Upon completion, the participants should be able to...

• Know more about the fields of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Gynecology and Gynecology Oncology, Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology and Family Planning
• Have a better understanding of current evidence-based medicine and peer-to-peer discussion of current best practices. Symposium participants will have the opportunity to gain this understanding via the resident presentations on very up-to-date results of appropriate clinical research protocols as well as the expert speaker presentations on current established best practices.

• Understand the impact of legislative changes, specifically regarding access to abortion care, on contraceptive use patterns among women in South Carolina.

• Assess Jain point as an alternative laparoscopic entry point across the BMI spectrum as it relates to abdominal wall thickness and distance to surrounding organs.

• Understand the relationship between access to the perinatal collaborative care model and engagement in psychiatric treatment of perinatal women in community-based obstetric settings.

• Compare the diagnosis rate of PMADs (perinatal mood and depression disorders) between a community practice with and without a collaborative care model.

• Compare engagement in treatment with psychiatric and/or mental health services as measured by contact with a psychiatrist, psychotherapist, behavioral health care manager, initiation of psychotropic medication, referral for mental health services, or other treatment engagement with a psychiatric and/or mental health professional between a community practice with and without a collaborative care model.

• Identify demographic, psychosocial, medical or obstetric variables that impact treatment engagement in the setting of the collaborative care model.

• Understand how to purify and analyze circRNA from serum of endometriosis patients with an emphasis on minority, rural and/or underserved populations of

  women.

• Assess the expression of circRNA in the serum of women with and without surgically confirmed endometriosis and analyze correlation with endometriosis.

• Understand adolescents’ perspectives on their menstrual cycle and better inform counseling regarding medications used to alter the menstrual cycle.

• Describe the incidence and impact of gestational diabetes in pregnancy.

• Describe current trends in postpartum diabetes screening, nationally and locally.

• Describe a novel approach to postpartum diabetes screening and its outcomes on screening rates.

• Understand how legislative restrictions on abortion care access, particularly the Dobbs vs. Jackson decision, have impacted South Carolina women’s decision to undergo permanent sterilization.

• Evaluate whether early hemoglobin A1c screening leads to earlier initiation of clinical interventions (medication and/or DSMES support).

• Determine whether the timing of clinical interventions (medication and/or DSMES support) improves maternal and fetal outcomes.

• Identify practical approaches to promote health equity in one’s clinical practice.

• Improve community engagement strategies within the institution.

• Self-evaluate affinity and implicit bias.