Preconference A
Focus on Adolescent Health Care
Wednesday, October 29 • 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Adolescence … a time for exploration, experimentation and independence. This Preconference, “Focus on Adolescent Health Care,” will address key issues affecting your clinical and psychosocial care of teens and their families, providing you with tools for empowering teens to take control of their health and life. The clinically active faculty will explore evidence-based approaches for caring for adolescents, translating the evidence into clinical “pearls” you can put directly into practice.

This Preconference will enable you to:

• Strengthen critical assessment skills when caring for teens.
  
  
• Discuss diagnostic and management strategies for selected adolescent conditions.
  
  
• Witness media influences on adolescent behavior and interests and discuss interventions for improving adolescent decision-making.
  
  
• Guide teens in choosing appropriate contraception, incorporating new options and prescribing regimens.

Program Overview and Objectives

Why Adolescent Medicine? Interesting Clinical Cases
Victor C. Strasburger, MD
( = .25 hr.)

Addressing Teen Risk-Taking Behaviors
• Contraceptive Management for Teens ( = .5 hr.)
• HPV Vaccine Update ( = .5 hr.)
Melissa Kottke, MD
• Helping Teens Make Better Decisions
Marion Howard, PhD

Providing Adolescent-Friendly Health Services That Make A Difference
Yolanda Wimberly, MD, MSc

Refreshment Break • Exhibits

Questions and Discussion
Faculty Panel
(= .25 hr.)

Adjourn

Educational support provided by Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health (PRCH)

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Preconference B
Contraception for Women with Chronic Medical Conditions
(ACPE #263-000-08-947-L01-P - 4 Contact Hours/.4 CEU)
Wednesday, October 29 • 8:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

• Is it safe to prescribe oral contraceptives for women with hypertension?
  
  
• Why are long-acting reversible contraceptives often a good choice for women with chronic medical conditions?
  
  
• Are there non-contraceptive benefits which may improve your patient’s chronic health condition?

Attend this Preconference and find out the answers to these and many other questions you have about prescribing contraception for women with common chronic medical conditions. Taught by a panel of experts, this Preconference focuses on the essential information you need to help your patients make informed decisions and, through a casebased approach, gives you the tools and knowledge to manage challenging contraceptive dilemmas.

You won’t want to miss this dynamic educational opportunity which will enable you to:

• Update your knowledge on the medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use.
  
  
• Discuss contraceptive management for women with specific chronic medical conditions.
  
  
• Identify non-contraceptive benefits which may improve your patient’s health status.
  
  
• Review a variety of illustrative case scenarios and make contraceptive management recommendations.

Program Overview and Objectives
Robert A. Hatcher, MD, MPH

Update on Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use
Carrie Cwiak, MD, MPH
(=.5 hr.)

Refreshment Break • Exhibits

What’s the Best Choice? Contraceptive Options for Specific Conditions
Nikki B. Zite, MD, MPH
(= .5 hr.)

Adjourn

Preconference C
Managing Abnormal Paps & Vulvar Disease
Wednesday, October 29 • 1:00 - 5:30 p.m.

You asked at the 2006 and 2007 conferences and we have responded! “More time on managing abnormal paps and vulvar disease!” And, we are bringing back two of our most popular speakers to share their expertise on these common clinical problems.

Lisa Flowers, MD will explore the causes of pre-malignant and malignant diseases of the cervix and highlight the relationship between HPV and abnormal pap tests. Guidelines for managing abnormal paps will be discussed, with a focus on the appropriate use of HPV testing and colposcopy. Through case study discussion, recommended management of LSIL and HSIL will be reviewed, including special circumstances such as adolescence and pregnancy.

Michael Policar, MD, MPH will challenge you to identify common and not-so-common vulvar lesions, including clinical differentiations and treatment options. Viral, bacterial and neoplastic vulvar skin changes will be explored and recommendations for management, including medication and biopsy, will be discussed. Dr. Policar will also share his expertise on vulvar pain, highlighting the management of these often difficult and complicated clinical syndromes.

This Preconference will enable you to:

• Describe the relationship between HPV and cervical disease.
  
  
• Discuss the guidelines for follow-up of abnormal pap tests.
  
  
• Identify indications for colposcopy to investigate abnormal cytology.
  
  
• Recommend management options for LSIL and HSIL.
  
  
• Differentiate viral, bacterial and neoplastic vulvar skin lesions.
  
  
• Identify treatment options for HPV.
  
  
• Examine potential causes of vulvar pain syndromes and describe treatment options.

Abnormal Pap Test, HPV and Colposcopy
Lisa Flowers, MD

Managing Vulvar Lesions, HPV and Vulvar Pain Syndromes
Michael Policar, MD, MPH
( = 1 hr.)

Preconference D
IMPLANON™ Clinical Training
Wednesday, October 29

1st Training Session: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
(Registration Check-In: 8:30 a.m.)

2nd Training Session: 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
(Registration Check-In: 1:00 p.m.)

There will be two training sessions, each limited to 49 participants. You will be assigned in the order your registration is received and you will be notified of your assigned time prior to the training. Deadline for registration is Thursday, October 9. Register early! These sessions will reach capacity quickly!

Join your colleagues for a clinical training on the newest method of birth control, IMPLANON™, an implantable, progesterone-only contraceptive. You will learn key clinical data about IMPLANON™ as well as important elements for patient counseling pre- and post-insertion. This session includes a hands-on training using specially designed model arms, and the insertion and removal procedures as well as implant localization will be reviewed. Ordering and billing information for IMPLANON™ will also be covered.

This session, which is sponsored by Organon USA Inc., a part of Schering-Plough, is not accredited for continuing education credit. The training is open to advanced practice clinicians with furnishing numbers or prescribing privileges in their state and to physicians only. It is Organon’s policy to verify all clinicians’ practice, license and eligibility information in advance of the training. Organon will contact you directly if there is a problem regarding this process. Attendees are expected to attend the entire training. Certificates of attendance will not be issued to those who arrive late or leave early. The tuition fee will be used by Contemporary Forums to offset administrative expenses.

This training will not be recorded and will not be part of the Online CE Library.