Colorado Integrative Medicine Conference (cIMc 2009)

Sample Session Titles:About the 2011 Conference 

This CME conference aimed to improve both patient care and self-care by providing attendees with practical, evidence-based approaches to managing stress and trauma healing. The conference featured science and clinical applications focused on mind-body therapies and self-regulation, empowering healthcare professionals to integrate these practices into their care strategies. Our conference served as a key opportunity to explore how these integrative therapies could be applied to enhance health outcomes and support overall well-being.

Dates: July 17, 2009 (Friday afternoon) to July 19, 2009 (Sunday afternoon)

Location: YMCA of the Rockies at Estes Park, Colorado

Conference Check-in Time: July 17, 2009 from 4pm to 6pm. Keynote starts at 7pm.

Educational Credits:

• CME: The University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 15.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ 
• CECH: The National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. has approved 16 CECH Category 1 Credits (Category I Continuing Education Contact Hours in health education)

Keynote Speaker: James S. Gordon, MD, Founder and Director of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine, Clinical Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Family Medicine, GeorgetownUniversity School of Medicine, Chairman of the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy (2000-2002), Washington, D.C.

Other Faculty/Speakers:

• Sona Dimidjian, PhD, Assistant Professor of the Department of Psychology at the University of Colorado at Boulder, CO
• Judy A. Green, PhD, Biofeedback Therapist at Health Psychology Services, LLC., Emeritus Professor at Aims College in Greeley, Pioneer of Clinical Biofeedback Therapy, Golden, CO
• Lisa Kaley-Isley, PhD, RYT, Chief of Psychology and Co-Director of the Integrative Health Clinic, The Children’s Hospital, Aurora, CO
• Jim Knipe, PhD, EMDR International Association Approved Instructor, Private Practice, Boulder, CO
• James H. Lake, MD, Board Certified Psychiatrist, Chairman of the APA Caucus on Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Mental Health Care, Monterey, CA
• Bennett Leslie, PsyD, Psychologist at the Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO
• Lee Lipsenthal, MD, Founder and Director of the “Finding Balance in a Medical Life” Program and past President of the American Board of Holistic Medicine, Sausalito, CA
• Rollin McCraty, PhD, Executive VP and Director of Research at the Institute of HeartMath, Boulder Creek, CA
• David Rakel, MD, Medical Director, WW Integrative Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
• Scott Shannon, MD, Author of Please Do Not Label My Child; Editor of Handbook of Complementary and Alternative Therapies in Mental Health; Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine; Board Certified in General and Child/Adolescent Psychiatry; past President of the American Holistic Medical Association, Ft. Collins, CO
• Marianne Wamboldt, MD, RYT, The Cannon Y. and Lyndia K. Harvey Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Children’s Hospital; Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, CO

Sample Session Titles:

• Mind-Body medicine is Heart of All Healthcare (Gordon)
• Finding Balance in Health Care (Lipsenthal)
• The Ecology of the Mind: An Overview of the Power of Our Mind in Physical Health (Shannon)
• The Healer Within (Rakel)
• The Science of Connection (Lipsenthal)
• Trauma and Transformation: Getting Unstuck and Taking the Healing Journey (Gordon)
• Guided Imagery Talk and Workshop (Rakel)
• Qi Gong in Mental Healthcare (Lake)
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Talk and Introduction Workshop (Leslie)
• Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Overview; Research Support, Cautions, and Application Video (Knipe)
• Biofeedback Therapy (Green)
• The Relationship between Heart-Brain Dynamics, Positive Emotions, Coherence, Optimal Health and Cognitive Function (McCraty)
• The Role of Spirituality and Religion on Mental Health (Lake)
• Biofeedback Therapy Workshop (Green)
• Mindfulness and Radical Acceptance in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (Dimidjian)
• Yoga Therapy for Pain, Fatigue, and Anxiety (Wamboldt, Kaley-Isley)
• Practical Heart-Based Coherence Building Tools and Technologies for Improving Patient Outcomes (McCraty)
• The clinical Application of Meditation for Mental Health (Dimidjian)

Hosted by: AlterMed Research Foundation – Now InspiredIM

Audience:

• Physicians
• Nurses, and Allied Health Professionals
• Mental Health Counselors (psychologists, social workers, master level therapists, etc)
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine Professionals
• General Public
• Residents, Fellows, and Full-time Students

Conference Objectives:

• Describe the scope of mind-body medicine and its clinical applications in treatment and prevention
• Discuss the evidence-base for mind-body medicine
• Outline the rationale/physiology involved in mind-body self-regulation
• List five health benefits of improved self-regulation
• Demonstrate selection of appropriate evidenced-based mind-body medicine treatment choices for patients

Course Development Committee:

• Scott Shannon, MD, cIMc Course Director and Faculty, Integrative Pediatric Psychiatrist and past President of the American Holistic Medical Association
• Margaret Chesney, PhD, Professor in the Department of Medicine and the First Associate Director at the University of Maryland Center for Integrative Medicine, Former Deputy Director of the NIH National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• Lisa Corbin, MD, FACP, Medical Director of the Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Colorado Hospital, Associate Professor, Department of General Internal Medicine at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine
• Kerri Diamant, Founder and Executive Director of AlterMed Research Foundation
• Kathleen Jones, MA, Lifestyle Medicine Faculty, Fort Collins Family Medicine Residency Program, Poudre Valley Health System

Tuition in 2009:

• Physicians – $350
• Nurses and Allied Health Professionals – $270
• General Public – $225
• Residents, Fellows, and Full-time Students (with letter for verification) – $200