On-going satellite broadcast series sponsored by the School of Public Health in partnership with the New York State Department of Health Bureau of Women's Health; features clinical experts paired with public health experts to provide continuing medical education on current women's health issues with both clinical and public health significance.
Preconception Care
Satellite broadcast originally aired February 27, 2003
- Version now available via videostreaming (Requires basic RealOne Player which is available as a free download.)
- Apply for Continuing Education Credits
- Handouts:
- PowerPoint slides
- Preconception Care Resources for Patients and Providers in New York State
- Preconception Screening & Counseling Checklist
Pre-pregnancy care is an increasingly recognized need with both clinical and public health significance. The goal of this program is to improve health care providers’ knowledge, understanding, and practice of preconception care as a means of improving pregnancy outcomes for women and children. The conference will build on a Preconception Care Curriculum developed at Montefiore Medical Center for the March of Dimes.
Objectives
As a result of this program, participants will be able to:
- describe the importance of routine preconception care
- list at least 2 potential benefits of preconception care on pregnancy outcomes
- identify at least 2 barriers that exist to providing preconception care with emphasis on “at risk” groups
- identify at least 2 risk factors in a preconception evaluation
- list at least 1 way to integrate preconception care into their routine practices
Speaker:
Cynthia Chazotte, MD, Professor of Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology, Director of Obstetrics and Perinatology, Weiler Hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center
Continuing Education
The School of Public Health, University at Albany, is accredited by the Medical Society of the State of New York to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The School designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 category one credits toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.
This Educational Activity is presented by the School of Public Health Continuing Education, which has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the New York State Nurses Associations' Council on Continuing Education, which is accredited by the American Nurses' Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. It has been designated for 1.0 contact hours and has been assigned code 54NLRE-PRV-02-061.
Endorsement
The Women’s Health Grand Rounds series has been endorsed by the New York State Chapters of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Academy of Family Physicians.
For further information, contact Cheryl Reeves, Assistant Director of Continuing Education, School of Public Health via e-mail and include "women" in subject line. creeves@albany.edu
Videos and videostreaming of previous Women's Health Grand Rounds are now available.
Last update: Nov. 21, 2003
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