An educational program designed to enhance the cognitive and procedural skills of health care professionals to help them manage obstetrical emergencies.

OVERALL COURSE OBJECTIVES

• Discuss ways of improving the management. of obstetrical urgencies and emergencies which may help standardize the skills of practicing maternity care providers.

• Discuss the importance of utilizing regional maternity care services and identify possible barriers which might limit access.

• Successfully complete the course written test and megadelivery testing station.

ACCREDITATION

This activity has been reviewed and is acceptable for 15.5 Prescribed credit hours by the AAFP. AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the AMA as equivalent to AMA/PRA Category 1 for the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. When applying for the AMA/PRA, prescribed hours earned must be reported as Prescribed hours, not as Category 1.

This activity for 18.6 contact hours has been approved by the Missouri Nurses Association which is accredited as an approver of continuing education in nursing by American Nurses' Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
 

Grace Cavallaro, M.D., Course Director
Robert W. Gobbo, M.D., Advisory Faculty
David Araujo, M.D., Faculty
Alan Del Castillo, D.O., Faculty
Chris Farnitano, M.D., Faculty
Rebecca Stanley, M.D., Faculty
Olga Ulloa, M.D., Faculty
Karen Ludlow, M.D., Faculty
Ramiro Zuniga, M.D., Faculty
Marilynn Wilson, R.N., Faculty
 

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS 

Holiday Inn Express, 16855 Old Harlan Road, Lathrop, CA 95330.  To make a reservation, call (209) 858-1234 and ask for reservations.  Identify yourself as a San Joaquin General Hospital, ALSO course participant.  The fee is $79.00 per night plus tax. 
 

ALTERNATE ACCOMMODATIONS

Comfort Inn 14730 S. Harlan Road 
Lathrop, CA 95330
(209) 983-1177

La Quinta Inn 2710 W. March Lane
Stockton, CA 95207 
(209) 952-7800

6:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast and Registration

6:45 -- 7:00 Welcome and Introduction

7:00 -- 7:30 1st Trimester Pregnancy Complications

7:30 -- 8:00 Vaginal Bleeding in Late Pregnancy

8:00 -- 8:30 Preterm Labor / PROM

8:30 -- 9:00  Shoulder Dystocia

9:00--9:15 BREAK

9:15 --9:30 Explanation of Workstations

9:30 -- 12:30 Workstations

• Assisted Delivery
• Intrapartum Surveillance
• Shoulder Dystocia
• Malpresentations

1:15 --4:15 Workstations as above

4:15 -- 5:00 Safety in Maternity Care

5:00--5:15 Wrap Up

5:30-7:00  OPTIONAL WORKSTATION

3^rd & 4^th Degree Repair
Limited to 30 participants.
Additional $50 fee*

7:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast

7:30-8:15  OPTIONAL WORKSTATION

Cesarean Delivery
(lecture -- discussion)

8:45-9:15 Maternal Resuscitation

9:15-9:45 Postpartum Hemorrhage

9:45-10:00 BREAK

10:00-10:15 Explanation of Workstations

10:15-12:15 Workstations

• OB Cases
• Managing a Birth Crisis

1:00-3:00 Written Exam

Megadelivery Testing

COURSE DISCLAIMER

The material presented at this course is being made available by the American Academy of Family Physicians for educational purposes only. This material is not intended to represent the only, nor necessarily best, methods or procedures appropriate for the medical situations discussed, but rather is intended to present an approach., view, statement, or opinion of the faculty which may be helpful to others who face similar situations.

The AAFP disclaims any and all liability for injury, or other damages, resulting to any individual attending this course and for all claims which may arise out of the use of the techniques demonstrated therein by such individuals, whether these claims shall be asserted by physician, or any other person.

Every effort has been made to assure the accuracy of the data presented at this course. Physicians may care to check specific details, such as drug dose and contraindications, etc., in the standard sources prior to clinical application.

This Course has been determined to be a Level I classification under the AMA/PRA Credit and Classification Guidelines The AAFP does not certify, competence upon completion of the ALSO® Provider Course, nor does it intend this course to serve as a basis for requesting new or expanded privileges

Registration Fees:

$300 - Residents
$200 - RN, FNP, CNM
$400 - Faculty
$450 - Community Physicians

$50 Additional Fee for 3^rd  & 4^th  Degree 
     Workstation

Please mail completed registration form and check no later than March 29, 2002 to:

Linda Guevara
San Joaquin General Hospital
Family Practice Residency Program
PO Box 1020
Stockton, CA 95201

Make check payable to:
SJGH Educational Fund

Contact Person:
Linda Guevara
Course Coordinator
(209) 468-6765