CE Offerings
Sexual Function in Women with Pelvic Floor Disorders
This Webcast is a one hour and twenty-five minute enduring symposium from the AUGS 28th Annual Scientific Meeting in Hollywood, Florida, designed for physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants who screen, diagnose and manage women with pelvic floor disorders.
Program Overview
One of the common problems among women is pelvic floor disorders (PFDs). These disorders have the potential to impact sexual health. Symptoms associated with PFDs and their impact on a woman’s sexual health can be embarrassing and lead to underreporting by women even though these complaints are common. Easy to administer, reliable and valid questionnaires are now available to identify an underreported condition and serve as a platform for clinicians to discuss sexual complaints and provide appropriate interventions.
During the webcast, our esteemed faculty will discuss the following:
• Theories of female sexual function
• The effects of PFDs on sexual function
• Validated questionnaires that evaluate the sexual function of women with and without PFDs
• Data describing changes in sexual function following surgical or medical treatment of PFDs
Purpose Statement
The purpose of this enduring Webcast is to give clinicians tools to evaluate and manage women with sexual complaints associated with pelvic floor disorders (PFDs) in order to improve their urological and sexual health.
Target Audience
This CME activity is designed for physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants who screen, diagnose and manage women with pelvic floor disorders.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this Webcast, participants will be able to:
• List questionnaires and methods to expeditiously assess women’s sexual function
• Discuss the complexities of sexual function.
• Describe the impact of UI, SUI, OAB, POP and anal incontinence on female sexual function.
• Discuss changes in sexual function following treatment for pelvic floor disorders.
Release Date: September 1, 2008; Expiration Date: September 1, 2009
Program Faculty
Rebecca Rogers, MD
Associate Professor and Director, Division of Urogynecology
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Catherine Matthews, MD
Associate Professor
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA
Matthew Barber, MD, MHS
Associate Professor
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
This activity is jointly sponsored by Minerva Medical Communications & Medical Education Collaborative (MEC). MEC is a non-profit organization that has been certifying quality educational activities since 1988.
ACCME Accreditation Statement
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of Medical Education Collaborative, Inc. (MEC) and Minerva Medical Communications. The Medical Education Collaborative is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Medical Education Collaborative designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ANCC Accreditation Statement
Medical Education Collaborative (MEC) is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
This continuing nursing education activity for 1.4 contact hours is provided by MEC.
Medical Education Collaborative (MEC) is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 129909 for 1.4 contact hours.
For questions concerning the accreditation of this activity, please contact Medical Education Collaborative at (303) 420-3252 or e-mail at inquire@meccme.org.
Instructions for Credit
In order to receive credit for this activity, participants must read through the accreditation information, purpose statement, learning objectives, target audience, faculty disclosures and instructions for credit. After viewing the Webcast in its entirety, participants must download, complete and sign the Webcast Post-Test, Evaluation and Credit Application form and mail or fax all five pages to the Medical Education Collaborative at the address or fax number provided on the first page of the document.
This program is supported by an educational grant from Pfizer Inc.
