REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.
PLEASE CHECK WWW.FERTILITYUPDATES.COM IN WINTER 2024 TO SEE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2024 CONGRESS
PLEASE CHECK WWW.FERTILITYUPDATES.COM IN WINTER 2024 TO SEE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2024 CONGRESS
OVERVIEW
The Annual REI Nursing Congress: Scientific & Therapeutic Approaches to Assisted Reproductive Technology (StartART) provides a unique and comprehensive educational opportunity for nurses and other REI professionals, featuring critical updates on the latest advances in reproductive medicine from procedures and protocols to lab updates, innovations in genetics, impact of social change, and current legal issues. The goals of this annual congress are to provide late-breaking information, cutting-edge techniques, and best practices to improve ART outcomes. The goals are enhanced by the unique contributions that REI nurses make to the field of reproductive medicine through their skills, compassion, and caring.
The Annual REI Nursing Congress: Scientific & Therapeutic Approaches to Assisted Reproductive Technology (StartART) provides a unique and comprehensive educational opportunity for nurses and other REI professionals, featuring critical updates on the latest advances in reproductive medicine from procedures and protocols to lab updates, innovations in genetics, impact of social change, and current legal issues. The goals of this annual congress are to provide late-breaking information, cutting-edge techniques, and best practices to improve ART outcomes. The goals are enhanced by the unique contributions that REI nurses make to the field of reproductive medicine through their skills, compassion, and caring.
CO-CHAIRED BY:
Carol B. Lesser, MSN, NP, RNC (Boston IVF) and Tamara M. Tobias, ARNP, WHNP-BC (Seattle Reproductive Medicine)
Carol B. Lesser, MSN, NP, RNC (Boston IVF) and Tamara M. Tobias, ARNP, WHNP-BC (Seattle Reproductive Medicine)
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After participating in this virtual congress, the attendee should be able to:
After participating in this virtual congress, the attendee should be able to:
- Distinguish strategies for selecting stimulation protocols according to responder types to optimize outcomes;
- Explain the challenges and management issues associated with advanced parental age;
- Discuss the impact of disease and treatment strategies for endometriosis and PCOS on reproductive potential;
- Summarize current diagnostic criteria and treatment strategies for endometriosis;
- Identify advances in oocyte cryopreservation for donor egg banking;
- Review progress in male reproductive medicine;
- Debate current legal and liability issues encountered in ART practice;
- Examine concepts and progress in stem cell research;
- Apply guidelines and algorithms to improve recurrent pregnancy loss;
- Describe innovations in lab techniques from IVF retrieval to embryo transfer;
- Demonstrate the value of preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy;
- Summarize advances in fertility preservation and the application of recent guidelines.