Sexual Medicine Courses for Pelvic Health Practitioners
MD's/NP's/PA's/PT's/OT's/PTA's/COTA's

Vulvovaginal Disorders & Female Sexual Pain Defined.
​ Andrew Goldstein, MD, FACOG
Director, The Centers for Vulvovaginal Disorders in New York City & Washington, DC

Date: TBD
Saturday, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
Attend Live via
In Person
or
Virtually

This course invites all sexual medicine providers including: MD's, NP's, PA's, PT's, PTA's, OT's and students. 

​In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Medical Education Resources (MER) and Alcove Education, LLC. MER is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team
TPTA CCU's will be provided by Alcove Ed.

$525

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This in-person course will thoroughly explain diagnoses pertaining to female sexual pain and vulvovaginal pain disorders. Leading sexual medicine expert, Dr. Andrew Goldstein, will expand every medical practitioner's knowledge of the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of sexual/vulvovaginal/pelvic pain to facilitate better care in your clinic and improvement for your patients. Learn to diagnose and treat vulvar dermatoses such as lichen sclerosus and lichen planus, to distinguish differences between the many different causes of vulvodynia, and how to evaluate and treat recalcitrant vulvovaginitis.  Learn to navigate Dr. Goldstein’s vulvovaginal and vulvodynia algorithm which has become the gold-standard diagnostic and treatment algorithm for conditions such as hormonally mediated vestibulodynia, neuroproliferative vestibulodynia, PGAD, pudendal neuralgia, overactive pelvic floor muscle dysfunction, and desquamative inflammatory vaginitis.  Dr. Goldstein will examine evidence based research and will also shine a light on cutting edge research.

Course Objectives

• Discuss and understand evidence-based nomenclature surrounding vulvodynia, vestibulodynia, various subtypes of pelvic pain including dermatological condition
  
• Discuss and understand the prevalence of dyspareunia and frequent comorbidities
  
• Define the most common causes and appearances of vulvar dermatological conditions
  
• Identify vulvar and pelvic floor anatomy involved in various disorders of pelvic pai
  
• Assess and conduct a medical history and physical examination that can help determine the etiology of genitourinary syndrome of menopause
  
• Discuss and understand the various treatment options available for treated vulvar disorders, including psychological, physical therapy, medical, and surgical treatments​

Course Schedule

It is the policy of Medical Education Resources to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its educational activities. In accordance with this policy, MER identifies conflicts of interest with its instructors, content managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of an activity. Conflicts are resolved by MER to ensure that all scientific research referred to, reported, or used in a continuing education activity conforms to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, and analysis. 

Accepting candidates for hosting this course for 2021-2022.  
Please contact Questions@AlcoveEducation.com to inquire. ​