Women’s Health for Primary Care: Gynecology, Pain Management and Wellness

Women’s Health for Primary Care: Gynecology, Pain Management and Wellness

Overview
This conference is designed to provide primary care clinicians with up-to-date, evidence-based information on commonly encountered issues in Women’s Health, while suggesting pragmatic approaches to clinical management. The discussion-based format of the conference will encourage audience participation through dynamic lectures, case-based studies, and hands-on workshops. Keynote speakers will present and critically assess recent advancements and industry updates in Women’s Health and Wellness, with the goal of enhancing the knowledge-base and core competence of attendees. The successful completion of this interactive program diagnosing, treating, and prescribing the most effective courses of treatment, with the ultimate goal of improving patient outcomes.

Target Audience
All Physicians and other Healthcare Professionals seeking clinical information about Women’s Health and Wellness.

Speakers
Our presenting national faculty speakers make it their professional goals to enhance the training of primary care clinicians. This Continuing Medical Education program promises to help you learn the most current, best medicine, and techniques for making the diagnosis easier and quicker during a 20-minute office visit.

Topics and Objectives

Contraception 2020
Objectives: 1) Describe the increasing role of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) in family planning and identify the risks and benefits of long-acting methods 2) Discuss optimal prescribing of combination contraceptives – the pill, patch, and ring 3) Identify the available options for emergency contraception (EC) including their benefits and limitations

Menopausal Hormone Therapy 2020
Objectives: 1) Discuss data on the cardiovascular risks and benefits of MHT generated since the initial publication from the Women’s Health Initiative 2) Summarize current evidence regarding the effect of MHT on breast cancer risk.3) Identify current best practices for prescribing MHT

Evolving Guidelines for Pap and HPV Testing
Objectives: 1) Describe the natural history of HPV infection and how it relates to current screening recommendations for cervical neoplasia 2) Identify current guidelines for frequency of Pap testing. 3) Describe the role of HPV testing in detecting cervical neoplasia

Vaginitis: Tackling the Tough Cases
Objectives: 1) Discuss the roles for and limitations of the tests currently available for the diagnosis of vaginal infections 2) Describe current recommendations and options for managing persistent and resistant vaginitis 3) Identify entities other than vaginitis that may be associated with vaginal symptoms

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Simplified
Objectives: 1) Describe the proposed pathophysiology of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome 2) Identify management options for the gynecologic consequences of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: irregular menses, hirsutism, and infertility 3) Identify management options for the metabolic effects of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Female Sexual Dysfunction
Objectives: 1) Describe the current model of normal Female Sexual Response 2) Identify the diagnostic categories for Female Sexual Dysfunction and discuss possible etiologies for each 3) Discuss management options for each category of Female Sexual Dysfunction

Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
Objectives: 1) Review scope of problem of abnormal uterine bleeding 2) Discuss the new FIGO classification system and notation system for abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) 3) Understand the importance of pre-operative imaging investigations and limitation of blind sampling in the treatment of AUB 4) Outline rationale of medical therapy

Fibroid Treatment Options
Objectives: 1) Review minimally invasive surgical approaches to treat uterine fibroids. 2) Describe interventional radiologic procedures that are effective in the treatment of uterine fibroids 3) Discuss emerging medical therapy under clinical development including progesterone receptor modulators and oral gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonists as an alternative to surgery

Getting Our Patients to Move: A Prescription for Exercise
Objectives: 1) Describe the importance of lifestyle interventions in the management of obesity and understand that exercise is at the core of interventions to improve patient outcomes 2) Gain knowledge in prescribing exercise for the treatment of obesity 3) Design individualized patient-centered intervention to improve obesity outcomes

Preventing Professional Burnout: Getting Your Mojo Back
Objectives: 1) Describe how to recognize burnout 2) Enumerate working conditions that lead to burnout 3) List the five stages of burnout 4) Characterize effective methods to prevent burnout 5) Define resilience and activities that promote improvement in quality life metrics

A Prescription for Wellness: How Not to Die
Objectives: 1) Learn methods to encourage your patients into living a healthier lifestyle by improving your diet 2) Review concepts of Motivational Interviewing 3) Understand the tenets of the Blue Zone

Intimate Partner Violence
Objectives: 1) Be able to list the incidence and prevalence of intimate partner violence 2) Outline the pattern of the cycle of abuse 2) List the myths and consequences of intimate partner violence 3) List ways that health care workers can be a part of the solution to decreasing the incidence of intimate partner violence

Note: Content is subject to change without notice. Please refer to the activity website for the most current information.

Note: Content is subject to change without notice. Please refer to the activity website for the most current information.

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