Total Credits: 1 including 1 AOA Category 1-A Credit(s)
“Infertility in the Wild” is designed as a practical-use learning session for aiding the primary care physician or advanced practice provider in identifying patients at risk for or with infertility, initiating the evaluation, and securing optimal timeframes for treatment and/or referral to specialty care.
Objectives for Infertility in the Wild:
1) Describe the high yield historical points of an infertility history and apply them to clinical testing decisions and specialty referral indications.
2) Expand the attendee’s understanding of the clinical application and utility of serum hormone assays – what and when to order and how to interpret the results.
3) Demonstrate practical applications through clinical case examples.
4) Review high yield topics in the field of reproductive endocrinology and infertility with a focus on [abnormal] menstrual cycle management and improving access to infertility care.
Dr. Weedin does not have any financial disclosures.
The Iowa Osteopathic Medical Association is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians and designates this program for a maximum of 1 AOA Category 1-A credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician's participation in this activity.
Grievance Policy: IOMA strives to provide continuing medical education programs to fulfill the needs of the attendees and to meet the AOA Uniform Guidelines and AOA Accreditation Requirements. Comments, questions, or complaints should be put in writing and forwarded to IOMA Executive Director at ioma@ioma.org or IOMA, 6919 Vista Drive, West Des Moines, IA 50266.
Dr. Weedin is a board-certified Reproductive Endocrinologist who was born and raised in Waverly, Nebraska. Dr. Weedin received her undergraduate degree in Nutritional Science from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln and then moved to Phoenix, Arizona where she attended medical school and graduated from the Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine. Following medical school, Dr. Weedin completed her general Obstetrics and Gynecology residency as well as her fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. During her medical training she was admitted into both Sigma Sigma Phi, the National Honorary Osteopathic service fraternity, as well as to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. Additionally, she obtained a Masters Degree in Clinical and Translational Science through the University of Oklahoma College of Public Health during fellowship training.
Dr. Weedin’s research interests include polycystic ovary syndrome, and the impact of lifestyle, mental, physical and emotional health, on infertility. She also loves to teach students and residents and holds a faculty appointment at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Clinically, Dr. Weedin has special interests in Mullerian anomalies, reproductive surgery, multi-disciplinary approaches to patient care, and infertility treatment. Dr. Weedin is a partner at Heartland Center for Reproductive Medicine and offers the full spectrum of reproductive endocrinology and infertility treatment in her practice.
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