Updates in Emergency Medicine and Women's Health

The purpose of this educational activity is to provide participants with current information in order to deliver state-of-the-art-care. A multi-disciplinary approach to patient care is emphasized, as well as, exploring issues relating to system-based practices.

1. Pediatric fever: management and update
   • Recognize serious bacterial infections
   • Describe suggested diagnostic work-up of the febrile infant based upon recognize guidelines and patient age
   • Identify life-threatening causes of fever
2. Syncope update: the evaluation of the patient with loss of consciousness
   • List causes for syncope which may cause morbidity and mortality
   • Discuss cost-effective work-up for the patient with history of loss of consciousness
   • Interpret different reports and recommendations in recent literature
3. Pain management options in the era of opioid abuse
   • Appraise the extent of the opioid crisis
   • Analyze options for treatment of pain without use of narcotics
   • Examine new developments and pharmaceutical developments of analgesics
4. Trauma in the pediatric patient
   • Discuss the extent and nature of non-accidental trauma
   • Report the extent and science of imaging in the injured child
   • Critique recommendations for diagnosis and management of the concussed adolescent
   • Analyze the role of anti-thrombolyics
5. What is new in toxicology?
   • Cite substances of abuse which were not available even ten years earlier
   • Describe toxidromes which may elucidate what may have caused symptoms in the poisoned patient
   • Exemplify specific abused substances
6. Cardiopulmonary/Resuscitation update
   • Report changes in standard guidelines
   • Formulate resuscitation guidelines past standard CPR and advanced cardiac life support
   • Recognize the role of targeted temperature management, neuro-imaging and ECLS
7. Legal considerations in general, emergency and primary care
   • Describe practices which may put the patient and practitioner at risk
   • Evaluate consequences of lawsuits to the well-being of the provider
   • Identify best practices to minimize lawsuits in emergency care
   • Demonstrate the magnitude of litigation and of defensive medicine
8. Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) - How can I help my Patients?
   • Describe the pathogenesis and the diagnostic process in PMS
   • Describe the natural history and prognosis of PMS
   • Discuss the evidence for current treatment of PMS
   • Apply the latest recommendations how to manage effectively PMS.
9. High Risk Pregnancy: Doctor - what about my future health?
   • To discuss recent recommendations for follow up and intervention in women who had high-risk pregnancy conditions in their past pregnancies such as: preeclampsia /eclampsia, fetal intra uterine growth restriction and gestational diabetes
   • The participants will be able to detect the long term consequences of these high risk pregnancy conditions
   • The participants will be able describe possible future health problems of the offspring of these high-risk pregnancy mothers in accord with barker hypothesis
   • The participants will be able to assess the importance of continuous blood pressure measurements, glucose and lipid profile levels, weight reduction programs when appropriate according to the specific high-risk pregnancy.
10. Diabetes in pregnant women and beyond
    • Differentiate the different types of diabetes during pregnancy.
    • Discuss the latest evidence-based recommendations of the medical measures to be taken before pregnancy in a known diabetic patient.
    • Apply the appropriate management of diabetes during pregnancy, delivery and post-partum.
    • Discuss different management options in gestational diabetes and pre-gestational diabetes.
    • Apply evidence-based treatment options using the latest technological advances of insulin pumps and continuous glucose sensors when appropriate.
11. Infertility - Basic evaluation of the couple
    • Describe the basic diagnostic steps and treatment options of infertile patients
    • Discuss the preliminary evaluation needed in both male female and unexplained infertility
    • Apply an up to date methodological and structured evaluation using the different fertility tests and treatment options according to the medical finding presented
    • Explain infertility patients the cause of their problem and help them in the decision-making process of how to reach their goal of having a baby
12. Sexual problems - How can I help my patients?
    • Differentiate various common causes of both female and male sexual problems
    • Discuss the latest recommendations for treating sexual dysfunction
    • Apply a structured comfortable evaluation of the sexual dysfunction
    • Determine when to refer the patient for further evaluation and treatment by a Psychological therapist or Sexologist
13. Chronic pelvic pain - A practical approach
    • Discuss recent recommendations of the evaluation of chronic pelvic pain
    • Apply evaluation plan in a methodological manner
    • Assess female chronic pelvic pain through both noninvasive and invasive diagnostic procedures
    • Describe and apply the appropriate therapy needed according to the diagnosis
14. Examination and treatment of common vulvar and vaginal infections
    • Differentiate between Bacterial vaginosis, Yeast infections and trichomonas vaginalis.
    • Discuss diagnosis and management of common vulvovaginal infections
    • Describe the diagnostic office tests for differentiating these infections through few simple tests performed
    • Apply effective treatment for these common vaginal and vulvar pathological conditions
15. Women's Cardiovascular Problems – How can I help my patients?
    • Discuss recent recommendations of the evaluation of women's cardiovascular problems
    • Apply evaluation plan in a methodological manner
    • Promote female cardiovascular health though preventive measures and noninvasive and invasive diagnostic procedures
    • Describe and apply the appropriate therapy needed according to the diagnosis