Overview

Activity Director   Michael F. Roizen, MD Institute Chair, Chief Wellness Officer Wellness Institute Staff, Medicine Institute Staff, Anesthesiology Institute Cleveland Clinic

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Patients turn to alternative, complementary, and integrative medical therapies,
which they learn about from support groups, the press, the Internet, and other
non-medical sources. They learn that diseases and poor health can be prevented
or reversed, and not just treated.

Since many of these therapies are outside mainstream medicine, physicians may
not be familiar with these alternative therapies and may be uncomfortable discussing them with their patients or prescribing them.

The objective of this conference is to provide up-to-date scientific information on the use of various popular alternative and complementary medical therapies in the treatment of disease, the prevention of disease,
and the promotion of general good health and well-being.

The conference will focus on separating what works from what doesn’t, with evidence-based discussions helping practitioners understand the value and the limitations of these treatments, and how to integrate them into a patient-specific management plan. By narrowing the educational gap among practitioners regarding these therapies, this program will ultimately translate into improved patient outcomes.

Co-Sponsored by the Cleveland Clinic and Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group, the conference is designed to be an exciting, provocative, and educational forum.

Target Audience

This educational activity is designed for complementary alternative medical therapy professionals, family and general practitioners, internists, obstetricians and gynecologists, anesthesiologists, acupuncturists, pain managers and therapists, osteopaths, chiropractors, nurses, nurse practitioners, dietitians, physical therapists, physician assistants, and other interested professions.

Objectives

After completing this activity, the attendee will be able to do the following:

• Evaluate alternative, complementary, and integrative therapies.
• Interpret efficacy and safety information for alternative, complementary, and integrative therapies.
• Formulate recommendations for disease-reversal therapies.
• Discuss benefits and risks of complementary and alternative medical therapies with patients.
• Assist patients to critically appraise therapies and make informed decisions.
• Determine the safest and most effective uses for prescribing CAM therapies.

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education acknowledges education grants for partial support of this activity from: