Program Description:
Intrauterine contraception is a highly effective method of contraception that is considered by authoritative bodies to be underused in the United States. This program is intended to educate clinicians about the risks and benefits (including noncontraceptive benefits) associated with this contraceptive method and to provide a balanced, evidence-based review of myths and misperceptions that have unnecessarily restricted the range of women who are considered suitable candidates. The overall goal is to increase clinicians’ awareness of intrauterine contraception so that they can consider it as one of the options they present to their patients seeking contraception.
Activity Objectives:
Upon completion of this publication, participants will be able to:
- List 3 barriers to wider use of intrauterine contraception in the United States
- Explain why pelvic inflammatory disease is not increased by use of intrauterine contraception
- Identify appropriate candidates for intrauterine contraception
- Name 3 distinctions between the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system and the copper T intrauterine device
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Credits
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Type
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Accreditation Statement
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Designation Statement
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1.00
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AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM
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The Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
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The Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
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1.00
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CE for Nurses
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This activity has been evaluated and approved by the Continuing Education Approval Program of the National Association of Nurse Practitioners.
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This activity has been approved by the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health for 1.0 contact hour of continuing education credit, including .25 contact hours of pharmacology credit.
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Faculty:
David A. Grimes, MD
Faculty Chair
Vice President of Biomedical Affairs
Family Health International
Research Triangle Park, NC
Clinical Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, NC
David Hubacher, PhD
Senior Epidemiologist
Family Health International
Research Triangle Park, NC
Frances E. Likis, DrPH, NP, CNM
Editor-in-Chief
Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health
Associate Director of Graduate Studies
Institute for Medicine and Public Health
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Kirtly Parker Jones, MD
Professor
Vice Chair for Educational Affairs
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Disclosures:
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation requires that any person who is in a position to control the content of a CME activity must disclose all relevant financial relationships they have with a commercial interest. Accordingly:
David A. Grimes, MD, reports that he is a consultant or on the advisory board of Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals and Duramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
David Hubacher, PhD, reports that he has received grant and research support from Duramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Frances E. Likis, DrPH, NP, CNM, reports that she has nothing to disclose.
Kirtly Parker Jones, MD, reports that she has nothing to disclose.
The Dannemiller and Haymarket Medical Education LP staff members who were involved in the development of this activity have no financial relationships with any commercial interests that are relevant to this activity.
To resolve identified conflicts of interest, the educational content was fully peer-reviewed by a physician member of the Dannemiller Clinical Content Review Committee, who has nothing to disclose. The resulting certified activity was found to provide educational content that is current, evidence-based, and commercially balanced.
This activity is jointly sponsored by the Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation and Haymarket Medical Education.
This activity is made possible by an educational grant provided by Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals.
Instructions:
To obtain credit, a score of 70% or better is required. This CME is offered at no cost to participants. Please proceed with the activity until you have successfully completed this program, answered all test questions, completed the posttest survey, and have received your digital copy of your credit certificate. Your online certificate will be saved on myCME.com within your Profile/Exam History, which you can then access at any time.
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.