Pre-Meeting Symposium
Perimenopause
The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other healthcare providers who participate in this activity will receive a certificate of participation. There are also a maximum of 2.0 pharmacotherapeutic hours available.
Learning Objectives
By participating in this live activity, attendees should be able to
- Understand perimenopause and recognize the associated clinical signs and symptoms
- Define the physiology of the menopause transition
- Manage irregular menstrual bleeding and recognize what’s abnormal and when and how to investigate and intervene
- Discuss the need, options, and challenges for contraception during the menopause transition
- Become familiar with the complex web of hot flashes, sleep disruption, depression, and well-being during the menopause transition
- Identify metabolic changes and recommend appropriate surveillance for metabolic disorders during the menopause transition
- Recognize the reproductive challenges in perimenopause
- Catalog current recommendations and review preventive strategies to better manage a healthy menopause transition
Annual Meeting
NAMS at 30: Making Menopause Mainstream
The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) designates this live activity for a maximum of 23.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other healthcare providers who participate in this activity will receive a certificate of participation. There are also a maximum of 8.25 pharmacotherapeutic hours available.
These credits include 21.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ for the Annual Meeting lectures, symposia, and concurrent sessions and 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ for the optional Breakfast Sessions offered on Thursday and Friday morning (separate registration required).
Learning Objectives
By participating in this live activity, attendees should be able to
- Recognize issues in clinical practice for women at all stages of the menopause spectrum—perimenopause, menopause, and postmenopause
- Identify strategies to address practitioner stress and burnout
- Become familiar with the clinical dilemmas and concerns of progesterone and progestins at midlife
- Understand the history of hormone therapy, what studies have taught us, and the current role of hormones
- Evaluate and review the outcomes of the VITamin D and OmegA-3 Trial (VITAL)
- Understand the prevention and screening options for colorectal and breast cancer
- Review the issues surrounding hormones and the brain, including depression and psychological outcomes
- Manage bone health and evaluate individualized treatment options
- Define the effect of trauma on women’s health and engage traumatized women in their healthcare
Meet the Experts Breakfast Sessions
On Thursday and Friday mornings, September 26 and 27, NAMS will offer the Meet the Experts CME breakfast sessions. Each of these sessions are offered at a small additional fee and are certified for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other healthcare professionals who participate will receive a certificate of participation.