Annual Women’s Health Medical Conference – Barbados
“From Prenatal to Postpartum”
The Mount Restaurant, UWI Cave Hill, Barbados
Saturday Oct 28 to Sunday Oct 29, 2017
9AM-4.30PM
Health is one of the most important areas in which women encounter risks that are different from those faced by men, and they have a central role both in health services as well as in their communities and families. Of fundamental and extreme urgency are 1) maternal mortality and adolescent pregnancy and 2) Access to sexual and reproductive health. (Michelle Bachelet former Executive Director of UN Women, at the “Women, Health and Development conference in Asunción, Paraguay, 12 December 2011.)
The annual women’s health medical conference provides an opportunity to focus on women’s health issues in Barbados, the Caribbean and beyond. The health of women determines the health of the nation and special attention must be given to maternal health.
Pregnancy care consists of prenatal (before birth) and postpartum (after birth) healthcare for expectant mothers. It involves treatments and trainings to ensure a healthy pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, and labor and delivery for mom and baby.
Postpartum care is an important determinant of quality health care outcomes for women giving birth. Since medical complications can occur after a woman has given birth, postpartum visits can address any adverse effects that giving birth had on a woman’s body, such as persistent bleeding, inadequate iron levels, blood pressure, pain, emotional changes, and infections. For example, heavy bleeding can be an indicator of a retained placenta, uterine atony, lacerations, hematoma, or coagulation disorders.
This CME will explore the broad spectrum of prenatal to post-partum care and will include a mixture of lectures and workshops on topics including:
Physicians, nurses, midwives and allied health professionals are welcome to attend this event. CPE credit will be available.
Saturday, Oct 28, 2017 9AM-430PM
Draft Programme
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 9am | Opening remarks | |
| Current situation: Prenatal to Postpartum –A public health perspective | Vickie Blackman, RN, Senior Health Sister, MOH | |
| 915 | Obesity and female fertility | Dr. Damien Best, OBGYN |
| 945 | Use of ultrasound in obstetrics | Dr. Natisha Robinson, OBGYN |
| 1015 | Water Birth: Evidence-based | Andrea Jordan, Midwife |
| 1100 | Break | |
| 1115 | Analgesia/anesthesia in labour
|
TBA, Anaesthetist |
| 1145 | Pelvic floor after birth
|
Jasmine Evelyn, Physiotherapist |
| 1200 | Neonatal resuscitation
|
TBA, Paediatrician
|
| 1245 | LUNCH | |
| 1400 | Postpartum depression
|
Dr. Nya Maughn, Psychiatrist |
| 1430 | Your customer as a client
|
Dawn Lovell, Customer Service Coach |
| 1530-1630pm |
Obstetric emergency: Massive postpartum hemorrhage |
Obstetricians/Midwives |
Sunday, 29 October 2017 9AM-430PM
Draft Programme
| Time | Topic
|
Speaker |
| 900 | Respectful maternity care
(nurse and mother’s perspective)
|
TBA |
| 945 | Adolescent pregnancy ad perinatal outcomes
|
Dr. Cortney Yarbrough, OBGYN |
| 1030 | Nutrition and pregnancy
|
Karen Griffith, Nutritionist |
| 1100 | Alternative birthing positions
|
Dr. Nicole Durham, OBGYN |
| 1145 | Intrapartum fetal monitoring
|
Dr. Tracy Archer, OBGYN |
| 1245 | LUNCH | |
| 1345 | The road to grief recovery: A medical professional guide to managing grief related to fetal loss and neonatal death | Janelle Chase-Mayers, Certified Grief Counsellor |
| 1430 | Risk management in Obstetrics
|
TBA |
| 1500 |
Group B neonatal sepsis |
Dr. Gillian Birchwood, Paediatrician |
| 1530 – 1630 | Workshop:
Cord prolapse |
Obstetricians |
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