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Continuing Education, Inc.
University at Sea®
5700 4th St. N.
St Petersburg, 
Florida 
33703


800-422-0711
 
727-526-1571

OUR OFFICE HOURS
Monday - Friday
8:30am - 6:00pm EST
Saturday
9:00am - 5:00pm EST
Sunday
1:00pm - 5:00pm EST
Stress Free
Our Cruise Conferences provide a unique, relaxing learning environment.
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Our cruise conferences include everything you need and beyond!

Women's Health: Clinical and Psychological Topics

Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas
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7-Night Western Caribbean Cruise Conference
from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
May 5-12, 2013

14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
14 Contact Hours
BIAS FREE CME - No Commercial Support was provided for this CME activity.

Course Fee
Physicians and other Doctoral Level Degrees $695
All Others - Course Fee $450

Course Fee Cancellation Policy
30 days or more - None; 7-29 days - 50%; less than 7 days - 100%

IMPORTANT NOTE: All conferees, their families, and guests must book their cruise within the CME meeting group through Continuing Education, Inc./University at Sea® at 800-422-0711 or by registering online. This ensures our company can provide conference services and complimentary social amenities to all meeting participants and their guests. Thank you for your cooperation.
Faculty

Steven D. Gitomer, M.D., FACOG, is Associate Clinical Professor at University of South Florida School of Medicine. He has specialized in obstetrics and gynecology for 20 years and just gynecology for 10 years in Tampa Florida.

Dr. Gitomer graduated from Georgetown School of Medicine and completed his obstetrics and gynecology training at the University of Rochester, New York. He has experience as president of a medium size OBGYN group, starting a solo gynecology practice and being in a large single specialty group. He has a special interest in advanced laparoscopic surgery, office surgery and teaching physicians in training.

Bonnie R. Saks, M.D. , Residencies in Ob/Gyn and Psychiatry, Yale, Fellowship in Sex Therapy, Yale University, Professor of Psychiatry, University of South Florida, Private Practice, Bonnie R. Saks, MD and Associates, LLC, Tampa, Florida,

Dr. Saks received undergraduate and medical degrees from Brown University. She completed an internship in medicine at Montefore Hospital in New York and did residency training in obstetrics/gynecology and then psychiatry at Yale University. She was subsequently a clinical instructor at Yale in both departments. She also completed a sex therapy fellowship at Yale sponsored by the n National Institute of Mental Health. Dr. Saks is now a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of South Florida in Tampa where she teaches residents and medical students in Human Sexuality. She is also an analytic supervisor. She is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, a Founding Fellow of the American Board of Sexology. She has been President of the Society for Sex Therapy and Research and on the editorial board of the Archives of Women’s Mental Health. She has published and lectured extensively. She was a Commencement Speaker for Brown University Medical School on May 28, 2005. She has chaired several symposia at the World Association of Sexual Health.


Our staff can assist you with all your travel arrangements.

Target Audience

OB/GYN, Family Practice, NPs, Nurses, Physician Assistants

Program Purpose / Objectives

Preliminary Objectives for Activity:
  • STI's: How to assess those at risk and communicate the risks to our patients
  • Prevention of Infertility: Assess cancer therapies and behaviors that increase fertility
  • Disfunctional Uterine Bleeding: Participants should be able to use new terminologies, definitions and classifications to determine appropriate therapies
  • Hysterectomy: Describe the different types of hysterectomies and be prepared to discuss these with patients
  • Office Surgery: Assess patient suitability for surgeries appropriate to an office setting
  • Uterine Myoma: Differentiate between myomas needing surgery and those that do not
  • Post-Menopausal Hormonal Therapy: Perform risk/benefit analysis for different types of hormonal therapies
  • Discuss evolutionary fitness as it relates to medical practice in women.
  • Discuss the influence of the social brain on medical practice in human females.
  • Discuss the complexities of emotional control and decision-making in human females.
  • Discuss the development of mental health problems during adolescence.
  • Discuss and screen for body image distortions as they affect medical problems in females.
  • Discuss and screen for affective disorders in women.
  • Discuss and screen for alcohol and substance abuse, and addiction, in females.
Conference Sessions generally take place on days at sea (as itinerary allows), giving you plenty of time to enjoy your meals, evenings and ports of call with your companion, family and friends.
Accreditation
Accredited Continuing Medical Education Accreditation: Continuing Education, Inc is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Designation: Continuing Education, Inc designates this live activity for a maximum of 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Creditstm. Each physician should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ANCC Accredited Continuing Nursing Education Continuing Education, Inc. is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Accredited status does not imply endorsement by Continuing Education, Inc/University at Sea or ANCC of any commercial products displayed or used with an activity.

Questions? Call us at 800-422-0711.
We can assist you with all your travel arrangements. We'd be happy to help you plan your flights, hotels or tours before and/or after your cruise conference.
Cruise Itinerary

DATE
PORT OF CALL
ARRIVE
DEPART
Sun May 5
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
-
5:00pm
Mon May 6
At Sea Cruising
Lectures 8:00am-12noon: 1:30-4:30pm
-
-
Tue May 7
Labadee, Haiti
8:00am
5:00pm
Wed May 8
Falmouth, Jamaica
10:00am
7:00pm
Thu May 9
At Sea Cruising
Lectures 8:00am-12noon: 1:30-4:30pm
-
-
Fri May 10
Cozumel, Mexico
8:00am
7:00pm
Sat May 11
At Sea Cruising
-
-
Sun May 12
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
6:15am
-

EXCLUSIVE SHORE EXCURSIONS
Please note that our shore excursions are operated separately and independently of those offered by the cruise line.