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Lecture Topics:
Abdominal wall and pelvic myofacial pain / trigger points
Abnormal uterine bleeding
Adhesions
Adnexal masses: ovarian masses
Adnexal masses: Ovarian remnant syndrome
Coding and Billing
Constipation
Contraception and Sterilization
Depression
Drug addiction
Ectopic pregnancy
Endometriosis and endosalpingiosis
Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Resarch Methodology (6 lecture series)
Female sexual dysfunction
Fibroids
Fibromyalgia
Headache
Hernias
Interstitial cystitis
Irritable bowel syndrome
Laparoscopy and Instrumentation: Energy sources,access and closure, specimen removal, endosuturing
Laparoscopy: Anatomy
Laparoscopy: Burch
Laparoscopy: Hysterectomy
Laparoscopy: Hysteroscopy and cystoscopy
Laparoscopy: Instruments and pneumoperitoneum
Medical-Legal Issues in gynecology
Narcotic management of pain
Neuropathic pain
Neurophysiology and neuroanatomy of the pelvic floor
Non-narcotic management of pain
Obesity
Operative hysteroscopy
Pelvic Anatomy
Pelvic congestion syndrome
Pelvic floor prolapse
Pelvic inflammatory disease
Pelvic pain: physical examination
Pelvic pain: taking a history
Pelvic pain: treatment options for dyspareunia
Physical and Sexual abuse
Post-operative pain
Pre-operative evaluation and post-operative care
Recurrent pregnancy loss
Urinary incontinence
Urinary stress incontinence
Vulvodynia and vestibulitis

*Each fellow will be expected to attend the annual meetings of the IPPS and the AAGL. These course requirements can be filled by attending lectures focusing on these topics. Lecture series takes place over 2 years.

Fundamentals of Research- Biostatistics and Epidemiology Core Lecture Series

This is an introductory course to research design, epidemiology and biostatistics designed for health care professionals interested in critical medical literature review and in conducting clinical research. This lecture series is completed over 16 weeks.

Lecture Topics:
Overview of Study Design
Research Methods and Publication
Fundamentals of Biostatistics
Randomized Controlled Trials
Bias
Curriculum Vitae and Career Planning
Diagnostic Tests
Sampling and Sample Size
Normal Distribution
Estimation and Statistical Inference
Exploratory Data Analysis- Continuous Data
Exploratory Data Analysis-Categorical Data
Missing Data
Confounding and Interaction
Analysis of Variance-Comparing Two Groups
Analysis of Variance- Comparing More Than Two Groups
Simple Linear Regression
Multiple Regression
Survival Analysis