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  • May 15, 2023 10:03 AM | Becca Liebers (Administrator)

    Enduring Consensus Cervical Cancer Screening and Management Guidelines

    Draft recommendations for use of p16/ki-67 Dual Stain (CINtec-plus)

    See the Enduring Guidelines Dual Stain Summary for Public Comments and submit your comment here before June 1, 2023.

  • May 01, 2023 1:21 PM | Becca Liebers (Administrator)

    AHRQ invites public comment in response to a Request for Information (RFI) about a potential Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) survey to assess patients’ prenatal and childbirth care experiences in ambulatory and inpatient care settings.

    Accordingly, this RFI seeks comments about such topics as:

    • Priority areas for measuring prenatal and childbirth care experiences in healthcare settings, such as communication with providers, respect, access to services, and patients’ perceptions of bias in receiving care
    • Settings of care for which patient experience of care should be developed
    • Existing surveys or survey items currently being used to assess patients’ prenatal and childbirth care experiences
    • Special considerations or concerns associated with the collection of such information

    This RFI will help inform the development of scientifically sound survey(s) to potentially measure patients’ prenatal and childbirth care experience.

    Comments in response to this notice must be received by May 5, 2023. Please submit comments electronically to CAHPS1@westat.com with the subject line “Prenatal and Childbirth Care Experience Survey RFI.”

  • May 01, 2023 8:06 AM | Becca Liebers (Administrator)

    APAOG's Board Nominations are now OPEN! Consider nominating someone you know who may be a great fit or nominate yourself as a candidate if you're interested in being part of the group leading the way for PAs working in OBGYN. We have a few key positions open and look forward to having either returning or new faces join our leadership team. If you have any questions, please reach out to our administrative office! Remember, all positions come with guidance and support to ensure success.

    APAOG 2023 Board Positions Available:

    • President
    • Treasurer
    • Director-At-Large
    • Student Representative (2)
    • Non-PA Board Member

    APAOG 2023 Nominations/Elections Timeline:

    • May 1 – Call for Nominations Opens
    • May 20 – Call for Nominations Closes
    • May 22 – Nominating Committee/Board reviews nominations and approves final slate of candidates
    • June 1 – Electronic Elections Open
      - Eligible voters include APAOG Fellow Members and APAOG Student Representatives
      - Elections open until June 16th
    • June 20 – Announcement of Election Results
    • July 1 – New Board Positions Begin Term

    Nominate Here Board Description

  • April 12, 2023 1:51 PM | Becca Liebers (Administrator)

    April is National Minority Health Month, an observance that highlights the importance of improving the health of racial and ethnic minority and American Indian/Alaska Native communities and reducing health disparities. This year’s theme is “Better Health Through Better Understanding,” a goal that AHRQ supports through investments in research and resources that improve health literacy. Examples of agency resources that help achieve better outcomes for minority populations include the Spanish-language version of AHRQ’s QuestionBuilder app. The tool helps patients prepare and organize questions before medical appointments so they better understand their conditions and treatment options.

  • April 11, 2023 12:20 PM | Becca Liebers (Administrator)

    This is Black Maternal Health Week (April 11—17), which brings attention to preventing pregnancy-related deaths and improving maternal health outcomes. Stay tuned for tomorrow’s blog post on ways NIH is addressing maternal health inequities by leadership of the Implementing a Maternal health and PRegancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE) initiative.  We also invite you to review the NIH Maternal Morbidity & Mortality Web Portal and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ resources on Strengthening Maternal Health.  

  • April 04, 2023 7:59 AM | Becca Liebers (Administrator)

    WASHINGTON, DC, April 3, 2023 – Advocates for individuals in need of breast reconstruction surgery delivered a letter and petition to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) today, urging them to reinstate a procedure code that is essential for access to deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap breast reconstruction surgery. More than 4,600 individuals from across the country signed the petition. The letter to CMS was signed by 34 patient advocacy organizations, 12 medical professional societies, and 231 health care professionals, including hospitals, practices, and individual health care providers.

    Breast reconstruction following a mastectomy can significantly affect a person’s body image, self-esteem, and quality of life. Reconstruction also provides individuals with a choice and some sense of control, allowing them to work with their health care providers to choose the type of breast reconstruction best suited for them. In 2020, 137,000 individuals had breast reconstruction surgery; of those, 25,000 received DIEP flap breast reconstruction.

    View Full Press Release | View Group Letter

  • March 28, 2023 11:10 AM | Becca Liebers (Administrator)

    PAEA | March 6, 2023

    Prenatal care can be a challenge for PA programs, but one experienced doctor has made some materials available that she believes will be helpful.

    Susan E. White, MD, program director for the PA program and assistant profession of ObGyn Medicine at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, presented the Prenatal Care Workshop at the 2009 PAEA Education Forum.

    The information was well received, and White has had many requests to share the curriculum. There have been updates to that 2009 material, some as recently as this year. The most recent curriculum materials are now available in the PAEA Digital Learning Hub for PAEA members to access.

    The complete materials include the following: 

    • A faculty guide 
    • Slide deck 
    • Worksheet on obstetrical terms 
    • Student guide for the prenatal physical exam 
    • Mock clinical forms 
    • Three obstetrical cases

    The obstetrical cases illustrate care such as miscarriage, premature rupture of membranes, uncertain dates, and pre-eclampsia. They can be used individually or in a group discussion.

    White said some “outside-the-box” thinking was needed to get the data used to create the curriculum. When she was on faculty at a New Hampshire PA program, where she did early work on the learning tools, the state had the lowest birth rate in the country.

    “We needed to be creative. We recruited pregnant patients so that students could take a history and do a prenatal exam using the mock medical forms provided,” White said.

    White said she hoped the information would help other providers and their maternal patients.

    “I am grateful to the Association of Physician Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology (APAOG) for hosting this curriculum on their website. I hope my PAEA colleagues find these resources to be valuable,” she said.

    View article.
  • March 24, 2023 11:02 AM | Becca Liebers (Administrator)

    The awards process is the single most important means that APAOG has for recognizing PAs who have made significant contributions in women's health. See below for information on submitting new nominations and visit our website to view past award winners.

    The call for nominations for 2023 award nominees will be open Monday, March 27-Friday, April 14. The APAOG Board of Directors will begin reviewing the submissions on April 17. Award winners will be announced on April 24. If you are interested in reviewing our award details, click here!

    AWARD WEBPAGE NOMINATE HERE

  • March 20, 2023 8:03 AM | Becca Liebers (Administrator)

    Free the Pill | March 16, 2023

    HRA Pharma has submitted an application to the FDA for an over the counter (OTC) progestin-only birth control pill (POP). If approved, Opill would be the first OTC birth control pill available in the United States. This research summary highlights the safety and efficacy of POPs, experiences with and interest in using them, and the challenges and barriers to accessing birth control pills in the current prescription-only environment.

    Read more.

  • March 09, 2023 10:25 AM | Becca Liebers (Administrator)

    March is Women’s History Month and ORWH is joining the NIH Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion colleagues and the nation in celebrating the Women who Tell our Stories. Throughout the month on social media, they will be sharing Pearls of Wisdom video profiles, which tell the stories of groundbreaking women in STEMM whose research has helped advance the health of women.

    ORWH will also commemorate National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on March 10. Last month, they announced an exciting joint signature program with the NIH Office of AIDS Research to advance research on HIV and women. Read more here. In addition, ORWH is excited to highlight several events, funding opportunities, and communication resources, such as the new webpage below.

    SEX AND GENDER

    ORWH has a new webpage on Sex & Gender! Visit the webpage to read up on concepts, differences, and interactions between sex and gender and why they are important to advance health for us all—in particular for women.

    MATERNAL MORBIDITY & MORTALITY (MMM)

    Thursday, March 9 they will host: Implementing a Maternal health and Pregnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE) initiative Awardee Workshop to learn how NIH-funded research is tackling pregnancy-morbidity and mortality. Other upcoming events and recent announcements related to MMM include:

    • Innovative Approaches to Improve Maternal Health Hybrid Workshop: On May 8 – 9, 2023, NIH will host a free event that will bring together technology developers, medical device experts, small business innovators, implementation scientists, MMM researchers, as well as academic, industry, and community-based partners to foster new approaches to solving MMM challenges. Please register for this hybrid (virtual and in-person) event to reserve your space. 
    • Connecting the Community for Maternal Health Challenge: NIH recently announced the first-phase winners of this challenge, which encourages and rewards nonprofit, community-based, or advocacy organizations to develop research capabilities and infrastructure to pursue research projects to address MMM.

    CAREERS

    In addition to celebrating women in biomedical careers, ORWH and NIH are committed to supporting their advancement. NIH is seeking applicants for two important initiatives:

    • Advancing Gender Inclusive Excellence (AGIE) – Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-OD-23-004): The purpose will be to provide the organizational framework for the management, direction, and overall coordination of all common activities aimed at investigating strategies, approaches, and interventions promoting gender equity or addressing barriers to gender equity, including for women, at the faculty and leadership levels in many areas of science, technology, and engineering. Letter of intent due date: April 28, 2023; Final application due date: May 31, 2023
    • Request for Information (RFI): Re-envisioning U.S. Postdoctoral Research Training and Career Progression within the Biomedical Research Enterprise (NOT-OD-23-084): Responses due by April 14, 2023

    FUNDING OPPORTUNITY RESOURCES

    Twice a month ORWH distributes “FOA Friday,” which features funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) and notices about research that ORWH directly supports or otherwise provides funding. The posts also include FOAs and notices from NIH as well as other agencies. To receive FOA Friday, sign up for ORWH email updates and select ‘funding opportunities.’ Opportunities with upcoming deadlines include:

    SAVE THE DATE

    ORWH will host several exciting events over the next few months. Visit their events webpage for the dates, times, and registration information (where applicable): 

    IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

    The latest issue of Women’s Health in Focus at NIH discusses disparities and workforce diversity in mental health. You are also invited to check out the following resources in case you missed them:

    For additional ORWH communications, please sign up for ORWH email updates. Please contact them if you have any questions.

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