OB/GYN Postgraduate Conference
Sponsored by:
Sponsored by Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa
Medical Education and Research Facility
Medical Education and Research Facility
Iowa City, Iowa
Purpose and Intended Audience
The conference reviews selected areas of obstetrics and gynecology and primary care. The anticipated audience is women’s health care providers: practicing obstetrician/gynecologists, family physicians, ARNPs, PAs as well as those in training. Topics address office and hospital practice.
This year’s conference highlights obstetric topics including high-risk obstetrics. Participants will receive updates regarding management of neurologic disease, thyroid disease, pulmonary disease, and thrombotic disease in pregnancy. In addition, we will learn about integrated first and second trimester screening for fetal chromosomal abnormality. Resident physicians will present their research projects which include short fetal femur length and pregnancy outcomes, vulvar cancer recurrence patterns, the role of the Pap smear in patient management decisions, low back pain in pregnancy, and preterm premature ruptured membranes in pregnancy. Hot topics in patient care include issues of bioethics in reproductive technology, and an interactive session addressing cultural competency in health care.
Learning Objectives
Following the conference, participants should be able to:- Understand and apply new advances in pregnancy genetic screening.
- Develop an approach to thyroid disease in pregnancy.
- Appreciate treatment options for neurologic disease in pregnancy.
- Consider the bioethical impact of feminist theory in reproductive technology.
- Examine the importance of short fetal femur length in the second trimester.
- Become familiar with recurrence patterns in vulvar cancer .
- Contemplate the role of the Pap smear in patient management.
- Investigate the etiologies of low back pain in pregnancy .
- Analyze current data regarding prolonged premature rupture of the membranes.
- Reflect on the importance of cultural sensitivity in patient care.
- Explore manifestations of pulmonary disease in pregnancy.
- Scrutinize treatment of thrombotic disease in pregnancy.