Objectives
Obstetrician-gynecologists need accurate and relevant
information about the consequences of menopause and the opportunity provided at
the onset of menopause to institute prevention strategies. The unit Management
of Menopause provides up-to-date information about important consequences of
menopause and what options are available to patients for intervention.
The unit explains the difference in the risk
benefit equation in prescribing hormones to younger and older postmenopausal
women, and provides information about types of hormone regimens and
alternatives for treating menopausal symptoms and preventing osteoporosis.
Outcomes of this unit are to:
- Improve care for the post-menopausal patient
- Inform about prescribing hormones
- Be competent in choosing hormone therapy and alternatives for postmenopausal women
Credits
ACCME Accreditation
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists designates this enduring material for a maximum of 7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ . Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
College Cognate Credit(s)
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists designates this enduring material for a maximum of 7 Category 1 College Cognate Credits. The College has a reciprocity agreement with the AMA that allows AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ to be equivalent to College Cognate Credits.
Conflict of Interest Disclosure
The ACOG eModule Management of Menopause was developed under the direction of the eModule Advisory Committee and contributor. The ACOG eModule is planned and produced in accordance with the Standards for Enduring Materials of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. Any discussion of unapproved use of products is clearly cited in the appropriate critique.
Current guidelines state that continuing medical education (CME) providers must ensure that CME activities are free from the control of any commercial interest. The contributor(s) and the advisory council declare that neither they nor any business associate nor any member of their immediate families has material interest, financial interest, or other relationships with any company manufacturing commercial products relative to the topics included in this publication or with any provider of commercial services discussed in the eModule.
Credit for each ACOG eModule will be available for 3 years from the initial date of release or revision.