Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Understand the role of progestins and how progestins may differ;
• Address patient concerns with respect to overall hormonal impact and how this may effect compliance.

Faculty

• Margaret Burnett, MD (Moderator), Winnipeg, MB
• J. Kell Williams, MD, Tampa, FL

Unrestricted Educational Grants

• Janssen-Ortho Inc.

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Make practical applications of recent knowledge of HPV disease to colposcopy management for patients;
• Recognize and manage typical colposcopy patterns;
• Evaluate and treat some unusual colposcopic problems such as graft versus host disease.

Faculty

• Lizabeth Brydon, MD (Course Director), Regina, SK
• James Bentley, MD, Halifax, NS
• R. Patricia Power, MD, St. John's, NL
• Alexandra Schepansky, MD, Edmonton, AB
• Jeffrey Dempster, MD, Halifax, NS
• Helene Gagne, MD, Ottawa, ON
• George Sawaya, MD, San Francisco, CA
• Sam Ratnam, MSc, PhD, St. John's, NL
• Monique Bertrand, MD, London, ON

Unrestricted Educational Grants

• Society of Canadian Colposcopists (SCC)
• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)

Limited to 40 participants

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Faculty

• Scott Farrell, MD (Course Director), Halifax, NS
• Marianne Pierce, MD, Halifax, NS
• Baharak Amir, MD, Halifax, NS

Unrestricted Educational Grants

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Better understand research in Maternal Fetal Medicine and the need for collaboration;
• Better understand the framework of practice in Maternal Fetal Medicine;
• Better understand the national databases pertinent to Maternal Fetal Medicine;
• Review women/manpower issues: Why choose MFM as a career?
• Review the fetal therapy update: tracheal occlusion for diaphragmatic hernia;
• Better understand prevention and in-utero therapy of open neural tube defect;
• Better understand the impact of obesity.

Faculty

• Dan Farine, MD (Course Director), Toronto, ON
• Francois Audibert, MD (Course Director), Montreal, QC
• Robert Liston, MD, Vancouver, BC
• R. Wilson, MD, Calgary, AB
• Greg Ryan, MB, Toronto, ON
• Hayley Bos, MD, London, ON
• Mark Walker, MD, Ottawa, ON
• Gregory Davies, MD, Kingston, ON
• Lynn Murphy-Kaulbeck, MD, Moncton, NB

Unrestricted Educational Grants

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Have reviewed the 2007 SOGC Fetal Health Surveillance Consensus Guidelines;
• Know the important changes from the prior SOGC Guidelines;
• Have used the new Fetal Health Surveillance terminology in clinical care scenarios.

Faculty

• David Young, MD (Course Director), Halifax, NS
• N. Lynne McLeod, MD, Halifax, NS
• Ann Sprague, RN,PhD, Ottawa, ON

Unrestricted Educational Grants

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Manage hirsutism, amenorrhea, define the condition and evaluate potential health risks;
• Update of current management of Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome clarify the pathology, prevention, risks and management;
• Review role of exercise, obesity and diet in infertility;
• Review key issues in infertility diagnosis and management eg; ovarian reserve tests, methods to assess uterine cavity, tubal patency and choose evidence based therapy.

Faculty

• Gillian Graves, MD (Course Director), Halifax, NS
• Heather Cockwell, MD, Oakville, ON
• Renda Bouzayen, MD, Halifax, NS
• Thomas Ransom, MD, Halifax, NS

Unrestricted Educational Grants

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Review the current evidence and practice patterns for laparoscopic hysterectomy;
• Review the clinically relevant anatomy for laparoscopic hysterectomy;
• Provide practical tips for using electrosurgery and alternative energy sources in operative laparoscopy;
• Review an approach to the various types of laparoscopic hysterectomy;
• Provide strategies for reducing complications at laparoscopy.

Faculty

• Sukhbir Singh, MD,FRCSC (Course Director), Ottawa, ON
• Philippe-Yves Laberge, MD, FRCSC, ACGE, Ste-Foy, QC
• Krisztina Bajzak, MD, St. John's, NL
• Nicholas Leyland, MD, North York, ON

Unrestricted Educational Grants

• Johnson & Johnson Medical Products - Ethicon Endo-Surgery Division
• Karl Storz Endoscopy Canada Ltd.
• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Review surgically relevant pelvic floor anatomy for both the gynaecologic surgeon and the urogynaecologist;
• Become familiar with a variety of pelvic floor procedures available, including some novel "mesh" procedures;
• Recognize the potential pitfalls of pelvic floor procedures for pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence;
• Utilize prosected cadaver specimens and hands-on cadaver dissections to demonstrate and enhance the above learning objectives.

Faculty

• Queena Chou, MD (Course Director), London, ON
• Alfred Bent, MD, Brookfield, NS
• Geoffrey Cundiff, MD, Vancouver, BC

Unrestricted Educational Grants

• Bard Canada Inc.
• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Understand some of the unique challenges faced by health care professionals in providing high quality ethical care to mature minors, with particular attention to issues of consent and confidentiality;
• Review various forms of illicit drugs and how they may impact young women's gynaecologic and reproductive care;
• Discuss contraceptive options for adolescent women and strategies to minimize contraception failures;
• Explore issues around adolescent pregnancy including pregnancy rates, pregnancy risks and recommendations for surveillance.

Faculty

• Nancy Van Eyk, MD (Course Director), Halifax, NS
• Françoise Baylis, PhD, Halifax, NS
• Sari Kives, MD, North York, ON
• Joan Wenning, MD, Halifax, NS

Unrestricted Educational Grants

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Manage an early postmenopausal patient who is symptomatic; has concerns about breast cancer; and has a low bone mass;
• Manage a Premenopausal patient with a low BMD who has fertility concerns;
• Manage a perimenopausal patient with low BMD and abnormal uterine bleeding;
• Manage an older postmenopausal patient on long term hormonal therapy with a prior fracture;
• Manage a patient with Premature Ovarian Failure who has a very low BMD referred to you from the Fertility Clinic.

Faculty

• Elaine Jolly, OC,MD,FRCSC (Course Director), Ottawa, ON
• Aliya Khan, MD, Oakville, ON
• Chui Yuen, MD, Vancouver, BC
• David Kendler, MD, Vancouver, BC
• Christine Derzko, MD, Toronto, ON

Unrestricted Educational Grants

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Understand the drawbacks of 21/7 regimens: incomplete pituitary-ovarian suppression, follicular development and hormone withdrawal symptoms;
• Understand modifications in current 21/7 regimens to provide greater pituitary-ovarian suppression with potential for improved contraceptive efficacy and side effect profile;
• Understand how 24/4 dosing may impact your practice.

Faculty

• Donald Davis, MD (Moderator), Medicine Hat, AB
• Lee Shulman, MD, Northbrook, IL

Unrestricted Educational Grants

• Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Describe the importance of preterm labour, the cost to the health care system and the outcome of premature babies;
• Learn the mechanisms involved in preterm labour and the implications for clinical practice;
• Learn the predictors and diagnostic criteria for premature labour;
• List the strategies for prevention and treatment of premature labour.

Faculty

• Robert Gagnon, MD (Course Director), Montreal, QC
• John Challis, PhD,DSc,FRCOG,FRSC, Vancouver, BC
• Anthony Armson, MD, Halifax, NS
• Alan Bocking, MD, Toronto, ON

Unrestricted Educational Grants

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Review the new classification for hypertensive disorders in pregnancy;
• Understand the potential use of predictive tools in the context of preeclampsia;
• Be aware of the more recent therapeutic developments.

Faculty

• Andree Gruslin, MD (Course Director), Ottawa, ON
• Amira El-Messidi, MD, Mount-Royal, QC
• Douglas Woelkers, MD, La Jolla, CA

Unrestricted Educational Grants

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Review the current Canadian guidelines on prenatal screening;
• Be aware of legal obligations for prenatal screening;
• Discuss the 18-20 week genetic sonogram - an underutilized prenatal screen;
• Review new prenatal screening technology.

Faculty

• Michiel Van den Hof, MD (Course Director), Halifax, NS
• Douglas Bell, MD, Ottawa, ON
• R. Wilson, MD, Calgary, AB
• Jo - Ann Brock, MD, Halifax, NS

Unrestricted Educational Grants

• Duchesnay Inc.
• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Consider the approach of a pregnant woman with respiratory complications;
• Review the management of a pregnant woman with septic shock;
• Discuss the anesthetic considerations of a patient with severe preeclampsia, morbid obesity or at risk of bleeding;
• Review the steps of the cardiopulmonary resuscitation during pregnancy;
• Understand the acute management of a patient with amniotic fluid embolism.

Faculty

• Line Leduc, MD (Course Director), Outremont, QC
• Chantal Crochetiere, MD, Montreal, QC
• Francine Morin, MD, Montreal, QC

Unrestricted Educational Grants

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Have advanced awareness of the role of a reproductive mental health service in providing care to women and their children;
• Receive updated information about psychiatric medications in pregnancy;
• Gain an understanding of the importance of mother-infant attachment as it relates to a mental health population.

Faculty

• N. Lynne McLeod, MD (Course Director), Halifax, NS
• Coleen Flynn, Halifax, NS
• Mary-Ann Hudec, MD, Halifax, NS

Unrestricted Educational Grants

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Demonstrate OR set up essentials including equipment troubleshooting;
• Provide a "hands-on" experience with various alternative energy sources;
• Provide a "hands-on" experience with office hysteroscopy equipment;
• Demonstrate and practice using various options for tissue extraction in benign gynaecology.

Faculty

• Sukhbir Singh, MD,FRCSC (Course Director), Ottawa, ON
• Claude Fortin, MD, Lachine, QC
• Barry Sanders, MD, Vancouver, BC
• Donna Gilmour, MD, Halifax, NS
• Krisztina Bajzak, MD, St. John's, NL
• David Rittenberg, MD, Halifax, NS
• Philippe-Yves Laberge, MD, FRCSC, ACGE, Ste-Foy, QC

Unrestricted Educational Grants

• Johnson & Johnson Medical Products - Ethicon Endo-Surgey Division
• Karl Storz Endoscopy Canada Ltd.
• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Review surgically relevant pelvic floor anatomy for both the gynaecologic surgeon and the urogynaecologist;
• Become familiar with a variety of pelvic floor procedures available, including some novel "mesh" procedures;
• Recognize the potential pitfalls of pelvic floor procedures for pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence;
• Utilize prosected cadaver specimens and hands-on cadaver dissections to demonstrate and enhance the above learning objectives.

Faculty

• Queena Chou, MD (Course Director), London, ON
• Alfred Bent, MD, Brookfield, NS
• Geoffrey Cundiff, MD, Vancouver, BC

Unrestricted Educational Grants

• Bard Canada Inc.
• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Review the etiology of menorrhagia in adolescent patients and discuss possible management options;
• Discuss menstrual suppression for challenging young women, including those on chemotherapy or with developmental delay;
• Explore when mullerian anomalies should be suspected, and how to diagnose and manage them.

Faculty

• Nancy Van Eyk, MD (Course Director), Halifax, NS
• Melanie Ornstein, MD, Toronto, ON
• Sari Kives, MD, North York, ON

Unrestricted Educational Grants

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)

Sub-Specialty Sessions (SS)

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Understand the challenges faced by midwives in the various health care systems across Canada;
• Understand midwives' relationship with the health care team throughout Canada;
• Identify barriers for midwifery regionally, provincially, territorially and nationally;
• Develop strategies for where we go now as midwives working in our communities and Canada.

Faculty

• Michelle Kryzanauskas, RM (Course Director), Kimberley, ON
• Kathi Wilson, RM, Ilderton, ON

Unrestricted Educational Grants

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Identify and review five elements of labor support;
• Describe techniques of labor support that work depending on a woman's phase of labor. During this portion of the presentation, we will enable a "hands on" opportunity to practice several of these supportive techniques;
• Discuss the evidence associated with supportive care in labor;
• Develop methods of documentation that "showcase" labor support provision.

Faculty

• Kate Lively, RN (Course Director), Halifax, NS
• Erna Snelgrove-Clarke, RN, Halifax, NS
• Margaret Quance, RN, PhD, Calgary, AB

Unrestricted Educational Grants

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Appreciate how sexual health is expressed and changes over the lifespan;
• Gain a deeper understanding of their role in discussing and promoting sexual health with their patients;
• Advocate for effective sexual health interventions;
• Identify and counsel around common sexual problems;
• Gain an understanding of the safety and efficacy of testosterone in female sexual dysfunction, based on international evidence from the world's leading authority.

Faculty

• Jennifer Blake, MD (Course Director), Toronto, ON
• Susan Davis, MD, Prahran, Australia
• John Lamont, MD, Hamilton, ON
• William Fisher, PhD, London, ON
• Donald Langille, MD, Halifax, NS

Unrestricted Educational Grants

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Identify common complications of hysteroscopic surgery;
• Outline the best techniques for prevention of hysteroscopic complications;
• Discuss management of the common complications of hysteroscopic surgery;
• Identify common causes of gynaecologic litigation.

Faculty

• Douglas Bell, MD (Course Director), Ottawa, ON
• Paul Martyn, MD, Calgary, AB

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Describe a VBAC counselling session for patients with a previous caesarean section;
• Discuss the risk factors for uterine rupture;
• Describe the usefulness of ultrasound measurement of the lower uterine segment;
• Describe the technique used for the measurement of the lower uterine segment.

Faculty

• Lynda Hudon, MD (Course Director), Montreal, QC
• Robert Gauthier, MD, Montreal, QC
• Nicole Jastrow, MD, Montreal, QC

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Explore the rationale and evidence for and against a number of tests performed in pregnancy including
• Routine urine culture with first prenatal visit;
• Routine urine dip with each subsequent visit;
• Thyroid function tests at first prenatal visit;
• Screening for syphilis;
• Universal screening for diabetes at 24-28 weeks;
• Routine cervical swabs for GC and Chlamydia;
• Dating ultrasound;
• Varicella serology.

Faculty

• Heather Scott, MD (Course Director), Halifax, NS
• Martina Delaney, MD, St. John's, NL

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Understand a definition of "Normal Birth" and why it matters;
• Discuss the SOGC Joint Policy Statement on Normal Childbirth (12/08) and whether this fits within your current practice model;
• Understand the principles and practices that promote, protect and support "Normal Birth";
• Understand some of the barriers and enablers for a culture of "Normal Birth".

Faculty

• William Ehman, MD (Course Director), Nanaimo, BC
• Kathi Wilson, RM, Ilderton, ON
• Ann Sprague, RN,PhD, Ottawa, ON

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Recognize which women should be screened for blood disorders;
• Discuss and recommend the limit of investigation for blood disorders;
• Review the clinical recommendation in obstetrical care and gynaecology for women with blood disorders;
• Recommend an algorithm for delivery for women with bleeding disorders.

Faculty

• Diane Francoeur, MD (Course Director), Montreal, QC
• Rochelle Winikoff, MD, Montreal, QC

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Review current guidelines for hysterectomy in terms of surgical approach;
• Identify most common challenges for vaginal hysterectomy;
• Discuss tips and tricks for increasing minimally invasive approaches to hysterectomy.

Faculty

• Guylaine Lefebvre, MD (Course Director), Toronto, ON
• Kirsten Smith, MD, North York, ON

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Understand the basic diagnostic evaluation required for patients presenting with symptoms of overactive bladder;
• Understand the indications for invasive testing (urodynamics, cystoscopy) in patients presenting with symptoms of overactive bladder;
• Understand the therapeutic and side effect profiles of pharmacological agents used to treat overactive bladder;
• Understand the options for non-pharmacological (i.e. conservative treatment) for overactive bladder.

Faculty

• Danny Lovatsis, MD (Course Director), Toronto, ON
• Jens-Erik Walter, MD, Westmount, QC

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Counsel women on the advantages and disadvantages of medical versus surgical abortion;
• Describe the important components of medical abortion practice including counselling, effects and follow-up;
• Safely provide medical abortions in their practices using agents and regimens available in Canada.

Faculty

• Edith Guilbert, MD (Course Director), Sainte Foy, QC
• Sheila Dunn, MD, Toronto, ON

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Review the impact of listeria infection in pregnancy;
• Discuss other food-borne infections in pregnancy;
• Develop an approach to emerging infectious diseases in pregnancy.

Faculty

• Mark Yudin, MD (Course Director), Toronto, ON

Learning Objectives

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Recognize and diagnose the common vulvar dermatoses;
• Learn the current treatment options for the vulvar dermatoses;
• Develop an approach to the diagnosis and treatment of vulvodynia.

Faculty

• Jeffrey Dempster, MD (Course Director), Halifax, NS
• Mary Louise Baxter, MD, Dartmouth, NS