Bridging the Gap: Innovations in Emergency Medicine for Primary Care


Kansas City University (KCU) has put together an outstanding Continuing Education (CE) program for its 2025 Homecoming. The sessions include topics that are current, relevant, and important to physicians and medical professionals. The presenters feature some new faces as well as popular, seasoned conference speakers.  All will be providing updates in medicine. 

If you are a KCU Alum, and plan on attending the non-CE events, make sure you have also registered at kansascity.edu/homecoming

Dates

The CE sessions will take place live, in-person from October 16, 2025-October 18, 2025 for a total of 20 hours of content. KCU will provide 12 hours of in-person content and 8 hours of pre-recorded content to those who register for a total of 20 hours of CE.  

The live, in-person CE presentations will be recorded and available on-demand starting October 22, 2025.

All recoded and on-demand presentations will be available until December 7, 2025. There will be no exceptions to this deadline, so please plan ahead.

Location

The live, in-person CE presentations will take place in the following locations:

Accreditation Statement

The event has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), and American Osteopathic Association (AOA) through the joint providership of the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS) and Kansas City University (KCU). MAOPS is accredited by the AOA and ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA (Allopathic) Credit Designation

MAOPS is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

MAOPS designates this activity for a maximum of 20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the in-person or online activity.

AOA (Osteopathic) Credit Designation

MAOPS is accredited by the AOA to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. MAOPS designates this program for a maximum of 20 AOA Category 1-A CME Credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation in this in-person or online activity.

ADA (Dental) Credit Designation

KCU College of Dental Medicine is an American Dental Association (ADA) Continuing Education Recognition Program (CERP) recognized provider. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual activities or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry.

Specific sessions held throughout the event are available to dental professionals for ADA CE credits.  

Planning Committee

The KCU CME Committee members serve as the CME Planning Committee for this conference. Membership of the committee includes faculty and staff from KCU and may include physicians from local communities. Members of the committee are listed on the KCU CME webpage at https://www.kansascity.edu/programs/continuing-medical-education.

Disclosures

Each of the members of the Conference Planning Committee disclosed that the relevant parties have no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this program or presentation, including no relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests relative to the content of this program. Speaker disclosures are included within each bio, and will also be shown at the beginning of each presentation.

Grievance Policy

All grievances should be in writing and specify the nature of the grievance.  Initially, a grievance should be directed to the KCU Continuing Education Director, who will then forward say grievance to the CME Committee.  Grievances should be addressed to the KCU CME Director at cme@kansascity.edu.  All grievances will receive an initial response from KCU within 30 days of receipt. KCU will resolve the grievance, if possible. 

If the DO or MD participant does not receive a satisfactory response from KCU, they can then submit the grievance in writing to KCU’s accredited sponsor, the Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS). Grievances should be addressed to the MAOPS Executive Director at 1423 Randy Lane, Jefferson City, MO 65101.  All grievances will receive a response from MAOPS in writing within 30 days of receipt.  MAOPS will resolve the grievance, if possible.