Women’s Health Update for GPs

$770.00

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CPD Points: 22

This huge course pack contains 15 lectures across a wide range of women’s health topics such as common infections, cardiovascular disease prevention, advance in contraception, transgender patients, understanding central sensitisation syndromes and breast cancer screening.

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Course Description

This course contains the following topics:

  • Well-Woman Visits in 2018: How Should We Approach Cervical Cancer Screening and Routine Pelvic Examinations? – George F. Sawaya, MD
  • Prevention of Common Infections in Women: Best Practices in Vaccination – Lisa Winston, MD
  • Preventing Cardiovascular Disease in Women: Current Guidelines for Hypertension, Lipids, and Aspirin – Robert B. Baron, MD, MS
  • Preventing, Recognizing, and Managing Opiate Use Disorders – Katherine Julian, MD
  • Updates in Contraception: Advances in Technical and Interpersonal Care – Christine E. Dehlendorf, MD,MAS
  • Current Concepts in Caring for Transgender Patients – Maddie Deutsch, MD, MPH
  • Current Strategies for Menopause Management – Judith M.E. Walsh, MD, MPH
  • Understanding Central Sensitization Syndromes: Fibromyalgia, Chronic Pelvic Pain, and Painful Bladder Syndrome – Molly Heublein, MD
  • Updates in Breast Cancer Screening – Karla M. Kerlikowske, MD
  • Best Practices in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia – Bruce J. Miller, MD
  • Cutting-edge Genetics, Made Easy – Mary E. Norton, MD
  • Gynecologic Cancers in the Age of Precision Medicine – Lee-may Chen, MD
  • Management of Obesity: Diet, Drugs, and Surgery – Michelle Guy, MD
  • Common Sports Injuries in Women – Carlin Senter, MD
  • Current and Emerging Strategies for Osteoporosis – Douglas C. Bauer, MD

What you will learn

Those who complete the entire program should be able to:

  • Discuss and implement new guidelines for women for prevention and early detection of cancer with clinical exams, pap tests, genetic tests, and diagnostic imaging
  • Discuss and implement new guidelines for women to prevent infectious diseases with vaccines, screening, and counseling
  • Discuss and implement current guidelines for women to prevent cardiovascular diseases with treatment of hypertension, lipid disorders, and aspirin
  • Diagnose and treat common and controversial problems in women’s health including osteoporosis, menopause, fibromyalgia, obesity, cognitive impairment, sports injuries, and allergies
  • Counsel patients about new developments in genetic testing
  • Understand new treatment options for women with gynecologic cancers
  • Counsel patients about treatment options in contraception
  • Provide comprehensive health care for transgender patients
  • Select the best diagnostic tests; Evaluate and prescribe new medications
  • Utilize optimal strategies to enhance value in medical practice
  • Advocate for quality health care services for women