Office Gynecology Training for Family Physicians
Location: Online and at the Calgary Women's Health Centre
Course Overview
Family physicians and other primary care practitioners have to be increasingly competent in office skills and procedures that are more commonly associated with specialist practice, for example, Gynecological office procedures.
This course provides a Gynecological office procedure training opportunity for you - family physicians and other primary care practitioners, in Intrauterine Device (IUD) insertion and Endometrial Biopsy practice.
Registration
Registration fee: $200
Firstly, please email Crystal Ryszewski to be assigned a future in-clinic session. Following that, you will receive registration details from the CME&PD Office.
Crystal Ryszewski
crystal.ryszewski@ahs.ca
**Due to high demand for this course, the seat assignment is strictly first-come first-served based on clarification of your AHS privileges eligibility. You won't get a training session booked unless completing and sending back the paperwork for this aspect.**
Course Objectives
After completion of the IUD Insertion and Endometrial Biopsy training, participants will be able to :
- Recognize indications and test performance of endometrial biopsy
- Define long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) and recognize opportunities to the use of LARC options
- Demonstrate the approaches to pre-procedure assessment and counselling for IUD
- Demonstrate and perform endometrial biopsy and IUD insertion
- Identify and discuss management of issues after endometrial biopsy and IUD insertion, including mechanism of action
Accreditation
This one-credit-per-hour Group Learning program meets the certification criteria of The College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by the University of Calgary Office of Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development for up to 5.5 Mainpro+ credits.
Course Components
Disclosure
This course has received no commercial support.
