Pre-Meeting Symposium
Menopause Symptom Management in 2020: One Size Doesn’t Fit All
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. A maximum of 2.0 pharmacotherapeutic hours also are available.
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to four Medical Knowledge Maintenance of Certification (MOC) points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) MOC program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
Learning Objectives
By participating in this live activity, attendees should be able to
- Understand the burden of menopause on vasomotor symptoms and genitourinary syndrome of menopause
- Become familiar with the role of hormone therapy
- Discuss with patients nonpharmacologic, new nonhormone, and hormone therapies for vasomotor symptoms
- Recognize the role of compounded bioidentical hormone therapy
- Identify and manage the symptoms of perimenopause
- Assess and manage genitourinary syndrome of menopause
Annual Meeting
NAMS 2020: Reaching New Heights in Menopause Care
The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) designates this live activity for a maximum of 21.0 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. A maximum of 8.50 pharmacotherapeutic hours also are available.
These credits include 21.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ for the Annual Meeting lectures, symposia, and concurrent sessions.
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 21 Medical Knowledge Maintenance of Certification (MOC) points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) MOC program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
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
- Become familiar with the novel risk factors for cardiovascular disease in women
- Understand the role of wellness in midlife women’s health
- Review which hormones contribute to menopause and how
- Identify strategies to address weight loss and management
- Manage sleep and anxiety and explore novel treatment options
- Review the issues surrounding midlife cognition and know when to reassure and when to refer
- Recognize the importance of breast, sexual, cardiovascular, and urogynecologic health at midlife and beyond
- Define the special needs of women when menopause comes early
- Discuss the new genitourinary syndrome of menopause, osteoporosis, female pattern hair loss, and androgen excess guidelines and understand how and when to apply them
- Separate health from hype with regard to social media and menopause
- Appreciate the role of childhood adversity on mood and cognition at menopause