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Informationen zum Autor David Chelmow is Professor and Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Ob/Gyn) at Virginia Commonwealth University and chairs the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Practice Bulletins-Gynecology Committee. He is a past president of the Society for Academic Specialists in General Obstetrics and Gynecology and served on the ACOG Well Woman Task Force. He serves on the board of directors for the American Board of Ob/Gyn, the Council of University Chairs in Ob/Gyn, and the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology. He is the editor-in-chief of the Medscape Ob/Gyn Reference and the SASGOG/Foundation for Exxcellence in Women's Health Pearls of Exxcellence. Anita Blanchard is a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Ob/Gyn) at the University of Chicago Medical Center. She has served as the residency program director since 2004 and is committed to educating our next generation of outstanding health care providers. She serves on the board of directors for the American Board of Ob/Gyn and the Foundation for Exxcellence in Women's Health. She is on the residency review committee for Ob/Gyn for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Lee Learman is Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education and Academic Affairs and Florida Atlantic University. He is a former chair of the Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology, and a former member of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Ob/Gyn residency review committee. He is currently president of the Society for Academic Specialists in General Obstetrics and Gynecology, and co-leader of the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO) Academic Scholars and Leaders Program. He was lead and senior author of two clinical research publications in Obstetrics and Gynecology winning the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' Roy M. Pitkin Award (2004, 2009) and in 2007 received the Established Investigator Award from the American Educational Research Association. He has a career-long interest in medical education, doctor-patient communication and epidemiology, and his clinical niche is chronic pelvic pain. Klappentext The book provides guidance for conducting a well-woman visit, based on the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Well Woman Task Force recommendations. The scope of problems, the rationale for screening or prevention, and the factors that alter screening are explained, then the recommendations are summarized, and advice is offered on their application. Zusammenfassung The book provides guidance for conducting a well-woman visit! based on the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Well Woman Task Force recommendations. The scope of problems! the rationale for screening or prevention! and the factors that alter screening are explained! then the recommendations are summarized! and advice is offered on their application. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: David Chelmow, Anita Blanchard and Lee Learman; Part I. Background: 1. The well-woman task force Haywood L. Brown and Jeanne Conry; 2. Rationale for the well-woman visit Maureen G. Phipps; 3. Principles of early diagnosis and prevention Lee Learman; 4. Guidelines: deciding what belongs in a well-woman visit David Haas; 5. Promoting lifestyle modification and behaviour change in the context of shared decision making Michelle H. Moniz and Tony Ogburn; 6. Practical aspects of the well-woman visit Christopher M. Zahn; 7. Considerations for medically underserved populations Amy (Meg) Autry and Sara Whetstone; 8. Paying for the well-woman visit Michael S. Policar; Part II. Components of the Well-Woman Visit: Introduction. Components of the well woman visit at different life-stages; Section 1. Health Maintenance: 9. Immunizations Regan N. Theiler; 10. Visual acuity and glaucoma Melanie D. Altizer; 11. Hearing sc...
