• COURSEWORK
• REGISTRATION
• CE CREDITS
• ACCOMMODATIONS
• FACULTY
• PLANNING COMMITTEE
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• AWARDS

RH2008 is one of the most comprehensive reproductive health continuing education conferences in the Northwest and offers plenary and concurrent sessions on many important topic areas. The target audience for this conference includes licensed clinical providers (e.g., nurse practitioners and other nurses, physician assistants, certified nurse midwives, physicians, etc.) in addition to community health educators, counselors, clinic managers, and program administrators.

Pre- and Post-Conference Sessions

In addition to the three-day RH2008 conference, three pre-conference sessions will be available on Tuesday, March 18th and a post-conference session is scheduled on Friday, March 21st. For more information, click on the links below to view detailed PDF flyers on these sessions.

COURSEWORK

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

7:00 am Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:00 am – 8:45 am Welcome & Introductions

8:45 am – 10:15 am GENERAL SESSION

Contraceptive Management (Rx)
Deborah Oyer, MD
We will review the recent contraceptive studies and discuss how they might impact prescriptions and patient education. Through the use of case scenarios, we will discuss how rare true contraindications are for most methods of birth control.

10:15 am – 10:45 am Break

10:45 am – 12:15 pm CONCURRENT SESSION A

This is Not Your Mother's IUD: An Update on Intrauterine Contraception (Rx)
Sarah Prager, MD, MS
This session will provide an update on intrauterine contraception (IC) including who is an acceptable candidate, myths about the use of IC and non-contraceptive benefits of IC use.

Women and PTSD (Rx)
Mary Ann Nihart, MA, ARNP, CS, BC
Ms. Nihart will present a brief overview of mental health challenges and concerns specific to women including post traumatic stress disorder and violence prevention.

Preconception Care: New Guidelines, New Opportunities
Michael Policar, MD, MPH
In 2006, the CDC published guidelines for Preconception Care noting that it is recognized as a critical component of health care for women of reproductive age. Dr. Policar will help participants understand the screening and interventions for women and men of reproductive age that will help them reduce risk factors that might affect future pregnancies.

Woman 2 Woman: Inside & Out
Sandy Rice, MEd
Although research has shown that peer education is one of the most powerful ways to impact risk-taking behavior, only 13% (2002) of state and federal correctional facilities in the U.S. use a peer education approach. This interactive session will provide the history and rationale behind this successful prison peer education project.

Electronic Charting and Health Improvement Technology
Panel: Mt. Baker Planned Parenthood and International Clinic Health Services (ICHS)
The transition from paper to electronic charting should involve staff at all levels of the implementation process: planning, development, training, system launch and oversight. This session will address the challenges and benefits of making an electronic system fully operational in a family planning setting.

12:15 pm  LUNCHEON

1:00 pm  Awards Presentation

1:15 pm – 2:00 pm  KEYNOTE

Sex::Tech—Using Internet and Cell Technology to Advance Reproductive Health, STD Prevention and Healthy Relationships
Deb Levine, MA, Executive Director of Internet Sexuality Information Services, Inc. (ISIS-Inc.org) will provide an overview of the technological landscape today in the field of sexual health. The keynote will debunk myths about the Internet and technology and answer the questions: Who's online? What are they doing online? How can we integrate technology into our work? Starting with stats about the ever-diminishing digital divide, the talk will move through the online pioneers to the innovations of 2007-8.

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Break

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm CONCURRENT SESSION B

"You've still got a long way to go, Baby!"—Smoking Cessation and Women (Rx)
Alison Shigaki, MD
Cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the U.S. Learn about its impact on the 18.1% of U.S. women who are current smokers. Cessation strategies and cessation medications will be discussed.

Drug Interactions with Contraceptives: EBM or Urban Legend (Rx)
Michael Policar, MD, MPH
Dr. Policar will review medications that can diminish the efficacy of hormonal contraceptives and will provide options available to patients where negative drug interactions may occur.

How to Increase Patient Satisfaction by Providing Fun, Fast, and Thorough Care
Marti Baird, CNM-NP
One of the challenges in providing reproductive healthcare is the integration of excellent clinical practice into time efficient care. This session will provide “pearls for an effective practice” from a family planning provider with years of experience as a clinician, trainer and clinical preceptor.

Screening, Brief Intervention & Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)
Steve O’Neil, MA
There is substantial evidence indicating that screening patients for substance use problems and providing a brief intervention or referral to higher levels of care results in reduced substance use and increased abstinence. This presentation will review the evidence base of SBIRT and define the conceptual framework of addressing substance use.

Title X Guidelines (The Basics and Beyond)
Janet Wildeboor, MS, BSN
This overview will include a basic description of the Title X family planning requirements, with a clinical focus, and any recent changes that affect grantees and delegate agencies.

4:15 pm – 5:30 pm STATE MEETINGS

Thursday, March 20, 2008

7:00 am Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:00 am – 9:30 am CONCURRENT SESSION C

Cardiovascular Disease in Women: Prevention, Assessment, and Treatment
William Lombardi, MD, PACC, PSCAI
Signs and symptoms of heart disease in women often fail to be discerned by women until they have a cardiac “event.” This session will review the ways of prevention, and will focus on assessment and treatment options.

Pap and HPV Testing in the Vaccine Era (Rx)
Connie Mao, MD
Dr. Mao, a primary investigator in the vaccine trials, will provide an update on the use of the HPV vaccine and what researchers are still learning about the vaccine. She will also address the new 2007 pap management guidelines and potential use of type specific HPV screening.

New Breast Screening & Diagnostic Methods
C. Tien-Bao Chao, MD, FACS
This session will review causes and work-up of breast masses, including new imaging modalities, in different age groups and women who are pregnant. Dr. Chao will give an overview of what patients with breast cancer can expect.

Tattooing, Body Cutting, Piercing and Branding
Sharon Schnare, RN, FNP, CNM, MSN, FAANP
With the increasing popularity of tattoos and piercing, Ms. Schnare will discuss the risks associated with these activities. She will also discuss the role of the clinician in assessing and treating potential health conditions that arise from shaving, piercing, and tattooing.

Managing Performance in a Clinical Setting
April Pace, JD
Participants will have the opportunity to identify characteristics of a good supervisor, review and develop good staff recruitment, and practical orientation strategies. This session will include practice giving effective formal and informal feedback to employees.

9:30 am – 10:00 am Break

10:00 am – 11:30 am GENERAL SESSION

Adolescent Brain Development—Shaping Interventions to Teens’ Changing Synapses
Joan Mogul Garrity
Research shows that the brain is actively growing and changing throughout the teenage years and into early adulthood. The brain structures last to complete development are those that impact self-control, judgment, decision-making and emotions. How can this knowledge shape our work with teens? This session will consider how we can most effectively respond to the adolescent brain’s unique challenges, limitations and possibilities.

11:30 am – 1:00 pm LUNCH

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm GENERAL SESSION

STD Update (Rx)
Panel: Matt Golden, MD, MPH & Linda Eckert, MD
Dr. Matt Golden will discuss what is new with Chlamydia trachomatis and gonorrhea in the Northwest. Dr. Eckert will discuss Bacterial Vaginosis (BV), trichomoniasis, and Cervicitis.

2:30 pm – 3:00 pm Break

3:00 pm – 4:30 pm CONCURRENT SESSION D

Asthma Overview (Rx)
Arthur Vegh, MD, FAAAAI
How many of your patients are within the 20 million diagnosed with asthma? This session will provide an update on managing this chronic disease, how to assess and when to refer for treatment and medication.

ABCs of Viral Hepatitis (Rx)
Chia Wang, MD
This session is an overview of the hepatitis viruses and will include prevention, common clinical management issues, and an update on the treatment available.

How to Take a Sensitive Sexual History
Sharon Schnare, RN, FNP, CNM, MSN, FAANP
Good reproductive health care involves taking a thorough sexual history while helping the client feel comfortable and safe. In this session, Ms. Schnare will share techniques for completing an efficient sexual health history that is relevant to the patient’s healthcare needs.

Implementing Routine HIV Testing
Amanda Newstetter, MSW
In 9/06, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued new recommendations encouraging routine HIV testing in health care settings for all clients ages 13-64. This session will distill these recommendations and provide practical tips for how to better integrate routine HIV testing into a family planning clinic.

Cost Management of Contraception
Panel: Don Downing, RPh and Louis Linsmeyer
Title X and other public health clinics struggle with the rising costs of contraceptives. The panel will describe the role of the 340B purchasing plan, and how one cooperative is addressing the issue. This will be an interactive session where participants may ask questions and offer suggestions for managing costs of contraceptives in their agencies.

Friday, March 21, 2008

7:30 am Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:00 am – 9:00 am GENERAL SESSION

Menstrual Abnormalities & Abnormal Uterine Bleeding (Rx)
Sarah Prager, MD, MS
This presentation will review the various etiologies, work-up and treatments of abnormal uterine bleeding.

9:00 am – 10:00 am GENERAL SESSION

Providing Culturally Proficient Services—Clinical Case Studies
Moderator: Wendy Nakatsukasa-Ono
Understanding the cultural fabric of the communities we serve is the foundation of providing culturally proficient clinical services. How do you assess the level of your successes (What made that work?) and your challenges (What could I have done differently?) when working with patients in your clinical practice?

10:00 am – 10:15 am Break

10:15 am – 11:45 am CONCURRENT SESSION E

Clinical Case Management (Rx)
Anna Kaminski, MS, MD
Using clinical cases, with a focus on dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB) and menstrual disorders, this session will help you integrate new clinical evidence into your practice. This will be an interactive session with time for questions and discussion. Clinicians can bring their challenging cases that are often presented in a family planning clinical setting.

Community Associated MRSA (Rx)
Jeffrey S. Duchin, MD, FACP, FIDSA
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is of concern in our communities. This session will explore morbidity in the Northwest, clinical presentation and concerns, treatment, and prevention.

Addiction as a Brain Disease: Implications for Its Treatment and Management (Rx)
Ron Jackson, MSW
This presentation will describe the neurochemical basis of addiction and the implications of that neurophysiology for the treatment of addiction and its long-term management. Evidenced-based treatment interventions, both pharmacological and behavioral will be described, along with relapse prevention.

HIV Integration Projects: Sharing Best Practices & Lessons Learned
Moderator: LaJuana Locklin
A panel of representatives from Region X HIV Integration Projects will describe their experiences in adapting and expanding the integration of HIV testing (including Rapid Testing) into their clinical service delivery programs.

Understanding the Health Care Needs of American Indians & Alaska Natives
Fransing Daisy, PhD
Many American Indians and Alaska Natives in the Pacific Northwest seek reproductive healthcare outside of tribal settings. Dr. Francing Daisy will explore what providers need to know to better understand the healthcare needs of these patients, and how to provide these services in culturally appropriate ways.

11:45 am – 12:15 pm Break

12:15 pm – 1:45 pm GENERAL SESSION

A Potpourri of Pharmacology (Rx)
Speaker: Susan Rawlins, MS, RNC, WHNP
This session will address common errors in prescribing, the effect of these errors on the health of individuals and the nation, and how the clinician can avoid these errors. Selected new drugs, recently approved by the FDA, will be presented with their unique characteristics and uses. Agents moved from prescription to over-the-counter will be discussed along with management implications for clinicians.

1:45 pm Closing Remarks and Conference Evaluation

2:00 pm Adjourn

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REGISTRATION

To reserve your space, please click on the link below and download and complete the RH2008 Registration Form (PDF).

Return the completed form along with payment to: Center for Health Training, 1809 Seventh Ave., Suite 400, Seattle, WA 98101, no later than a postmarked date of Wednesday, February 27, 2008 to avoid a $30 late fee.

Concurrent session space is limited. We advise that you complete and return this registration form as soon as possible in order to receive the sessions of your choice. Confirmation letters will be mailed two weeks prior (by March 5) to the start of the conference.

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CE CREDITS

Course Objectives

At the end of this conference, participants will be able to:

• Discuss up-to-date information about a variety of reproductive health clinical issues, including contraceptive options for women and men, management and treatment of STDs including HPV, BV, and cervicitis, hepatitis, pre conception care, and taking a sexual history for men and women.
• Discuss clinical assessment, management, and treatment issues regarding menstrual irregularities and abnormal uterine bleeding, fibroids and endometriosis, cardiovascular disease in women, breast screening and new technologies, and smoking cessation.
• Describe strategies for providing effective counseling and education interventions in these categories: women and PTSD, using SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment for substance abuse) model, how adolescent brain development impacts effective interventions, how understanding culture improves clinical care, and what addiction really means.
• Identify management strategies in topics such as evaluating staff performance in a clinical setting, interpreting Title X guidelines, managing the increasing cost of contraception, and implementing electronic health records into a family planning setting.

CE Credit Information

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the University of Cincinnati and the Seattle STD/HIV Prevention Training Center, and the Center for Health Training. The University of Cincinnati is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Cincinnati designates this educational activity for a maximum of 16 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credits commensurate with the extent of their participation.

The University of Cincinnati is committed to resolving all conflicts of interest issues that could arise as a result of prospective faculty members significant relationships with drug or device manufacturer(s). The University of Cincinnati is committed to maintain only those speakers with financial interest that can be reconciled with the goals and educational integrity of the CME program.

The Center for Health Training (Provider #PA/23/Mar/09) is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Washington State Nurses Association (WSNA), an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. RH2008 coursework is approved for a maximum of 30 contact hours, depending on the attendance of one or more of the pre-conference or post-conference workshops.

Pharmacology credits are offered throughout the conference to allow providers with prescriptive authority to gain the required number of annual pharmacology contact hours. Participants will be able to earn up to 10.5 pharmacology credits depending on which concurrent sessions are selected. Approved courses for Pharmacology credit are marked with a (Rx) symbol.

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ACCOMMODATIONS

The 37th Annual Reproductive Health Conference will be held at the popular Hilton Bellevue Hotel, conveniently located in downtown Bellevue, just steps away from premiere shopping, exquisite restaurants — and close enough to take a trip to Seattle. The Hilton Bellevue* offers exceptional catering services, recently remodeled rooms and free parking for conference attendees.
*Hilton Bellevue is Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant.

Reservations

Rooms are still available at the special group rate of $152 for "Center for Health Training". Please call our Hilton Reservations desk at 1-800-445-8667 and ask for the "REG. REPRO. HEALTH" rate. The deadline for the reduced conference rate has been extended and rooms are still available.

Reservation requests may be guaranteed with a major credit card. Check-in time is 3:00 pm; check out time is 4:00 pm. To avoid a charge for one night’s room and tax, any cancellations must be made prior to 3:00 pm three days (72 hours) before your arrival.

Getting to the Conference

By automobile: Parking is complimentary. Driving directions to the Bellevue Hilton.

From Sea-Tac Airport:

• Taxi: $40 one-way from Sea-Tac Airport to Hilton Bellevue
• Shuttle Express: visit www.shuttleexpress.com or call reservations at 1-800-487-7433 (inside WA) and 206-622-1424 (outside WA).
• Sound Transit Bus: visit Metro Trip Planner or Sound Transit for schedules; $2.50 one way.

By train: King Street Station is in downtown Seattle. Visit the Amtrak website for transportation options from the station to the hotel.

By bus: The Bellevue Transit Station is located a few blocks northwest of the Hilton Bellevue.

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FACULTY

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PLANNING COMMITTEE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Center for Health Training gratefully acknowledges the following support for this program.

Funding Support*

US Department of Health and Human Service (DHHS),
Office of Population Affairs (OPA),
Office of Family Planning, Region X

CMEs Jointly Sponsored By:

University of Cincinnati Office of Continuing Medical Education

Center for Health Training (CHT)

In conjunction with:
Seattle STD/HIV Prevention Training Center (PTC)

CHT gratefully acknowledges the following organizations* for their in-kind support of this program:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Infertility Prevention Project (IPP)

Northwest AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC)

Northwest Frontier Addiction Technology Transfer Center (NFATTC)

Washington State Department of Health, WA Breast and Cervical Health Program

*non-commercial, non-profit organizations or government agencies

CHT gratefully acknowledge the following companies for their educational grants in support of this program:

Mission Pharmacal

Exhibitors will include:

Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals

California Family Health Council — Cooperative Programs

Department of Health and Human Services (DHS), Region X Office on Women’s Health

EarlyDETECT

Elsevier

FDA, Office of Regulatory Affairs

Gen-Probe

GlaxoSmithKline

Mission Pharmacal

Open Adoption & Family Services 

OraSure Technologies, Inc.

Organon, a Schering-Plough Corporation

Ther-Rx Corporation

University of Washington Book Store

WA State Department of Health Family Planning and Reproductive Health

WA State Department of Maternal-Infant Health Program

WA State Department of Health, Washington Breast and Cervical Health Program

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AWARDS

The Vivian O. Lee Clinician of the Year Award and the Joan Helmich Educator of the Year Award will be presented during the Luncheon on Wednesday, March 19, 2008. For more information about the awards and how to submit your nomination for either of these Awards, please click on the links below.