• Family-Centered Pregnancy Care Live Course

    Monday, August 19–Wednesday, August 21, 2024
    Hyatt Regency Minneapolis
    Minneapolis, MN

    Already registered? You may edit your registration anytime.

    Plus optional Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics® courses Aug. 17–18

    Updated and new content! Gain the most up-to-date, evidence-based insight to deliver equitable pregnancy and reproductive care with this hands-on course, including:

    • A New World is Possible – Maternity Care Through the Lens of Reproductive Justice
    • Advanced Management of PPH
    • Advanced Management of PPH; 4th Trimester: How Family Doctors Can Lead the Management of the Care Continuum
    • Bridging the Divide: Evidence-Based Strategies for Reducing Maternal Health Disparities Among Black Women
    • Climate Change and Pregnancy
    • Delivering Babies Where There are No Epidurals
    • Landmark Papers in Obstetrics
    • Mental Health and Pregnancy – Blues News
    • Opioid Disorders of Pregnancy
    • Pregnancy Care for LGBTQ+ people
    • Pregnancy Related Mortality in the Post Dobbs Era
    • Prenatal Care for Our Patients with Elevated BMI: Updates on Motivational-Interviewing, Liver Disease Screening, and Weight Loss Medications
    • Small or In Trouble? Diagnosis and Management of Fetal Growth Restriction
    • Sneaky Preeclampsia
    • Unsafe Abortion Across the World: A Preventable Problem
    • Update on Antenatal Testing - Implementing the Most Recent Guidelines
    • Updates in Gestational Diabetes Screening and Management
    • Vaginal Delivery: Late Second Stage Management
    • Plus reflection time, posters, and special interest breakfasts

    Featuring seven Clinical Procedure Workshops that offer hands-on skills training and experience.

    Need Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) training?

    Register for the ALSO Instructor Course, August 17, or the ALSO Course, August 18. 


    Register by July 19 and save $100!

    By July 19:
    Member: $895

    Student or Resident: $645
    Other Health Care Professional: $895
    New Physician: $845
    Nonmember: $1,195
     

    After July 19:
    Member: $995
    Student or Resident: $745
    Other Health Care Professional: $995
    New Physician: $945
    Nonmember: $1,295


    All registrants will have access to an online version of the syllabus during the course.

    *Separate registration and fee required to attend a clinical procedure workshop.

    To register by fax or mail, download the registration form.
     

    Monday, August 19, 2024
    7:45–11:45 a.m. Lectures
    11:45 a.m.–1 p.m. Lunch on Your Own
    1–3 p.m. Lectures
    3–3:45 p.m. Poster Session (No CME credit)
    3:45–5:45 p.m. Clinical Procedure Workshops (separate registration and fee required)
    Tuesday, August 20, 2024
    7:45–11:45 a.m. Lectures
    11:45 a.m.–1 p.m. Lunch on Your Own
    1–3 p.m. Lectures
    3–3:45 p.m. Poster Session (No CME credit)
    3:45–5:45 p.m. Clinical Procedure Workshops (separate registration and fee required)
    Wednesday, August 21, 2024
    7:45–11:45 a.m. Lectures
    11:45 a.m.–1 p.m. Lunch on Your Own
    1–3 p.m. Lectures
    3–3:45 p.m. Poster Session (No CME credit)
    3:45–5:45 p.m. Clinical Procedure Workshops (separate registration and fee required)


    Schedule is subject to change.

    Lee T. Dresang, MD, FAAFP, Family-Centered Pregnancy Care Course Director
    University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, ALSO Medical Advisor, Advisory Group Chair and Associate Editor

    Joseph Angel-Padilla, MD
    Tacoma Family Medicine

    Sreevalli Atluru, MD
    Assistant Professor (CHS), Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health

    Leslie A. Atwood, MD, FAAFP
    Community Preceptor United Family Medicine Residency Program, St. Paul, MN

    Melissa Beagle, MD, MPH
    Assistant Professor, Family Medicine, University of Colorado Family Medicine Residency Program, Denver Health, Denver, Colorado

    Rebecca L. Benko, MD, FAAFP
    Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Associate Program Director, Tacoma Family Medicine Residency, Program Director Rural Obstetrics Fellowship, Tacoma, Washington

    Joseph Breuner, MD
    Faculty Swedish Family Medicine Residency, Clinical Associate Professor University of Washington Department of Family Medicine

    Renee Crichlow, MD, FAAFP
    Chief Medical Officer, Codman Square Health Center, Vice-Chair of Health Equity, Boston University Medical School, Department of Family Medicine

    Steve Dresang, MD, DTMH
    Seattle, Washington

    John Cullen, MD, FAAFP, Family Physician
    Valdez, Alaska

    Jennifer Eissfeldt, CNM, MS, Nurse Midwife
    Viroqua Gundersen Family Medicine Department, Viroqua, Wisconsin

    Jessica Taylor Goldstein, MD, FAAFP
    Associate Professor, Clinical Service Director – Maternal & Child Health, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

    Benjamin J.F. Huntley, MD, FAAFP
    Clinical Family Health, Lafayette, Colorado

    Dana Iglesias, MD, MPH
    Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Sarah James, DO, FACOFP
    Director of Osteopathic Education, Associate Professor University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine and Community Health

    Micah Johnson, MD
    Faculty, Allina Health - United Family Medicine Residency

    Lawrence Leeman, MD, MPH
    Professor in Family and Community Medicine; Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of New Mexico (UNM) School of Medicine and Board Certified in Family and Addiction Medicine

    Kelsey Leonardsmith, MD, FAAFP
    Assistant Professor, St. Johns Family Medicine Residency, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota Medical School, Director, Midwest Trans Health Education Network

    Julia L. McDonald, DO, MPH
    Faculty Physician/Hospitalist and RHEDI Director (Maine Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency), Staff Physician (Maine General Medical Center), Medical Director of Abortion Services (Mabel Wadsworth Center, ME), Clinical Associate Professor (Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, NH), Affiliate Faculty (University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine), Physician (Medecins Sans Frontieres, OCA)

    Susanna R. Magee, MD, MPH, FAAFP
    Clinical Professor of Family Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Chief of Obstetrics and Family Medicine, Landmark Medical Center, Director of Family Medicine Obstetrics Fellowship of Rhode Island, Associate Medical Editor, ALSO

    Zita Magloire, MD
    Physician Partner Cairo Medical Care, LLC; Chief of Staff Grady General Hospital, Cairo, GA; Clinical Assistant Professor (Family Medicine) Florida State University College of Medicine – Tallahassee, FL

    Gerald Montie, MD
    Faculty and Medical Director, United Family Medicine Residency Program, Allina Health, United Family Physicians Clinic

    Zeynup B. Uzumcu, MD, (she/her)
    Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine and Department of OBGYN, University of California, Davis

    Morgan White, MD
    Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

    • A New World is Possible – Maternity Care Through the Lens of Reproductive Justice
    • Advanced Management of PPH
    • Advanced Management of PPH; 4th Trimester: How Family Doctors Can Lead the Management of the Care Continuum
    • Bridging the Divide: Evidence-Based Strategies for Reducing Maternal Health Disparities Among Black Women
    • Climate Change and Pregnancy
    • Delivering Babies Where There Are No Epidurals
    • Landmark Papers in Obstetrics
    • Mental Health and Pregnancy – Blues News
    • Opioid Disorders of Pregnancy
    • Pregnancy Care for LGBTQ+ People
    • Pregnancy Related Mortality in the Post Dobbs Era
    • Prenatal Care for Our Patients with Elevated BMI: Updates on Motivational-Interviewing, Liver Disease Screening, and Weight Loss Medications
    • Small or In Trouble? Diagnosis and Management of Fetal Growth Restriction
    • Sneaky Preeclampsia
    • Unsafe Abortion Across the World: A Preventable Problem
    • Update on Antenatal Testing - Implementing the Most Recent Guidelines
    • Updates in Gestational Diabetes Screening and Management
    • Vaginal Delivery: Late Second Stage Management

    Topics are subject to change.

    Separate registration and fee are required to attend a session. Select a session during registration.

    Monday, August 19, 2024

    #1 Breech Delivery
    Lawrence M. Leeman, MD, MPH
    3:45–5:45 p.m.
    $160

    Upon completion of this session, you should be able to:

    • Accurately diagnose breech presentation at 35-36 weeks.
    • Offer or refer for external cephalic version for breech at early term time.
    • Manage emergency vaginal breech delivery including use of upright positions and maneuvers to resolve complications during vaginal breech birth.

    #2 Prenatal Ultrasound
    Lee T. Dresang, MD
    3:45–5:45 p.m.
    $160

    Upon completion of this session, you should be able to:

    • Review ultrasound basics including physics, knobology, privileging, and how to purchase a machine.
    • Review the five basic skills of a labor and delivery ALSO level scan: fetal number, fetal viability, fetal presentation/position, placental location, and amniotic fluid assessment.
    • Practice the four biometry measurements needed for estimating the fetal weight in the second and third trimester: biparietal diameter, head circumference, abdominal circumference, and femur length.
    • Describe the anatomy which the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) recommends to include in an anatomic survey.

    #3 Non-pharmacologic Management of Labor Pain 
    Jennifer Eissfeldt, MS, CNM, NP
    3:45–5:45 p.m.
    $160

    Upon completion of this session, you should be able to:

    • Compare and contrast the psychoemotional and basic physiologic measures that provide comfort and reduce stress for people in labor.
    • Identify evidence-based strategies for reducing pain and stress for people in labor.
    • Consider the integration of at least four non-pharmacologic techniques for reducing stress and pain in labor into practice.

    Tuesday, August 20, 2024

    #4 Osteopathic Approach to the Pregnant Patient 
    Sarah J. James, DO, FACOFP
    3:45–5:45 p.m.
    $160

    Upon completion of this session, you should be able to:

    • Describe the use of osteopathic manipulative medicine to treat pregnancy related symptoms through an evidence-based case-based approach.
    • Demonstrate manipulative techniques to assist women with the discomforts of pregnancy.
    • Describe the components of documentation, billing, and coding for osteopathic manipulation treatment.

    #5 Manual Rotation
    Lee T. Dresang, MD
    3:45–5:45 p.m.
    $160

    Upon completion of this session, you should be able to:

    • Identify the presence of the occiput posterior (OP) position during late pregnancy, and during first and second stages of labor. Diagnose a persistent OP using ultrasound.
    • Teach women with persistent OP position up to three position changes that may provide relief of back pain, and possibly assist in correction of the malposition.
    • Demonstrate proper techniques of manual rotation of the persistent OP position during stage two when the fetus is at a +2 station and vertex presentation.

    #6 Repair of Third/Fourth Degree Perineal Lacerations
    Larry Leeman, MD
    3:45–5:45 p.m.
    $160

    Upon completion of this session, you should be able to:

    • Perform a detailed and accurate postpartum perineal examination.
    • Use current evidence based techniques to repair 3rd and 4th degree lacerations.
    • Describe optimal postpartum care for women with 3rd and 4th degree perineal lacerations.

    Wednesday, August 21, 2024

    #7 Balloon Therapy (induction and PPH)
    Melissa Beagle
    3:45–5:45 p.m.
    $160

    Upon completion of this session, you should be able to:

    • Assess the evidence surrounding use of balloon therapy as tools for induction of labor (single vs double balloon, duration of placement, etc).
    • Discuss the use of postpartum hemorrhage EMR prediction models including use of a second prophylactic uterotonic at delivery.
    • Describe the indications to use balloons for postpartum hemorrhage, and discuss alternative methods to consider when Bakri-type balloons are unavailable.

    #8 Cesarean Delivery 
    Rebecca L. Benko, MD, FAAFP
    3:45–5:45 p.m.
    $160

    Upon completion of this session, you should be able to:

    • Define the steps of a cesarean section including evidence-based techniques and strategies to decrease complications and improve outcomes.
    • Summarize strategies for caring for patients with higher BMI, adhesions, hemorrhage, and lacerations at cesarean delivery.
    • Apply techniques of uterine artery ligation and B-Lynch on simulation surgical models.

    #9 Repair of Third/Fourth Degree Perineal Lacerations
    Larry Leeman, MD
    3:45–5:45 p.m.
    $160

    Upon completion of this session, you should be able to:

    • Perform a detailed and accurate postpartum perineal examination.
    • Use current evidence based techniques to repair 3rd and 4th degree lacerations.
    • Describe optimal postpartum care for women with 3rd and 4th degree perineal lacerations.


    *Separate registration and fee required to attend a clinical procedure workshop.
    Schedule is subject to change. 

    • Assess patients for common clinical problems seen in maternity care, centered on the family.
    • Construct evidence-based strategies to diagnose and treat common conditions related to maternity care.
    • Prepare plans to address emerging public health topics that patients may present with and address concerns.

    The following hotel is available for accommodations during the course. Contact the hotel to make arrangements for your stay. Making reservations early is encouraged.

    Hyatt Regency Minneapolis 

    1300 Nicollet Mall
    Minneapolis, MN 55403

    Phone: 612-596-4656 

    Rate: $169 Single/Double Occupancy
    + current tax rate

    Accommodation Cutoff: July 27, 2024


    Reservations Include:

    • Internet access in sleeping rooms
    • Access to the fitness center for all attendees

    View information about the poster display proccess and submission for approval

    Please email a copy of your Poster for approval on or before Friday, July 26, 2024 to Karla Krause at kkrause@aafp.org. Posters will be reviewed by the FCPC Chair and notification by email if accepted or denied.

    You must be registered for FCPC to have your Poster displayed during the conference.

    The AAFP has reviewed Family-Centered Pregnancy Care and deemed it acceptable for up to 22.5 Live AAFP Prescribed credit. Term of Approval is from 8/19/2024 to 8/21/2024. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    The AAFP is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    The American Academy of Family Physicians designates this Live activity for a maximum of 22.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    CME activities approved for AAFP credit are recognized by the AOA as equivalent to AOA Category 2 credit.

    Following this CME activity, participants will have the opportunity to earn an additional two Prescribed credits for participation in each Translation to Practice® exercise. Information on Translation to Practice® will be shared within the activity.


     

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    Other Events Taking Place in Minneapolis, MN

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