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The 26th Forum for Behavioral
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Friday, September 16
8:00 - 9:30 am
"On Making A Difference in Family Medicine Today and Tomorrow "
Marian R. Stuart, PhD
Dr. Stuart is principal author of The 15- Minute Hour: Practical Therapeutic Interventions in Primary Care. Director of Behavioral Science, clinical professor in the Department of Family Medicine, and member of The Master Educators Guild at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, she has presented widely on subjects ranging from communications skills to stress management. Dr. Stuart is a trustee of the STFM Foundation and an honorary member of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
Saturday, September 17
12:15 - 2:00 pm
"Family Medicine, Relationships, and The Mind: A Vision of Health Across Two Generations"
Robert Rakel, MD; David Rakel, MD
Robert Rakel, MD, is one of the founding fathers of family medicine. A family physician since 1958, he became the first family medicine department chair at UC-Irvine Medical School in 1969. During the past 25 years in family medicine department and medical school leadership at Baylor College of Medicine, where he is a professor, Dr. Rakel has authored or edited nearly 50 books and held leadership positions for the American Board of Family Medicine, JAMA, the American Medical Student Association, and many others.
Originally a rural family doctor, David Rakel, MD, assistant professor of family medicine, is director of the University of Wisconsin Center for Integrative Medicine. Editor of Integrative Medicine, a text for medical providers, Dr. Rakel is board certified in family and holistic medicine after completing a two year fellowship in integrative medicine with Andrew Weil, MD, at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center. Dr. Rakel has a CAQ in sports medicine and is certified in interactive guided imagery.
Sunday, September 18, 2005
8:00 - 9:30 am
"Health Systems Worlds Apart: Humility or Humiliation "
Jerry Kruse, MD, MSPH
Dr. Kruse is a student of the interactions of biology and society. He has pioneered cooperative relationships between osteopathic and allopathic institutions and interprofessional systems of care. Dr. Kruse has a special interest in cross cultural and population health to inform effective policies and improve health care systems. Professor and chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, he was educated and trained at the University of Missouri at Columbia.