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Primary Care

Celebrity Cruises' Reflection

11-Night Eastern Mediterranean Cruise Conference
from Rome, Italy
October 21 - November 1, 2013

BIAS FREE CME - No Commercial Support was provided for this CME activity.

14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
14 Contact Hours
Course Fee
Physicians - $695
All Others - $450
Course Fee Cancellation Policy - 30 days or more - None; 7-29 days - 50%; less than 7 days - 100%

Faculty

Dale A. Matthews, M.D., FACP,

Dr. Matthews practices general internal medicine in Washington, DC and is a member of the clinical faculty at Georgetown University School of Medicine. He conducts research and lectures nationally and internationally on the doctor-patient relationship and the psychological and spiritual dimensions of medicine, including the role of faith, religion, and prayer in clinical care and healing. He is the author of The Faith Factor: Proof of the Healing Power of Prayer (Viking, 1998).

Dr. Matthews is a cum laude graduate of Princeton University (AB, 1976), where he majored in Romance Languages and Literatures with a special concentration in European Civilization. He graduated from Duke University School of Medicine in 1980, and completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at the University of Connecticut in Farmington in 1983. In the same year, he was named as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar at Yale University School of Medicine. At Yale, he studied clinical epidemiology and began his research career by examining patients' perceptions of physician performance in the hospital and outpatient setting.

David Parrish, M.D.,

Dr. David Parrish currently serves as Director of the Family Medicine Residency and has also served as Director of the Sports Medicine Fellowship at Bayfront Medical Center in St Petersburg, Florida. He has been faculty in the residency for 25 years and Residency Director since 2002. As Director he is responsible for 24 residents 3 fellows and 7 full time faculty. Leadership positions he has held in the organization include Chief of the Medical Staff for 4 years, Chair of IRB for 8 years as well as multiple committees and community endeavors. He has received the AJ Gorday award, which is the highest award given by the medical staff. Before joining Bayfront residency as faculty he established Family Medicine at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and was faculty in a US Navy residency in Charleston, SC. On leaving the active duty Navy he continued in the US Navy Reserves, serving twice as Directorate of Health Services for two different multi state regions, and Reserve Commanding Officer for Navy Hospital Jacksonville, Fl and National Naval Medical Center Bethesda, Md near Washington, D.C. He assumed Command of NNMC a few weeks after the attacks of 9/11/2001. Following the 2 year tour at NNMC he was recalled to Active duty for one year. CAPT Parrish has received many awards and medals for his service.

Dr Parrish teaches in the residency daily and lectures frequently. He has taught ACLS and ALSO for many years as National Faculty. He has lectured on many topics from wilderness medicine to women’s health. He especially likes to mentor emerging leaders and those interested in a life of service and organizational command leadership.

Dr David Parrish, MS, MD, FAAFP was born and raised in a small town in Alabama. Public high school and a BS degree in Secondary Education from Auburn University were earned before being drafted to serve the US Army. Using his GI Bill he completed a Master’s Degree at UAB in Pathology followed by Medical School. Returning to the military he completed a Family Practice Residency at Naval Hospital Pensacola. Other than continuing education courses, he completed the NIPDD (National Institute for Program Director Development). Dr Parrish is a recognized speaker, author and is Family Physician to many patients.

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Family Physicians, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants

1. Concussion update
2. Screening Guidelines
3. Chronic fatigue
4. Pap smear recommendations
5. Abnormal thyroid tests
6. Hormones for menopause
7. Wilderness travel preparation for patients
8. Stress fracture diagnosis and management
9. Insomnia
10. Anxiety
11. Headache
12. Male sexual disorders
13. Spirituality and medicine
14. Enhancing the doctor-patient relationship

Accreditation: Continuing Education, Inc is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Designation: Continuing Education, Inc designates this live activity for a maximum of 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^tm. Each physician should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Accredited status does not imply endorsement by Continuing Education, Inc/University at Sea or ANCC of any commercial products displayed or used with an activity.

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Conference Sessions generally take place during the days at Sea (depends on program and itinerary) so that conflict with any Ports of Call or evening entertainment is minimized.

(A Convenient Calendar to Check Your Dates)

EXCLUSIVE SHORE EXCURSIONS Please note our shore excursions are operated independently of the cruise line.

DATE	PORT OF CALL	ARRIVE	DEPART
Mon Oct 21	Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy	-	5:00pm
Tue Oct 22	At Sea Cruising Lectures 1:00-5:00pm	-	-
Wed Oct 23	Santorini, Greece	2:00pm	10:00pm
Thu Oct 24	At Sea Cruising Lectures 9:00am-12noon; 1:30pm-4:30pm	-	-
Fri Oct 25	Istanbul, Turkey (Overnight stay onboard)	7:00am	-
Sat Oct 26	Istanbul, Turkey	-	1:00pm
Sun Oct 27	Ephesus (Kusadasi), Turkey	10:00am	7:00pm
Mon Oct 28	Mykonos, Greece	7:00am	6:00pm
Tue Oct 29	Athens (Piraeus), Greece	6:00am	6:00pm
Wed Oct 30	At Sea Cruising Lectures 8:00am - 12noon	-	-
Thu Oct 31	Naples/Capri, Italy	7:00am	6:30pm
Fri Nov 1	Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy	5:00am	-

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