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Webcasts and Education

New this Month:

• Unusual Cause of Recurrent Urinary Infection by Dr. Narayan M.Patel
• Ureteral Injuries in Obstetrics and Gynecology by Dr. Ahmed Walid Anwar Murad
• Management of Poor Responders in IVF by Dr. Ayman Nady Abdelmeged

New Standards Developed for Procedural (Non-Surgical) Ambulatory Facilities

Speculum Examination Training presented by The American College of Nurse-Midwives

We invite you to participate in a free WebCast focused on Speculum Examination Training for pregnant women. This skill can be used when gathering information to help make a clinical diagnosis. Leslie Ludka, CNM, MSN, will share important information on assessment of the patient and guide the viewer step by step through the examination while giving helpful insights to the procedure. 1 CEU is available to nurses who successfully complete the presentation. This program is supported by an educational grant from Hologic.

Dr Charles Koh of the Milwaukee Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery performs a Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy procedure on Hysterectomy Resource Center.

Also view our library of hysterectomy tips and techniques.

Preterm Birth and Fetal Fibronectin: Assessing the Risk Along the Continuum

Epidemiology of Preterm Birth
Ashley Roman, MD
Assistant Professor
of Ob / Gyn
NYU School of Medicine
New York, NY, USA

Fetal Fibronectin as a Predictor of Preterm Birth
Andrei Rebarber, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Ob / Gyn
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY, USA

Introduction to Office and Operative Hysteroscopy, Resad Paya Pasic, MD, with co-author Royshanda C. Smith, MD

In this video tutorial we instruct on the setup, equipment and management of office hysteroscopy. The minimal use of anesthesia and the improvements in therapeutic and diagnostic qualities of office hysteroscopy makes it use an attractive alternative to the operating room for both the gynecologic practice and their patients in terms of reduced time and cost efficiencies.

Congress Coverage

28th Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine

11th World Congress on Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility

36th Annual AAGL Congress from Washington D.C.

2007 AAVIS meeting in Sydney, Australia. AAVIS is a multidisciplinary pelvic floor society based in Australia.

Presentations from the 35th Annual Meeting of the International Urogynecological Association.

38th Annual Meeting of Society Gynecologic Oncology

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