Women's Healthcare Forum CME workshops are jointly sponsored by the Foundation for Better Health Care (FBHC) and Women's Healthcare Forum, Inc. (WHF). The FBHC is an independent nonprofit educational organization that is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Goal

The goal of the WHF is to increase awareness of gender-based differences that impact human physiology, the pathophysiology of disease, and health-related outcomes. Gender-based differences begin at conception and persist through life. For this reason, the WHF presents a global approach to healthcare designed to guide health-related strategies throughout the lifespan.


Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Recognize that gender-based differences exist in disease manifestation and response to therapeutic intervention in an effort to better diagnose, manage and treat each individual patient appropriately.
  • Bird CE, Rieker PP. Gender matters: an integrated model for understanding men's and women's health. Soc Sci Med. 1991;48:745-755. [Evidence Level C]
• Discuss the diagnostic tools and various treatment strategies for endometriosis to better facilitate disease management and optimize patient outcomes.
  • Winkel CA. Evaluation and management of women with endometriosis. Obstet Gynecol. 2003;102:397-408. [Evidence Level C]
• Review symptom differences in the presentation of chronic constipation (CC) versus other GI disorders to make appropriate decisions regarding diagnosis and treatment options to improve the outcomes of female patients who suffer from these conditions.
  • American College of Gastroenterology Chronic Constipation Task Force. An Evidence-Based Approach to the Management of Chronic Constipation in North America. Am J Gastroenterol. 2005; 100:S1. [Evidence Level C]
• Discuss clinical strategies for diagnosing and managing insomnia and implement appropriate treatment plans tailored to individual patient's symptoms in order to improve patient outcomes.
  • Kupfer DJ, Reynolds CF 3rd. Management of Insomnia. N Engl J Med. 336:341, January 30, 1997. [Evidence Level C]