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Pelvic Health: Optimizing Care
is no longer available for CME credit.

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 sponsorship of the University of Virginia School of Medicine and Public Health and Discovery Health Channel. The University of Virginia School of Medicine and Public Health is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Virginia School of Medicine and Public Health designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Program Overview
Pelvic health problems affect more than 35 million women in the U.S. Yet these common issues, including menorrhagia, pelvic organ prolapse (POP), and stress urinary incontinence (SUI), remain underdiagnosed and under-treated.

Women who have these disorders are typically unaware that their symptoms have a diagnosis and can be effectively treated. Instead, they avoid activity during their menstrual periods, keep incontinence problems a secret, or assume that pelvic organ prolapse is simply a normal part of aging. As such, the burden of determining the presence of these problems lies with their health provider, as does determining the most effective, least invasive form of treatment.

Unfortunately, the standard treatment of these problems does not always reflect the state of the science, so in many cases women are not receiving optimal care. Discovery Health has assembled a panel of experts for a program detailing the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of these disorders. The program will help physicians be alert to the possibility of these problems, even in women who do not volunteer their symptoms; make the correct diagnosis, with appropriate evaluation of severity; and guide patients to the most up-to-date and effective treatments, including surgical options.

Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this program, participants should be able to:

• Discuss the epidemiology of pelvic health problems in women, focusing on stress urinary incontinence (SUI), pelvic organ prolapse (POP), fibroids and menorrhagia.
• Identify the adverse physical and psychological effects of these conditions.
• Present a strategy to screen for pelvic health problems in women who present for routine exams.
• Discuss office-based evaluation of SUI, POP, fibroids, and menorrhagia.
• Describe the surgical and non-surgical options available for treatment.

Target Audience
This activity is intended for Gynecologists, Primary Care Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Midwives, Physician Assistants, and other health care professionals who manage female patients.

Faculty Disclosure Information
As a sponsor accredited by the ACCME, it is the policy of the University of Virginia School of Medicine to require the disclosure of the existence of any significant financial interest or any other commercial supporter(s) of this activity or the manufacturer(s) of any commercial products(s) discussed in an educational presentation. Detailed disclosure will be made during the program.