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43 RD ANNUAL POSTGRADUATE PROGRAM
Developed in Cooperation with the Mental Health Professional Group
FACULTY
Andrea M. Braverman, Ph.D., Co-Chair
Elizabeth Grill, Psy.D., Co-Chair
Susan L. Crockin, J.D.
Lindsay Childress-Beatty, Ph.D., J.D.
ACGME COMPETENCY
Patient Care
Medical Knowledge
NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND COURSE DESCRIPTION
Recently, headlines have appeared all over the world with the news of the “Octo Mom.” Other faces of infertility, however,
may be even more familiar to us: young cancer survivors who freeze embryos prior to chemotherapy to preserve their
chances of having a family; men who, after lifetimes spent practicing safe sex, find that they have no sperm and are
considering the use of donors; childless women in their 40s struggling to make sense of their reproductive options and
younger women who want to freeze their eggs in hopes of preserving their future fertility. Recent advances in medication,
microsurgery and in vitro fertilization are providing new hope for many people, but with these advances, psychosocial, legal
and ethical issues become more complex and the issues that challenge ART professionals have become more apparent.
The need of professionals in the field to be conversant in the ethical and legal issues has never been more pressing.
This course is designed to meet the needs of family practice physicians, attorneys, social workers, and other healthcare
professionals who may counsel patients regarding fertility concerns. Topics to be covered include ethical and legal issues, in
addition to innovative counseling approaches for the most compelling areas of assisted reproductive technology.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this course, participants should be able to:
1. Identify key ethical issues that exist in assisted reproductive technology (ART).
2. Summarize different approaches and varied solutions to issues in the provision of ART services.
3. Describe legal issues relevant to the provision of good mental health services in ART.
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Developed in Cooperation with the Society of Reproductive Surgeons
FACULTY
Mark Sigman, M.D., Chair
Peter N. Schlegel, M.D., Co-Chair
Peter T. K. Chan, M.D.
Philip S. Li, M.D.
Jay I. Sandlow, M.D.
ACGME COMPETENCY
Patient Care
PRACTICING POLITICS: AN INTERACTIVE COURSE ON ETHICS AND COUNSELING ISSUES IN ART
Course PG13 (Sunday) • ROOM 505
MALE INFERTILITY MICROSURGERY: A HANDS-ON COURSE
Course PG14 (Sunday) • ROOM 605
NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND COURSE DESCRIPTION
Male infertility procedures require microsurgical skills, but many practicing urologists have not had microsurgical training.
Even surgeons who are comfortable with microsurgery often have no mechanism to learn newer microsurgical techniques.
Although simple techniques such as testicular biopsy are learned during residency, many clinicians have had no formal
training in more advanced techniques such as vasovasostomy and sperm retrieval. In addition, because of the variety of
available sperm retrieval techniques, many clinicians are unclear about the indications for particular techniques, often due
to confusion between obstructive and non-obstructive azoospermia.
This course has been designed for urologists who want to learn new techniques and those who want to refine their skills.
It will give participants the ability to learn basic microsurgical skills and practice actual vasovasostomy and microsurgical
sperm retrieval techniques on animal vas and testes. The faculty will demonstrate and then assist attendees learning
these procedures. Didactic lectures will improve participants’ knowledge and the hands-on component will provide the
opportunity for direct improvement in clinical skills.
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