSC policies regarding industry support of CPE.
2.) Identify real, perceived or potential conflicts of interest between clinicians and industry.
3.) Know the policies that apply to free medication samples, gifts from industry, CPE expense reimbursement and disclosure of any conflicts of interest.
This presentation meets the Texas Medical Board criteria for formal continuing medical education involving the study of medical ethics and/or professional responsibility.
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| 05/16/2008 |
"Autism Spectrum Disorders: What's New and What To Do"
Chris P. Johnson, MD, MEd
Clinical Professor, Division of Neurology & Developmental Pediatrics, Center of Hope for Childhood Development, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio
Abstract/Objectives: TBA
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| 05/23/2008 |
"Primary Care after Psychiatric Crisis: A Qualitative Analysis"
Kim Griswold, MD, MPH, RN, FAAFP
Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Psychiatric and Social and Preventive Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, SUNY at Buffalo
Abstract/Objectives: TBA
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| 05/30/2008 |
"The Last Hours of Life"
Sandra Sanchez-Reilly, MD
Assistant Professor/Clinical, Department of Medicine, Geriatrics, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio.
This presentation is sponsored jointly with Geriatrics Grand Rounds which is partially sponsored by the John Hartford Center for Geriatrics Education.
Abstract/Objectives: TBA
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Please click here for a copy of the Grand Rounds flyer to hang in your office.
 PRESENTER INFORMATION: Presentation format and expectations, PowerPoint Tips, and Guidelines for Objectives and Multiple Choice Questions.
| Family Medicine Grand Rounds Objectives |
Provide Family Physicians and other primary care providers with evidence-based information they can use to provide patient-centered care in Family Medicine ambulatory and hospital settings.
Provide Family Physicians and other primary care providers with evidence-based guides for diagnosing and managing common diseases in patients from both genders across the life span.
Identify, evaluate, and implement evidence-based preventive, diagnostic, and management strategies in Family Medicine ambulatory and hospital settings.
Improve the overall care of our patients including children with special needs and those who suffer from pain or chronic or terminal conditions. |
| Grand Rounds Planning Committee |
James Tysinger, PhD, Grand Rounds Director (Chair)
Kourosh Jahangir, MD, Teaching Chief, Family Medicine Residency
Ross Lawler, MD, Director, Family Medicine Review Course
Mark Nadeau, MD, MBA, Director, Family Medicine Residency
Robert Parker, MD, Vice Chair of Clinical Services
Rachel Halvaksz, BA, Grand Rounds Coordinator
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