Navigating Chronic Pelvic Pain

Navigating Chronic Pelvic Pain

Evaluation and Credit:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MedChat70

Target Audience             This activity is targeted toward primary care physicians and advanced providers.

Statement of Need Chronic pelvic pain is a common condition that can negatively impact an individual's quality of life. Providers should be aware how to effectively diagnosis and manage chronic pelvic pain. This podcast will be a discussion that will review key aspects of the management of chronic pelvic pain and include diagnosis and treatment. There will be a focus on surgical indications for treatment of chronic pelvic pain and the applications.

Objectives At the conclusion of this offering, the participant will be able to: 

• Define chronic pelvic pain. 
• Discuss the differential causes and diagnoses of acute and chronic pelvic pain. 
• Review the latest evidence-based recommendations in the assessment and management of chronic pelvic pain.

ModeratorKris Barnsfather, M.D. Obstetrician Gynecologist Women's Care Physicians of Louisville Norton Healthcare Louisville, Kentucky

SpeakerSteven J Radtke, MD, FACOG, FMIGS Minimally Invasive Gynecology Surgeon Norton Urogynecology Center Louisville, Kentucky

Moderator, Speaker and Planner Disclosures  The planners, moderator and speaker of this activity do not have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. 

Commercial Support  There was no commercial support for this activity. 

Physician Credits Accreditation Norton Healthcare is accredited by the Kentucky Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation Norton Healthcare designates this enduring material for a maximum of .75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

For more information about continuing medical education, please send an email to cme@nortonhealthcare.org. 

Nursing CreditsNorton Healthcare Institute for Education and Development is approved with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the South Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This continuing professional development activity has been approved for .75 contact hours. In order for nursing participants to obtain credits, they must claim attendance by attesting to the number of hours in attendance.  

For more information related to nursing credits, contact Sally Sturgeon, DNP, RN, SANE-A, AFN-BC at (502) 446-5889 or sally.sturgeon@nortonhealthcare.org.

Resources for Additional Study:

Female Pelvic Conditions: Chronic Pelvic Pain https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35420402/

Do we want to know the enormity of women’s severe menstrual disorders and chronic pelvic pain? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38570116/

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