Pre-Congress Post Graduate Update
Click here to register for the Post Graduate Update Only.
Date: Friday 18 September 2009
Time: 9.00am – 12.00pm
Venue: Bradman Theatrette, National Convention Centre Canberra
Registration: AMS Congress Delegates – Included in Registration Categories B, D and F.
Non AMS Congress Delegates – A$125
The Post Graduate Update is an exciting new venture that the AMS Council will be organising at the 13th AMS Congress. The Update is designed to complement the Congress Program and is aimed at all those GPs or specialists who would like a comprehensive update in this ever changing field of menopause medicine. During the morning there will be four presentations by prominent AMS members, with plenty of time for your questions. AMS Information Sheets about each topic will be provided for each presentation. The meeting will be chaired by Canberra GP, Dr Linda Welberry.
- Menopause – What Is It?: Professor Rod Baber
- Definitions – how long does it last?
- Peri-menopause
- Variations such as premature menopause
- Oestrogen deficiency scores
- Why you shouldn’t do hormone blood tests
- Effect on different body systems (bones, CVD, mood, skin, urogenital, hair)
- Well woman checks including smears, mammograms, bone density, lipids/glucose
- General health advice: exercise, diet including calcium and Vitamin D
- Is any treatment needed?
- Contraception/fertility at peri-menopause
- HRT: Risks & Benefits: Professor Alastair MacLennan
- Types of HRT
- How to prescribe HRT
- Tricks and individualising treatment
- Risks and benefits including evidence from latest research trials
- Managing the risk
- Tibolone
- Bio-identicals
- Non Hormonal Treatments for Menopausal Symptoms: Professor Martha Hickey
- Medications
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Stellate ganglion block
- Paced respiration
- Evidence or otherwise complementary medicines
- Low Libido and Testosterone: Professor Susan Davis
- What do we mean by low libido?
- Multifactorial nature of low libido in women
- Relationship issues
- Testosterone therapy including measurement, risks and benefits
- Latest research in testosterone therapy and low libido
The program for the Pre-Congress Post Graduate Update has been approved by the RACGP QA&CPD Program. TOTAL POINTS: 5 (Category 2) – Activity No: 743682
If applying for RACGP CPD points, please ensure you provide your QA&CME number on the Registration Form.
The Post Graduate Update program has also been approved as a RANZCOG approved O&G Meeting and eligible Fellows of the College will earn 3 CPD points for attendance.
If you would like to attend the Pre-Congress Post Graduate Update, please fill in the appropriate section of your Registration Form.
