12th Annual Boston University School of Medicine Women’s Health Conference Women at Risk
March 2, 2012
The Conference Center at Waltham Woods, Waltham, MA
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International Women’s Day focuses on women, their struggles and their achievements toward education, empowerment and health. In honor of this global event, this conference will focus on health risks which face many women and which are too infrequently discussed. We will emphasize the impact that healthcare providers can have towards screening, treatment and advocacy for these women at risk and will outline practical, interdisciplinary management of these health challenges.
For more information on International Women’s Day, please visit: www.internationalwomensday.com
Target Audience
Family medicine physicians, obstetricians, gynecologists, nurses, midwives, social workers, mental health specialists and all other providers of women’s healthcare.
Educational Objectives
At the conclusion of this live activity, the participants will be able to:
- Discuss effective ways to address the barriers to healthcare in underserved, minority and multicultural populations.
- Provide comprehensive management and optimize outcomes for pregnancies affected by HIV or opiate addiction.
- Find and counsel woman at increased risk of anal cancer about risk reducing strategies.
- Effectively identify survivors of sexual trauma and exploitation, provide basic post-assault medical care, and act as advocate for survivor’s long-term reproductive and mental health.
- Optimize contraception and abortion counseling in obese patients.
- List the role and limitations of insulin sensitizers in the management of obese women with anovulatory infertility.
- Devise a rational and collaborative plan for prevention and management of obesity in women of all ages.
- Identify environmental factors that may have an impact on the reproductive health of women.
Accreditation
Boston University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Boston University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Continuing Nursing Education Provider Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Application has been made to MMCEP for CE credits. Please contact the CME office at 617-638-4605 for more details.
Commonwealth Educational Seminars (CES) #1117, is approved as a Provider for Social Work Continuing Education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB, 400 South Ridge Parkway, Ste B, Culpepper, VA 22701) www.aswb.org. ASWB Approval Period: 10/6/09 – 10/5/12. Social workers should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval.
Social Workers receive seven continuing education clock hours participating in this course.
Core Competencies
This activity has been developed with consideration given to the American Board of Medical Specialties Six Core Competencies. This activity will increase your competency in the areas of Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Interpersonal and Communication Skills, Professionalism, Systems-Based Practice, and Practice-Based Learning and Improvement.
