Conferences

The 23rd Obstetricians Update for Family Physicians
October 27-29, 2011 | Vancouver, B.C.

This two day course focused on increasing competence and confidence in order to promote sustainable, secure maternity care for the benefit of patients, their families, and the practitioners who perform this important work. It also aimed to promote evidence-based maternity care and to increase awareness of developing controversies in obstetrical treatment. This course provided participants with hands-on experience in managing obstetrical complications and emergencies whilst facilitating the understanding of new and evolving techniques. It also offered an opportunity for interaction amongst physicians whose practice includes maternity care.

Click here to download the conference schedule.

The conference featured the following presentations:

Thursday, October 27, 2011:

(Keynote) How Did Humans Come to Give Birth Like This? | Dr. Mark Sloan
OMG, I Forgot to Have Kids! Assisted Reproductive Strategies | Dr. Jason Hitkari
VBAC, The Endless Conversation: Streamlining Your Counseling | Dr. Shiraz Moola
VBAC, The Endless Conversation Part 2: Does Structured Counseling Change Outcomes? | Ms. Lee Saxell
Newborn Pearls | Dr. Rob Everett
Mama, Put Some Sugar in My Bowl: The New GDM Screening Guidelines | Dr. Jennifer Klinke
The Right Stuff: Applying Evidence to Routine PN Care | Dr. William Ehman

Friday, October 28, 2011:

“The Heat is On” – Intrapartum Fever | Dr. Andrew Sear
Overdue and Out of Juice: Post-dates Monitoring & Oligohydramnios | Dr. Gerry Marquette
Induction of Labour: Who, When, Why & How? | Dr. Michele Lipp
The Lowdown on Low Placentas | Dr. Kathy Cadenhead + Dr. Beth Waterman
It’s Time to Cut the Cord: Acid vs Iron, What’s the Evidence? | Dr. Ellen Giesbrecht, Dr. Paul Thiessen, Dr. Lori d’Agincourt-Canning (panel debate)
Now in Theatres: Return of the Vaginal Breech Birth | Dr. Dena Bloomenthal
(Keynote) Inside Out Looking Out: A Baby’s View of Childbirth | Dr. Mark Sloan

Conference sponsored by: The Division of Continuing Professional Development, Faculty of Medicine, UBC; The Department of Family Practice, UBC; and BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre, Department of Family Practice

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Turning the Tide: Balancing Birth Experience and Interventions for Best Outcomes | May 11 – 13, 2011
A Consensus Conference in Vancouver, B.C.

The goal of Turning the Tide: Balancing Birth Experience & Interventions for Best Outcomes was to provide an opportunity for maternity care providers, managers, researchers, students and other interested parties to engage in a discussion on labour and birth, examine current initiatives to normalize birth, and to participate in making recommendations on how to balance birth experience and interventions for best outcomes in B.C. The conference was interactive and dynamic, and was structured using the consensus development conference model. We look forward to releasing our consensus statement in the coming weeks.

The conference featured the following presentations by an incredible lineup of presenters. Click here to download the full program

View the Presentations from Wednesday May 11th, 2011:

100 Years of Giving Birth – Learning from the Past | Neal Devitt, family physician (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4)
Navigating Choices in Childbirth (link to Prezi) | Asheya Hennessey, consumer
What do Women Believe Normal Birth is? | Eugene Declercq, epidemiologist
What Can Hospitals Learn from Home Birth? | Saraswathi Vedam, midwife
Vaginal Birth: What’s in it for the Baby? | Mark Sloan, pediatrician
Social Media and Birth | Amy Romano, midwife

View the Presentations from Thursday May 12, 2011:

What is the Optimal Use of Continuous EFM? | Ann Sprague, nurse
What is the Optimal Use of Induction of Labour? | Barra O’Briain, family physician
What is the Optimal Use of Epidural During Labour? | Giselle Villar, anesthesiologist
Recommending and Supporting VBAC | Dale Steele, obstetrician
Trials of the Term Breech | Dena Bloomenthal, obstetrician
Informed Consent: When Autonomy and Beneficence Collide | Andrew Kotaska, obstetrician (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4)
Panel: How Can an Interprofessional Team Support Normal Birth? | Anne Biringer, family physician; Nancy Kent, obstetrician; Melanie Basso, nurse; Linda Knox, midwife (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4)
Building Partnerships with Women, their Families and Care Providers | Michael Klein, family physician

View the Presentations from Friday, May 13, 2011:

Turning the Tide: Balancing Birth Experience & Interventions for Best Outcomes to Improve Birth for Women – Conference Summary | Jan Christilaw, obstetrician

Conference sponsored by: BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre; Collaboration for Maternal and Newborn Health; Power to Push Campaign & Best Birth Clinic