This activity is jointly provided by Global Education Group and Pacific Coast Reproductive Society.

CME Information

Instructions to Receive Credit

In order to receive credit for this activity, the participant must attend the conference and complete a program evaluation. Certificates of credit will be emailed to learners 3-4 weeks after the conclusion of the conference.

• At the conclusion of the meeting, all eligible attendees will receive an email to complete the program evaluation.
• PCRS provides the post-test to attendees three weeks after the conclusion of the event to evaluate the retention of the knowledge gained by attending the sessions. Attendees must complete the post-test to earn CME.

Target Audience

Practicing physicians, physicians in training, and scientists in training in the field of reproductive medicine representing:

• Andrology/Male Infertility
• Reproductive Endocrinology
• Obstetrics and Gynecology

Physician team members and allied health professionals representing:

• Complementary Healthcare
• Mental Health
• Nursing
• Reproductive Biologists/Laboratory Specialists
• Outside Agencies
• Third-Party Agencies
• Genetic Laboratories

Statement of Need/Program Overview

The Pacific Coast Reproductive Society annual meeting is designed to provide Continuing Medical Education (CME) to physicians and allied healthcare professionals. The Pacific Coast Reproductive Society’s (PCRS) global commitment to exceptional patient care is embodied in the continuing medical education of physicians, their teams, and allied professionals. Promoting the highest standards of clinical practice, patient safety, and improved patient outcomes, related to the treatment of infertility, is consistent with the principles and goals of PCRS.

The Pacific Coast Reproductive Society’s CME program is based on the integration of clinical practice, scientific research, and education in Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) Consistent with these values, the following goals of PCRS/CME are intended to:

1. Cultivate an atmosphere for thinking differently, unconventionally, or from new perspectives
2. Offer thought-provoking programming enabling physicians, their teams, and allied health care professionals to provide superior medical care for patients
3. Update or reinforce knowledge of current concepts, techniques, or practices
4. Promote innovation in clinical practice and research
5. Foster the integration of advances in relevant scientific and clinical research ensuring clinicians access to timely and relevant information
6. Enable clinicians to recognize, practice, discuss, and apply new concepts, technologies, or practices, as they relate to the management of infertility in their specific area of clinical practice or research
7. Further the identification and recognition of ethical, psychological, and cultural patient concerns
8. Provide a forum for clinicians, academicians, and other professionals in allied fields to create or renew collegial and collaborative relationships that enhance their effectiveness, promote high standards of clinical practice, patient safety, and improved patient outcomes
9. Facilitate a career-long continuum of medical education.
10. PCRS accomplishes these goals through its Annual Meeting, which includes multiple disciplines (in reproductive medicine) in an educational program attracting regional, national, and international participants.

Educational Objectives

After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:

1.  Recognize the legal issues raised by the US Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs for ART providers and patients
2.  Apply knowledge of disparities in reproductive health to clinical practice, with the goal of improving access to fertility care
3.  Appraise the real-life, clinical risk-benefit of mosaic embryo transfers
4. Discover tools to communicate with policy makers, as well as engage patients and colleagues in activism
5. Understand the impact of corporate IVF on the IVF practice, as well as understand the current and projected needs for personnel
6. Discuss lifestyle factors known to impact male fertility
7. Integrate knowledge about oocyte quantity and quality with fertility success, as well as understand how ovarian aging is associated with cardiovascular risk
8. Integrate knowledge of the various aspects of cell-cell interactions that now shape our contemporary understanding of ovarian physiology, and serve as a foundation for improvements in technology required for clinical application.
9. Assess the evidence and lack of evidence for the use of immunotherapies in fertility treatment
10. Understand the effects of COVID-19 on reproductive outcomes, as well as the available safety and efficacy data for COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy
11. Discuss the relationship between infertility and sexual functioning
12. Classify categories of penetrative disorders and develop appropriate treatment plans/referrals based on patient presentation.
13. List the emerging treatments for endometriosis

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Physician Accreditation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of Global Education Group (Global) and Pacific Coast Reproductive Society. Global is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Physician Credit Designation

Nursing Continuing Education

American Board of Bioanalysis (ABB) Continuing Education

• Application to be submitted at least 45 days prior to conference launch.

• his educational activity has been approved for up to 18.5 contact hours of continuing education with ABB/PEER..

National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC)

This event has been submitted to the National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC) for approval of Category 1 CEUs. The American Board of Genetic Counseling (ABGC) accepts CEUs approved by NSGC for purposes of recertification. Approval for the requested CEUs and Contact Hours is currently pending.