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The NextGen Precision Health Discovery Series provides learning opportunities for UM System faculty and staff across disciplines, the statewide community and our other partners to learn about the scope of precision health research and identify potential collaborative opportunities. The series consists of monthly lectures geared toward a broad multidisciplinary audience so all can participate and appreciate the spectrum of precision health efforts. 

Information about this upcoming talk, including continuing education, is available below.

I Know Mom Is OK: Next-Generation Precision Health Care for Older Adults

Speaker: Rachel Proffitt, OTD, OTR/L, Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Health Sciences, 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ

Date: Wednesday, August 9, 2023, Noon-1:00 p.m.
 
Location: Tom and Linda Atkins Family Seminar Room, Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health building

Description

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning news uses have grown exponentially over the past year. News stories have exploded with cautionary tales. But what if AI could be harnessed for good? In her talk, Dr. Rachel Proffitt will detail advances in machine and deep learning paired with in-home sensors to support older adults living in the community. She will include findings from recent and ongoing federally funded research studies and discuss the implications for supporting rural healthcare and aging-in-place.

About the Speaker

Dr. Rachel Proffitt is Associate Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Health Sciences, 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ. Her research focuses on developing, testing, and implementing virtual reality-based interventions for adults and older adults post-stroke. Dr. Proffitt has extensive experience working in an interdisciplinary setting with computer scientists and engineers and was previously the director of the Game Based Rehab Lab at the Institute for Creative Technologies at the University of Southern California (USC). She has completed a T32 postdoctoral fellowship with an emphasis in rehabilitation clinical trials as well as a KL2 Career Development Award. She is currently translating effective interventions, such as LSVT®BIG, for use with the stroke population and pairing telehealth applications for remote delivery in rural areas. Dr. Proffitt is PI of an NIH R21 to develop a new algorithm for activity recognition and assessment in the natural home environment for individuals post-stroke and the PI of an NIH R01 to evaluate a sensor system in the homes of rural community-dwelling older adults.

Continuing Professional Education Credit

Successful Completion of this activity, which includes participating in the educational offering, participating in the evaluation process and completing the verification of attendance, enables the learner to satisfy the requirements for continuing education.

Nursing Contact Hours

91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ Sinclair School of Nursing is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Midwest Multistate Division, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (ANCC). 

1.0 contact hour may be awarded.

Physicians

The 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ-Columbia School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

The 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ-Columbia School of Medicine designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)â„¢. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Financial Relationships

Current ACCME and Midwest Multistate Division, ANCC rules state that participants in continuing education activities should be made aware of any relevant affiliation or financial interest in the previous 24 months that may affect the planning of an educational activity or a speaker’s presentation(s). Each planning committee member and speaker has been requested to complete a financial relationship reporting form for the NextGen Precision Health Discovery Series. No planning committee member or speaker has a relevant financial interest.