Female Sexual Disorder: Enhancing Communication Skills

Program Description:

Sexual health is an important element of health and quality of life, yet this important issue is rarely discussed with the patient during clinician visits, often because of both patient and clinician discomfort. For female patients at any stage of adult life, integrating a brief sexual history into routine clinical practice can help identify sexual issues. This monograph describes communication techniques that can help the clinician identify sexual concerns and increase patient and clinician comfort levels in discussing sexual health.

Activity Objectives:

Upon completion of the activity, participants should be better able to:

• Describe prevalence and importance of female sexual disorders (FSDs)


• Define FSDs, including hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD), and explain their physiological and psychological components


• Outline communication techniques that identify sexual concerns, overcome barriers, and increase patient and clinician comfort level in discussing sexual health



Credits	Type	Accreditation Statement	Designation Statement
1.00	AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM	Boston University School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.	Boston University School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. ACCME is one of the organizations that approve CME, which can be submitted as Category I credit by physician assistants
1.00	AAPA Category I CME Credit	This program has been reviewed and approved for a maximum of 1 hour of AAPA Category 1 CME credit by the Physician Assistant Review Panel. Approval is valid for 1 year from the issue date of August 2010. Participants may submit the self-assessment at any time during that period.	This program was planned in accordance with AAPA’s CME Standards for Enduring Material Programs and for Commercial Support of Enduring Material Programs.
1.00	CE for Nurses	NPACE designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 contact hour of credit. Participants should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in activity.	NPACE is an approved provider of continuing education by the Massachusetts Association of Registered Nurses, Inc. (MARN), an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (ANCC).

Faculty:

Sheryl A. Kingsberg, PhD [CO-CHAIR]
Clinical Psychologist and Professor
Department of Reproductive Biology
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Chief, Division of Behavioral Medicine
Department of OB/GYN
Case Medical Center, University Hospitals of Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio

James A. Simon, MD, CCD, NCMP, FACOG [CO-CHAIR]
Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
George Washington University
President and Medical Director
Women’s Health & Research Consultants®
Washington, DC

Linda Burdette, MPAS, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Medical Associates of Yakima
Yakima, Washington

Rebecca A. Lehman, MPAS, PA-C
Adjunct Professor
Physician Assistant Program
Nova Southeastern University
Founder and Past President
Association of Physician Assistants in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Fort Myers, Florida

A. Susan Kellogg-Spadt, PhD, CRNP
Director of Sexual Medicine
The Pelvic & Sexual Health Institute
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Sharon M. Schnare, RN, MSN, CNM, FNP, FAANP
Clinical Instructor
Department of Family and Child Nursing
University of Washington, Seattle

Course Director
Abdulmaged M. Traish, MBA, PhD
Professor of Biochemistry and Urology
Director, Laboratories for Sexual Medicine
Institute for Sexual Medicine
Center for Advanced Biomedical Research
Boston University School Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts

Disclosures:

Sheryl A. Kingsberg, PhD, serves as a consultant for Boehringer Ingelheim and has received grant/research support from Boehringer Ingelheim, Procter & Gamble, and BioSante Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Kingsberg is an advisor and has stock with Viveve.

James A. Simon, MD, CCD, NCMP, FACOG, serves as a consultant and is on the advisory boards for Allergan, Alliance for Better Bone Health, Amgen Inc., Ascent Therapeutics, Bayer, BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Boehringer Ingelheim, Concert Pharmaceuticals, Corcept Therapeutics Inc., Depomed Inc., GlaxoSmithKline, KV Pharmaceutical, Lipocine Inc., Meditrina Pharmaceuticals, Merck & Co., Inc., Merrion Pharmaceuticals, Nanma/Tripharma/Trinity, NDA Partners, Inc., Novo Nordisk, Novogyne, Pear Tree Pharmaceuticals, QuatRx Pharmaceuticals, Roche, Schering-Plough, Sciele, Solvay, Teva, Ther-RX, Warner Chilcott, and Wyeth. Dr. Simon is on the speakers’ bureaus for Amgen, Ascend, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline, KV Pharmaceutical, Merck & Co., Inc., Novartis, Novogyne, Sciele, Teva, Ther-Rx, Warner Chilcott, and Wyeth. Dr. Simon receives grant/research support from BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Boehringer Ingelheim, FemmePharma, GlaxoSmithKline, Nanma/Tripharma/Trinity, Novartis, Procter & Gamble, QuatRx Pharmaceuticals, and Teva.

Linda Burdette, MPAS, PA-C, serves as a consultant for Novo Nordisk, Wyeth, and Boehringer Ingelheim.

Rebecca A. Lehman, MPAS, PA-C, serves as a consultant for Novo Nordisk and is on the speakers’ bureau for Boehringer Ingelheim.

A. Susan Kellogg-Spadt, PhD, CRNP, serves as a consultant for Semprae Laboratories, Pfizer Inc./Wyeth, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Johnson & Johnson. Dr. Kellogg Spadt is on the speakers’ bureaus for Warner Chilcott, Pfizer Inc./Wyeth, and Boehringer Ingelheim.

Sharon M. Schnare, RN, MSN, CNM, FNP, FAANP, serves as a consultant for Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline, Novo Nordisk, Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Semprae Laboratories, and Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc. Ms. Schnare serves on the speakers’ bureaus for Bayer, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck & Co., Inc., Myriad Genetics, Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Teva Women’s Health, Inc., Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc., and Wyeth.

Abdulmaged M. Traish, MBA, PhD, has nothing to disclose with regard to commercial support.

It is the policy of the American Academy of Physician Assistants to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its educational activities. All faculty participating in our programs are expected to disclose any relationships they may have with commercial companies whose products or services may be mentioned so that the participants may evaluate the objectivity of the presentations. In addition, any discussion of off-label, experimental, or investigational use of drugs or devices will be disclosed by faculty.

It is the policy of the Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its educational activities. All faculty participating in our programs are expected to disclose any relationships they may have with commercial companies whose products or services may by mentioned so that the participants may evaluate the objectivity of the presentations. In addition any off-label, experimental, or investigational use of drugs or devices will be disclosed by faculty.

Commercial Supporter: Boehringer-Ingelheim

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

WINDOWS PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
266-MHz Pentium II; Windows 98 or higher; 64 MB RAM; 800 x 600 screen resolution set for “High Color (16-Bit)”; Macromedia Flash Player 6 or higher.

MACINTOSH^® SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
Power Mac g3 at 300 MHz; System 8.5 or higher (excluding Mac OSX); 96 MB RAM; 20 MB minimum hard disk space available; 800 x 600 screen resolution set to “Thousands of Colors”; Macromedia Flash Player 6 or higher.