2023 Virtual Women’s Health Seminar, HS

Program Description

Care of the female sailor requires education on specific women’s health issues. The Women’s Health Seminar is a 2 day, live, Navy-specific virtual women’s health training program. It is specifically designed for operational clinicians including General Medical Officers, Flight Surgeons, Undersea Medical Officers, Operational Medical Officers, and Independent Duty Corpsmen. This seminar will focus on basic, deckplate-level women’s health concerns and specifically address medical readiness topics. These topics include preventative healthcare for service women, understanding common women’s health concerns, women’s health considerations prior to and during deployment, mental healthcare, transgender healthcare, and ongoing efforts led by the Office of Women’s Health and the Female Force Readiness Clinical Community. At the end of this seminar, participants will have completed 8 hours of high-quality, comprehensive, female-focused medical care. There will be an emphasis on Navy Medicine and Defense Health Agency policies regarding healthcare and resources for servicemember assistance when needed.

 

Training Overview: The Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and Female Force Readiness Navy Medicine Operational Clinical Community (FFR NMOCC) developed the Women’s Health Seminar, hosted 26 - 27 January 2023. The recorded training event provides a women’s health training opportunity for operational providers interested in sharpening their skills in basic, deckplate-level women’s health and medical readiness.  The training is delivered by subject matter experts and covers a number of women’s health topics, including preventive healthcare for service women, understanding common women’s health concerns, mental healthcare, and transgender healthcare. Please note this program is designed for General Medical Officers, Independent Duty Corpsmen, Flight Surgeons, Undersea Medical Officers, and Operational Medical Officers.

Target Audience

This CE/CME activity is accredited by the DHA, J-7, Continuing Education Program Office (CEPO). This activity provides continuing education for physicians. A certificate of attendance is available for other attendees.

Learning Objectives

  1. Identify the best preventative health care practices for female service members.
  2. Illustrate common women’s health concerns amongst service women and how to identify and treat these concerns.
  3. Discuss women’s health considerations prior to and during deployment and highlight how best to support women’s health in these phases.
  4. Summarize mental health care relevant to the female service member population, how to identify common mental health concerns, and best treatment practices.
  5. Examine key considerations and best practices for offering transgender health care.
  6. Review key educational resources created by BUMED OWH and FFR NMOCC and highlight the current initiatives to help promote female force readiness.

Additional Information

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PDF icon Womens_Health_Seminar_Materials_JAN2023_vF.pdf10.61 MB
PDF icon WH Seminar_Day 1 Transcription.pdf370.27 KB
PDF icon WH Seminar_Day 2 Transcription.pdf415.65 KB
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 8.00 ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit
    DHA J-7 CEPO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing education. ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit providers will be provided a certificate of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit providers may receive a maximum of 8.00 hours for completing this Enduring Material (Home Study) activity.
  • 8.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    DHA J-7 CEPO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. DHA J-7 CEPO designated this Enduring Material (Home Study) activity for a maximum of 8.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 8.00 Certificate of Attendance
  • 8.00 IPCE
    This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners can receive up to 8.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change. In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by DHA, J-7, CEPO. DHA, J-7, CEPO is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), the Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry's Council on Optometric Practitioner Education (ARBO/COPE), the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), the American Psychological Association (APA), the American Dental Association’s Continuing Education Recognition Program (ADA CERP), and Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) to provide continuing education for the health care team.
Course opens: 
03/13/2023
Course expires: 
03/13/2024

Accessing the Training Materials: To access the recorded sessions of the 2023 Women’s Health Seminar,

Please go to https://www.med.navy.mil/Navy-Marine-Corps-Public-Health-Center/Womens-Health/.
Scroll down past ‘Women's Health Topics’ and scroll to the left to select the topic ‘Provider Resources’ (stethoscope icon).
Under the ‘Provider Resources’ topic,
click on the ‘Women's Health Seminar: Day One Recording - Education for Operational Providers’ option to view Day One of the program,
and the ‘Women's Health Seminar: Day Two Recording - Education for Operational Providers’ to view Day Two of the program.


To view the supporting presentation materials utilized in the recorded training events,
click on the ‘Women's Health Seminar: Education for Operational Providers Presentation Slides’ option.

Please note these resources are CAC-enabled.

LCDR Jody Joynt.
Presenter has no financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.

LT Adrienne Gillis.
Presenter has no financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.

CDR Carolyn Ellison.
Presenter has no financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.

CDR Heather Shibley.
Presenter has no financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.

LCDR Allison Eubanks.
Presenter has no financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.

Available Credit

  • 8.00 ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit
    DHA J-7 CEPO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing education. ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit providers will be provided a certificate of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. ACCME Non-Physician CME Credit providers may receive a maximum of 8.00 hours for completing this Enduring Material (Home Study) activity.
  • 8.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    DHA J-7 CEPO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. DHA J-7 CEPO designated this Enduring Material (Home Study) activity for a maximum of 8.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 8.00 Certificate of Attendance
  • 8.00 IPCE
    This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners can receive up to 8.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change. In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by DHA, J-7, CEPO. DHA, J-7, CEPO is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), the Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry's Council on Optometric Practitioner Education (ARBO/COPE), the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), the American Psychological Association (APA), the American Dental Association’s Continuing Education Recognition Program (ADA CERP), and Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) to provide continuing education for the health care team.
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