Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:

1. CME 7: Current Treatment of Endometrioma--discuss the increased risk of ovarian cancer in women with endometrioma; advise patients as to why excisional technique is superior to the ablation technique for removing endometrioma with regard to the recurrence of the cyst, pain symptoms, and the chance of a spontaneous pregnancy after the operation; review the common problem of reduction of ovarian reserve after the operation of endometriomas; explain that medical treatment of endometrioma can reduce symptoms but is not curative; explain why reoperation is required in more than half of patients with endometriosis; understand that women with endometrioma do not necessarily need in vitro fertilization to achieve a pregnancy; advise patients that surgery (cystectomy) prior to in vitro fertilization does not improve the fertility of women with endometrioma.
2. CME 8: Ovarian Function and Reproductive Outcomes of Female Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and the Strategies to Preserve Their Fertility--describe how female reproductive function is compromised by different etiologies in this disease, evaluate the interaction between estrogen and immune system under normal conditions and autoimmunity, diagram the adverse reproductive and obstetrics outcomes in SLE, describe the strategies to preserve their fertile status, and show a summary and evidence-based guidelines.
3. CME 9: Global Women's Health Is More Than Maternal Health: A Review of Gynecology Care Needs in Low-Resource Settings--inform and update clinicians on critical gynecologic topics in global health, identify and discuss significant causes of morbidity and mortality in low-resource settings globally, and delineate parallels between global women's health challenges and gynecologic care disparities in the United States.