Today’s news around refugees and displaced persons focuses on the challenges of gaining asylum and then adaptation to a host country. However, there are other issues that come up over time as the crisis that led to the migration settles and the refugee considers some form of reconciliation with their native land. These issues include dealing with a new bicultural identity and its acceptance by either home or host nation, revisiting unresolved conflicts over the stressors related to migration that continue to resonate in the migrant’s life, acceptance of return by family and friends due to ideology and past traumatic experiences, and the ambivalence of making time and space for their first visit back to the homeland. This presentation addresses these issues from both the perspective of the available literature of returnees as well as the personal experiences of the presenter in visiting his homeland after 50 years of separation.
Presenter:
Andres J. Pumariega, MD
Professor and Chair, Psychiatry
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Dean’s Conference Room
E & R Building
Camden
The learner objectives for this activity are to improve diagnostic skills, increase knowledge of all psychiatric disorders, and discuss recent advances in all areas of psychiatry, psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, and evaluative techniques.
The intended audience for this activity includes psychiatrists and psychologists. Other health care professionals including physicians from other disciplines, residents, medical students, nurses, therapists, and social workers may also participate.
The Cooper Health System is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Cooper Health System takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME activity.
The Cooper Health System designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM per session. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Successful completion of one hour of a continuing medical education (CME) course recognized by the American Medical Association, the American Osteopathic Association, or the American Podiatric Medical Association is equal to one hour of continuing education for New Jersey nursing license renewal (New Jersey Board of Nursing 13:37-5.3).
All faculty participating in CME activities sponsored by The Cooper Health System are expected to disclose to the audience any real or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentation. Full Disclosure Statements will remain on file in the Department of CME.
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