Survival Skills for Today's Gynecologist Spring 2024: Optimize Menopause, Ultrasound, Urogynecology, and Office-based Procedures in Your Practice The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City, Arlington

Advise overweight GYN patients with Co-morbidities on successful weight loss strategies beyond simple diet and exercise including use of available pharmaceuticals.

Recognize Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause (GSM) and its impact on quality of life while applying evidence-based hormonal and non-hormonal treatment options.

Apply understanding of cancer mortality related to cancers without screening guidelines in clinical practice by review of the science behind cell-free DNA and the data supporting its use in early cancer detection.

Incorporate new guidelines for diagnosis of abnormal uterine bleeding into clinical practice.

Understand the clinical implications of systemic absorption of contraceptive progestogens from IUDs.

Understand the clinically relevant nuances of breast cancer screening with 3-D mammography, breast ultrasound and MRI, including a brief overview of what faster and more effective breast cancer screening may look like in the future.

Appreciate risk management for your patients with dense breast tissue, and your obligations under current “Dense Breast” legislation; advise patients appropriately for additional screening.

Learn new approaches for how to better protect the female patient’s bone health after menopause.

Adopt a holistic approach to treating overactive bladder and develop strategies for assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of pelvic floor dysfunction, including surgical and non-surgical options.

Implement individualized peri and postmenopausal hormone therapy options for the complicated patient.

Apply new guidelines for adnexal masses

Add new competencies for managing menopausal symptoms, using both hormonal and non-hormonal approaches, while separating fact from fiction.

Differentiate between low sexual desire and hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD), and appreciate how to improve both by engaging evidence-based diagnostics and appropriate treatments.

Appreciate the complexities of vulvovaginitis, including the causal conditions, and derive an appropriate differential diagnosis for acute and chronic conditions with the concomitant treatment plan.

Understand the current approaches to hysterectomy and which technique is best for each patient.

Understand the new guidelines for cervical cancer screening, management of abnormal cervical cytology, applying the new guidelines – including recommended practice management algorithms – into clinical decision making.

Differentiate the physiological actions of estrogens from androgens, implementing evidence-based androgen replacement paradigms for improved health and sexual function.

Understand the new and emerging types, benefits, and risks of long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs).