Learning Objectives

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

1. CME 27: Burns During Pregnancy: Implications for Maternal-Perinatal Providers and Guidelines for Practice--summarize the English literature relative to the impact of significant second/third degree burns on the pregnant patient and her fetus; relate gestational age and the measurement of total body surface of burn to the likelihood of subsequent maternal and perinatal survival following a significant burn; and provide an evidence basis for rapidly assessing maternal and perinatal risk to the burned pregnant patient and making management decisions for immediate or later delivery.
2. CME 28: Infections and Brain Development--demonstrate that human brain development occurs throughout the fetal period and can be altered by infection and inflammation in ways that are dependent on the nature and timing of the insults; discuss the various maternal infections that are associated with adverse neurological outcomes, including schizophrenia and autism; discuss the viral, parasitic, and bacterial infections that are associated with altered brain structure and anatomy in both human and animal models; and demonstrate that chorioamnionitis is associated with altered brain and neurological development.
3. CME 29: Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery for Benign Conditions: Progress and Challenges--describe the progress made and challenges still facing laparoscopic surgery in women; explain the misconceptions surrounding the controversy over power morcellation of uterine fibroids; and describe the progress made and challenges still facing hysteroscopic surgery in women.