ATHENS, Ohio -- The winter series of the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine's Geriatric Education Brown Bag seminars continues Monday, Feb. 3, with Anthony Chila, D.O., professor of family medicine, presenting "Graceful Aging with OMT (Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment)." The seminar will be held from noon to 1 p.m. at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital, Room B-9.
Chila's presentation will focus on treatment of pain, improvement in ranges of motion, avoidance of deformity among elderly patients. In addition to referencing the work of prominent OMT practitioners Ervin Korr, Ph.D., and Myron Beal, D.O., Chila will demonstrate soft tissue manipulation, fluid drainage and mobilization techniques of various kinds.
Chila has been at OU-COM for nearly 25 years as a practicing physician and professor. He currently serves as section head for Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine for the college. Health-care professionals are invited to attend the seminar. Brown bags are welcome.
Each lecture in this series of geriatric medicine/gerontology seminars is held from noon to 1 p.m. on the first and third Mondays of each month at O'Bleness, Room B-9.
This is the fourth seminar in the winter series. The first seminar was Dec. 2, with Michael Clark, D.O., presenting "Urinary Incontinence in the Elderly Population." The second seminar was Dec. 16, with Fredrick Hagerman, Ph.D., presenting "Effects of Exercise on the Aging Process: Use It or Lose It." The third seminar was Jan. 6, with Steven Clay, D.O., presenting "Pain Management Problems in Geriatrics." The last seminar in the winter series will be Feb. 17, with Paul Knight, clinical director for elderly medicine at the Royal Infirmary in Glasgow, Scotland, presenting "Falls in Older People: A Systematic Approach to Management" at Irvine Hall 199.
"The seminars are designed for an interdisciplinary audience," said Ellen Peterson, R.N., OU-COM geriatric education coordinator. "Health professionals from the community regularly attend, in addition to interns, residents and medical students. The diversity of disciplines represented by the participants makes for an interesting exchange of ideas."
The sponsors of the seminars include the Department of Geriatric Medicine/Gerontology, the Western Reserve Geriatric Education Center and Area Health Education Center and OU-COM.
Peterson said the seminar series was started by a federal grant that established OU-COM as a contributing site to the Western Reserve Geriatric Education Center in September 1994 and has supported many continuing education programs. Provided by the Department of Health and Human Services, the grant supports educational programs in geriatric and gerontology for physicians, nurses, social workers, counselors and health-care providers to 22 Southeastern Ohio counties.
For more information, call the Geriatric Education Center at (740) 593-2258.
