Grand Rounds Schedule

Heart Healthy and Ethnically Relevant (HHER) Lifestyle Program

Deborah Parra-Medina, MPH, PhD, Professor, Institute for Health Promotion Research, School of Medicine, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio.

This presentation is in collaboration with the Public Health Grand Rounds presented by San Antonio Regional Campus, UT School of Public Health at Houston and San Antonio Metropolitan Health District.

Financial Statement: Dr. Parra-Medina has no financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Objectives

1.) Describe the evidence supporting the cardiovascular benefits of increasing physical activity and decreasing saturated and trans fat, specifically in ethnic minority women.

2.) Define the role of physician counseling in promoting adoption of lifestyle change.

3.) List and define the stages of change according to the transtheoretical model.

4.) Describe the relationship of stage of change to lifestyle modification for PA and diet.

5.) Explain how stage-matched behavioral counseling can be incorporated into routine clinical practice.

6.) Recognize the potential impact of stage-matched counseling on improved efficiency of delivering counseling in primary care.

Meeting the Primary Care Needs of Military Members Who Served in Iraq and Afghanistan

Pamela Camosy, MD, Medical Director, Veterans Community-Based Outpatient Clinics, San Antonio.

Financial Statement: Dr. Camosy has no financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Objectives

1.) Recognize and manage medical issues common to the returning OEF/OIF Veteran, including physical trauma and exposures.

2.) Recognize and manage psychological conditions common to the returning OEF/OIF Veteran.

3.) Understand how the community physician can best serve the family of the combat Veteran.

Promoting Positive Outcomes for Hospitalized Elderly

Yanping Ye, MD, Assistant Professor/Clinical, Department of Family and Community Medicine, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio.

This presentation is in collaboration with the Geriatrics Grand Rounds presented by John A. Hartford Center of Excellence in Geriatrics Education, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio.

Financial Statement: Dr. Ye has no financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Objectives:

1.) Discuss four major complications in hospitalized elderly.

2.) Use team approach to achieve positive outcomes for hospitalized elderly in those four key areas.

3.) Introduce acute care of elderly model.

No Grand Rounds

Addressing Diabetes Outcome Disparities in African Americans Through Development of Church Based Community Collaborative Research

John Boltri, MD, Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Mercer University School of Medicine.

Financial Statement: Dr. Boltri has no financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Objectives

1.) Describe the process of developing the background and experience to successfully conduct a large trial.

2.) Elucidate methods for conducting a church based diabetes prevention program.

3.) Promote collaboration between researchers conducting community based research.