University Health/UT-San Antonio CME Series is dedicated to providing accredited continuing medical education to physicians and practitioners through varied training methods that support lifelong learning. This educational series offers training across diverse medical specialties, with a particular focus on maternal-neonatal care and services where educational gaps have been identified.

When clinical deficits and educational gaps are brought to our attention by practitioners, we develop targeted programs to address these needs. Additionally, we integrate principles of quality, safety, health disparities, and ethical considerations into our programs whenever appropriate.

Registration is required to attend the webinar, and the relevant registration links can be found below.
 

Can We Achieve Universal Screening? What Syphilis and Substance Use Reveal About Our Next Steps

Target Audience 

  • MD, DO, RN, LVN, Advanced Practice RN, PA’s, PharmD, etc.

 Learning Objectives 

  • Identify current guidelines and legal requirements for syphilis and substance use screening in pregnancy.
  • Recognize common barriers to universal screening and their impact on patient outcomes.
  • Apply evidence-based strategies and practical approaches to improve screening implementation across diverse patient populations.

Speaker

Luke Newton, MD
Luke Newton, MD

Limits of Perinatal Viability

Target Audience 

  • MD, DO, RN, LVN, Advanced Practice RN, PA’s, PharmD, etc.

 Learning Objectives 

  • Understand definition of periviability
  • Understand long-term implications for children delivered in the periviability period
  • Understand local recommendations for steroid administration

Speaker

Noah C. Bierwirth, MD
Noah C. Bierwirth, MD

Ethics and the Role of Biases in Clinical Reasoning Error

Target Audience 

  • MD, DO, RN, LVN, Advanced Practice RN, PA’s, PharmD, etc.

 Learning Objectives 

  • Recognize the role ethical principles play in clinical reasoning
  • Understand types of clinical reasoning errors
  • Recognize how biases impact care provided to patients
  • Seek ways to mitigate bias in clinical reasoning and locate resources to assist in identifying biases embedded in clinical reasoning errors

Speaker

Tara Finnegan, MAB, HEC-C
Tara Finnegan, MAB, HEC-C

Multidisciplinary Management of the Unplanned Placenta Accreta Spectrum Disorder (PASD) Patient

Description
Placenta accreta spectrum (PASD) is a life-threatening complication of pregnancy that is underdiagnosed and can result in massive hemorrhage, disseminated intravascular coagulation, massive transfusion, surgical injury, multisystem organ failure, and even death. Given the rarity and complexity, most obstetrical hospitals and providers do not have comprehensive expertise in the diagnosis and management of placenta accreta spectrum. Emergency management, antenatal interdisciplinary planning, and system preparedness are key pillars of care for this life-threatening disorder.  

Learning Outcomes

  • Integrate system preparedness for unplanned PASD cases in alignment with maternal designation standards.
  • Identify current best practices for intraoperative management of PASD.
  • Understand critical care strategies for massive hemorrhage, including the role of Whole Blood in improving outcomes.

Speakers

Elizabeth Scherer, MD               Georgina McCann, MD               Kayla E. Ireland, MD
Elizabeth Scherer, MD           Georgina McCann, MD          Kayla E. Ireland, MD, MSCI-TS, MFM

Advanced Care Planning - DNR Orders & 9/2023 Changes to the Law

Learning Objectives

  • Understand how advanced care planning is supported by ethical principles.
  • Identify the what, why, when, and how of end-of-life conversations and advanced care planning.
  • Understanding documents available to assist in advance care planning.
  • Identify resources for navigating advance care planning conversations with patients and out of hospital caregiving resources for patients and families.

Speaker

Tara Finnegan, MAB, HEC-C
Tara Finnegan, MAB, HEC-C

Newborn Syphilis

Goals

  • Increase Awareness of the high-risk factors and early warning signs of neonatal sepsis to improve early detection
  • Provide Practical Knowledge about the latest diagnostic and treatment approaches for neonatal sepsis
  • Access available services such as OKAPI (Ongoing Care of Congenital and Perinatal Infection) 24/7 Telehealth services provided by JB Cantey, MD, MPH, Infectious Disease Specialist

Speaker

JB Cantey, MD
JB Cantey, MD

Substance Use Disorder in Pregnancy

Course Description

This presentation will discuss comprehensive care of pregnant patients with substance use disorder (SUD). Dr. Newton discusses the opioid epidemic and the implications it has for all patients including pregnant patients. Topics include risks and benefits of MAT (medication assisted therapy) for both the pregnant patient and the infant, Methadone vs. Buprenorphine, pain management after delivery and during routine Cesarean, screening for SUD in pregnancy.

Speaker

Luke Newton, MD
Luke Newton, MD

Care of Patients with Morbid Obesity During Pregnancy Including Surgical and Post-operative Considerations

Course Description:

This presentation will discuss the implications of obesity as they relate to both maternal and fetal health followed by, a review of surgical and post-operative care of pregnant patients with morbid obesity. Topics include the obesity epidemic in the United States, pathophysiological effects of maternal obesity, counseling women on the risks of obesity to pregnancy, helping patients combat obesity among other topics.

Speakers

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John Byrne, MD, MPH           Angela Boyd, MD, PHD