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Exploring the Challenges of Maternal Morality


Total Credits: 1 including 1 AOA Category 1-A Credit(s)

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WOMA - Washington
Faculty:
Anita Showalter, DO, FACOOG
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1 Hour 04 Minutes
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Exploring the Challenges of Maternal Mortality- Anita Showalter, DO, FACOOG

This lecture will review US statistics in maternal mortality and how we compare on the world stage.  Areas of racial and ethnic disparities in mortality and morbidity will be discussed.  Programs that have made improvements in maternal mortality will be explored along with ways we might further impact this important health outcome.

The Washington Osteopathic Medical Association is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association as a Category 1 CME Sponsor.

The WOMA strives to provide continuing medical education programs to fulfill the needs of the attendees and to meet the AOA Uniform Guidelines and AOA Accreditation Requirements. Comments, questions, or complaints should be forwarded to WOMA Executive Director Roseanne Andersen, by calling the WOMA office at 425-677-3930, by mail to WOMA P.O. Box 1187 Gig Harbor, WA 98332 , or by email to executivedirector@woma.org.

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Anita Showalter, DO, MA, FACOOG (Dist) is a board certified OBGYN with a special interest in the osteopathic management of pelvic pain syndromes.  Her Master of Arts degree is in bioethics, and her research toward the degree included work on maternal mortality.  She is a Distinguished Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee for Osteopathic Curriculum, and speaks nationally on osteopathic manipulation in obstetrics and gynecology.  She has recently retired from her position as Professor of Women’s Health at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences to reenter private practice at New Life Clinic with offices in Zillah and Yakima, Washington.

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