Association of Medicine and Psychiatry (AMP) Annual Meeting 2016

Association of Medicine and Psychiatry (AMP) Annual Meeting 2016 is organized by The Association of Medicine and Psychiatry (AMP) and would be held during Sep 30 - Oct 1, 2016 at Hyatt Regency McCormick Place - Chicago, Illinois, United States Of America. This CME Conference has been approved with 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM.

Educational Objectives
• Improved understanding of the overlap between medical illness and psychiatric presentations, both from the pathophysiological perspective but importantly from the patient perspective, and improved understanding regarding how to accomplish integrated care delivery to optimize patients behavioral and medical health.
• Addressing work force education in primary care psychiatry and collaborative care for providers who have already completed formal training.
• Improving integrated use of repetitive transcrainal magnetic therapy, exercise and electroconvulsive therapy. These sessions will improve the attendees competence in those areas.
• Applying the Integrated Care Approach: Practical Skills for the Consulting Psychiatrist. Sponsored by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) as part of the CMS Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative (TCPi). Objectives : Make the case for integrated behavioral health services in primary care, including the evidence for collaborative care-Discuss principles of integrated behavioral health care Describe the roles for a primary care consulting psychiatrist in an integrated care team. Apply a primary care-oriented approach to psychiatric consultation for common behavioral health presentations.