Women's Health 2010: The 18th Annual Congress

March 26-28, 2010
Washington, DC
Crystal Gateway Marriott
Crystal City Metro stop
(Arlington, VA)
One mile from Reagan National Airport

Presented by Journal of Women's Health and VCU Institute for Women's Health

Accreditation for the Women's Health 2010 Congress

Physician Continuing Medical Education

Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM), BioConferences International, Inc., and Institute for Professional Education. PIM is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 26.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity

Nursing Continuing Education

Credit Designation
This educational activity for 26.5 contact hours is provided by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine.

Accreditation Statements
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

California Board of Registered Nursing
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 13485 for 31.8 contact hours.

AAFP Accreditation

This activity has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 24.0 Prescribed credits by the American Academy of Family Physicians.

AANP Accreditation

This program is approved for up to 26 contact hour(s) of continuing education (which includes up to 15 hours of pharmacology) by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Program ID 0908285.

A statement of credit will be issued only upon receipt of a completed activity evaluation form and will be mailed to you within three weeks.

Target Audience

This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of physicians, advanced practice nurses, registered nurses, midwives, and other allied health professionals with an interest in women's health.

Purpose

The purpose of this activity is to provide a broad range of topics relevant to women's health across the lifespan.

Conference Learning Objectives

Upon completion of the program, participants will be able to:

  • Identify evidence-based approaches to address the management of reproductive health issues such as evaluation and treatment of infertility, management of abnormal uterine bleeding, treatment of menopausal symptoms, prevention and management of HPV, treatment of fibroids, and contraceptive prescribing
  • Identify recent advances in the understanding of vitamin D physiology and its role in health maintenance and disease prevention
  • Explain current evidence and approaches to the prevention, diagnosis and management of heart disease and hyperlipidemia in women, including the impact of reproductive outcomes on cardiovascular risk
  • Describe risk assessment for osteoporotic fractures & therapeutic strategies for management of osteoporosis
  • Review management strategies for palpitations and syncope in women
  • Describe recent advances in the understanding and management of pain in women
  • Review management strategies for psychiatric disorders in the pregnant and peripartum woman, including treatment with pharmacologic agents
  • Cite recent evidence regarding the benefits of breastfeeding for mother and child
  • Describe the mechanisms by which estrogen affects memory function
  • Review the prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome in women with PCOS, including the therapeutic implications
  • Define new concepts in the biology of breast cancer including ways in which new biologic mechanisms will alter management
  • Formulate why health literacy needs to be on the agenda for improving women's health
  • Describe the mechanisms and treatments of eye diseases most common to women
  • Define practical strategies for assessing and managing multiple active co-morbid medical conditions in older women
  • Define the evidence-based role of lifestyle changes, behavioral intervention and pharmacologic agents in tobacco addiction and cessation
  • Review state of the art approaches to the evaluation and management of fibromyalgia
  • Describe the public health impact of the federal population planning policies
  • Describe evidence-based strategies for prevention, assessment and intervention for partner violence in health care settings

Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest

Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires instructors, planners, managers and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose any real or apparent conflict of interest they may have as related to the content of this activity. All identified conflicts of interest are thoroughly vetted by PIM for fair balance, scientific objectivity of studies mentioned in the materials or used as the basis for content, and appropriateness of patient care recommendations.