Cleveland Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Presented by: Sponsored by:
Cleveland Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Topic: “All Things Considered…The News Meets Clinical Practice”
Moderator: Christine M. Slotta, MD
January 20, 2016 1:00-5:00 pm
DoubleTree Hotel at Rockside and I-77
1:00 p.m. Welcome by Christine M. Slotta, MD, President
1:05 p.m. Opioid use in Pregnancy
Jennifer Bailit, MD, MPH
Clinical Director Family Care Service Line and
Director Mother and Child Dependency Program
Department of OB/GYN
MetroHealth Medical Center
1:45 p.m. Mona Lisa Fractional CO2 Laser Therapy: Fact or Fiction?
Marie Fidela R. Paraiso, MD
Professor of Surgery
Section Head, Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
Cleveland Clinic
2:35 p.m. Presentation of the 2015 Medical Student Award
2:35-3:00 p.m. Refreshment Break
3:00 p.m. The Ins & Outs of Healthcare Social Media
Mr. Chris Seper
Vice President of Healthcare at Breaking Media (editor of MedCity News.com)
3: 40 p.m. Do More Hysterectomies Vaginally!
Mark D. Walters, MD
Professor, Vice Chair, Gynecology
Section of Urogynecology and Female Pelvic Medicine
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health Institute
Cleveland Clinic
4:20 p.m. Breast Feeding for the OB/GYN
Ann M. Witt, MD, FABM, IBCLC
Breastfeeding Medicine of Northeast Ohio
5:00 p.m. Adjourn
LEARNING OBJECTIVES & PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE GAP(S)
After this session, participants will be able to:
1. Realize the heroin epidemic in Ohio and the US
2. Appreciate the special needs of pregnant opiate dependent patients
3. Explore local resources for helping pregnant opiate patients
4. Describe how the Mona Lisa laser functions
5. Discuss indications and technique for this procedure
6. Present current evidence regarding the Mona Lisa vaginal laser therapy and my experience
7. Explain the current state and usage of healthcare social media
8. Outline best use cases for real patient engagement on social
9. Outline what the future brings with social media
10. Describe the important factors in choosing the best route of hysterectomy
11. Discuss the relative complications, advantages and disadvantages, and cost considerations for each of the various ways to perform hysterectomy
12. Suggest ways to increase the vaginal hysterectomy rate
13. Prenatal: 1. Identify benefits of prenatal breastfeeding counseling and review common breastfeeding counselingpoints. 2. Identify the two most common reasons for weaning
14. Postnatal: 1. Review latch and hand expression techniques and Identify how they help support breastfeeding. 2. Provide updates in treatment of milk stasis with review of research on Therapeutic Breast Massage in Lactation (TBML)
Practice Gap(s) for this session: Practice Gap(s) for this session: The Practice Gap is the reason a conference or CME activity needs to be held. It describes the difference between where a group of learners/field of study/ practice currently is (current status) and where the learning/practice should be (desired status). The "gap" between the current and the desired will be used to identify conference needs, purposes, objectives, and desired outcomes.
1. Give physicians the information and techniques to make them more successful in performing more hysterectomies vaginally and to consider this mode as first line before any other.
ACCREDITATION
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 providership of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the Cleveland Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.5AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
DISCLOSURE STATEMENT:
The policy of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine CME Program (CWRU) requires that the Activity Director, planning committee members and all activity faculty (that is, anyone in a position to control the content of the education activity) disclose to the activity participants all relevant financial relationships with commercial interests. Disclosure will be made to activity participants prior to the commencement of the activity. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine CME Program also requires that faculty make clinical recommendations based on the best available scientific evidence and that faculty identify any discussion of “off-label” or investigational use of pharmaceutical products or medical devices.
The intent of this policy is not to prevent a presenter with a potential conflict of interest from making a presentation. It is the right of the audience to know about any such potential conflict of interest which should be openly identified. Members of the audience may form their own judgments and it is incumbent upon each listener to determine whether a presenter’s outside interests may reflect a possible bias in either the exposition or the conclusions presented. Detailed disclosures are made in the Faculty section of this publication.
Presenters are also obligated to disclose any discussion of unlabeled or unapproved uses of drugs or devices.
DISCLOSURE OF THE FACULTY PRESENTING:
Drs. Bailit, Walters, Witt reported no financial relationship relevant to this activity.
Dr. Paraiso reviews adverse events for research trials on a committee for AMS and has unrestricted research grants from Coloplast and ACell
Mr. Seper has not returned his disclosure form at this time.
DISCLOSURE OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Drs. Ashby and Slotta reported no financial relationship relevant to this activity.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Exhibits have been provided by CooperSurgical, Cynosure, Inc., Shionogi Pharmaceuticals and smith&nephew.