This comprehensive review is designed to help you pass your Obstetrics and Gynecology board exams as well as to update your clinical knowledge and, thus, is useful to practicing physicians as well as senior trainees. Many of our previous participants found the course provided them with improved diagnostic and testing strategies, a better understanding of all major relevant disease entities, and helped them recognize specific areas of knowledge weakness for self-study. The course includes lectures that review the entire field of Obstetrics and Gynecology with emphasis on evidence-based medicine and board-relevant standards of care, incorporating new concepts, guidelines, and treatments. Many of our previous participants found the course provided them with improved diagnostic and testing strategies, a better understanding of all major relevant disease entities, and helped them recognize specific areas of knowledge weakness for self-study.
Objectives
At the conclusion of this course each participant will be able to:
1. Summarize important aspects of pre-conceptual health, pregnancy, labor and childbirth, postpartum care, genetics, genetic counseling and prenatal diagnosis
2. Demonstrate an updated understanding of women’s health, in general, and evidence-based strategies for the care of reproductive organs and breasts as well as maintenance of sexual function and screening for cancer
3. Discuss evidence-based practice strategies for management of hormonal disorders, treatment of infections, surgery to correct pelvic organ and urinary tract problems as well as cancer treatment
4. Incorporate the latest clinical guidelines discussed in your practice of Obstetrics and/or Gynecology
Faculty & Topics
Jamil Elfarra, MD
Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist
Norton Health Group, Louisville, KY
Early and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss, Multiple Gestation and Breach, Isoimmunization, Pre-term Labor and Cx Incompetence, OB Ultrasound, Induction of Labor and Intrapartum Management, Maternal and Fetal Physiology, Med Disorders in Pregnancy IV (Infectious Diseases) OB Pearls
Robert Kauffman, MD
Professor and Chair of Ob & Gynecology Texas Tech University
Med Disorders in Pregnancy V(Hypertensive Disorders), Med Disorders in Pregnancy III(Cardiac, Pulmonary Disorders), Vulvodynia, Breast Disorders, and Breast Cancer Screening, Contraception, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Vaginitis, Medical Disorders in Pregnancy II(Diabetes, Thyroid, and Pituitary), Abnormal Uterine Bleeding, Pediatric Gynecology, Chronic Pelvic Pain
Scott Kambiss, DO
Assistant Professor of Ob & Gynecology Uniformed Sciences Univ of Health Sciences
Prevention and Management of Operative Injuries (Surgical Complications), Basic Surgical Techniques, Surgical Anatomy, Smoking, and Substance Abuse, Female Urinary Incontinence, Abortion, Disorders of Pelvic Support
Frederick U. Eruo, MD, MPH
Associate Program Director
Beaumont Hospital OBGYN Residency
Dearborn, Michigan
Medical Disorders in Pregnancy I (Neuro, GI, Renal, Hematology), Hematologic Autoimmune and Oncology in Pregnancy, Obstetric Emergencies, Prenatal Diagnosis
Melvin Thornton II, MD
Associate Professor of Ob-Gyn Columbia University
Normal and Abnormal Sexual Development, Amenorrhea, Infertility, Menopause, and Osteoporosis, Androgen Disorders
Neil T. Phippen, MD, FACOG
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Staff Gynecologic Oncology, Brooke Army Medical Center
Pre-invasive Cervical Neoplasia and Colposcopy, Cervical Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, and Chemotherapy, Uterine Cancer
Ziad Hubayter, MD, MBA, MPH, FACOG
Assistant Professor Reproductive Medicine and Infertility
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Lebanese American University
Sexual Dysfunction, PMS and Depression, Normal Pregnancy Mgt (Genetics and teratology), Prolactin Disorders, Uterine Fibroids, and Ectopic Pregnancy, Postpartum Disorders, and Complications
Release Date: June 30, 2020