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  • March 03, 2023 9:53 AM | Becca Liebers (Administrator)

    March 10th is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, a day to address the impact of HIV on women and girls. When we reduce HIV stigma and promote testing, prevention, and treatment for women, we can help #StopHIVTogether. https://bit.ly/3xF4x1j #NWGHAAD 

  • March 03, 2023 9:52 AM | Becca Liebers (Administrator)

    International Women's Day - March 8th - is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Significant activity is witnessed worldwide as groups come together to celebrate women's achievements or rally for women's equality. Learn More: https://www.internationalwomensday.com/ 

  • March 02, 2023 9:02 AM | Becca Liebers (Administrator)

    The California Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) released a Request for Information (RFI) for information and planning purposes, including identifying qualifications (experience and expertise) for a contractor that will partner with HCAI to establish the California Reproductive Health Service Corps as described in Health and Safety Code Section 128560 et seq.  

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  • February 28, 2023 2:39 PM | Becca Liebers (Administrator)

    NIH Research Matters

    Sepsis is a severe life-threatening immune response to infection or injury. It is a leading cause of maternal and newborn deaths worldwide.

    An NIH-supported study previously found that infusions of the low-cost antibiotic azithromycin could significantly reduce the risk of infections among women who had a cesarean delivery. As a result, experts now recommend that women receive the antibiotic during cesarean delivery.

    It’s been unclear if the drug would have similar effects among mothers planning a vaginal birth. Two small studies have hinted that oral azithromycin might reduce infection and death among mothers and newborns after vaginal delivery.

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  • February 28, 2023 8:11 AM | Becca Liebers (Administrator)

    Michele Lee is a doctoral candidate at Northern Arizona University in the Interdisciplinary Health PhD program. PAs are welcome to participate in her research study. 

    The purpose of the study is to explore how primary care providers (PCPs) make decisions on recommending cervical cancer screening to women with Intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD).

    Examples of I/DD include autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and Down syndrome. Should you decide to participate in this study you will be asked to identify what factors you consider when recommending cervical cancer screening to women with I/DD.

    Practicing MD/DOs or PAs who live in the United States with a specialty in one of the following areas: family medicine, internal medicine, or OBGYN meet inclusion criteria for the study.

    The one on one interview will take place remotely over Zoom and will be scheduled for one hour. If you participate in this research, you will receive a $25 Target gift card.

    If you are interested in participating this this study please email (Michele.Lee@nau.edu) to set up an interview time or use the following google form.

    Michele Lee, MA
    Interdisciplinary Health Doctoral Candidate
    Northern Arizona University

  • February 15, 2023 2:10 PM | Becca Liebers (Administrator)

    Hello friends and colleagues!

    My name is Nisha McKenzie. I am a practicing PA in Grand Rapids Michigan and your APAOG Membership Committee Chair. I transitioned from Family Practice into OB/GYN in 2011 and as of June 2022 I have had the amazing opportunity to open my own multispecialty medical center focusing on Gynecology, Sexual Medicine, Pelvic Health and Mental Health. It can be done! And APAOG was instrumental in my ability to achieve this goal. I am reaching out in hopes of connecting with you to see what you would like to see APAOG do for you? 

    Over the past few years, we have doubled our membership and begun hosting an annual conference at a low cost for members. This year our conference will be an in person event and will host many interesting and useful workshops!

    Throughout the years we have been able to develop and provide our members with OB/GYN onboarding documentation to help prepare you to work within a team of OB/GYN medical professionals, as well as Core Competencies for PAs working within or wanting to bridge the gap into Obstetrics and Gynecology. 

    There are more and more PAs working within OB/GYN and I feel very strongly that PAs fill a void in this specialty that is unable to be filled by any other medical professionals. With our surgical, procedural, and comprehensive medical training, we are able to fulfill both office/clinic positions as well as surgical/hospital positions. 

    APAOG is YOUR organization, and we are consistently working to continue to provide the most up to date and clinically useful training to our members in the form of conferences, social media educational posts, our journal The Artemis, our podcast, on-demand webinars, and even within our community forum.

    Really, I would love to hear from you! Please let me know what I can do to help your professional journey. You may reply to this email or members can post questions or de-identified cases in our member forum

    If you are not a member yet, I hope you will consider joining us! 

    Love and Lube,
    ~Nisha McKenzie PA-C

    Owner and Founder Women's+ Health Collective
    APAOG Membership Committee Chair
    AASECT Certified Sexuality Counselor
    NAMS Certified Menopause Practitioner
    Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health

  • February 15, 2023 9:20 AM | Becca Liebers (Administrator)

    APAOG is sharing the information below. Members are invited to participate if they wish. 

    "I’m a researcher at the University of Southern California where I lead the Maternal Cannabis Lab. Our research looks at how maternal health providers make decisions about patients who use cannabis during pregnancy.

    We are looking for providers who:

    • Provide care to people who use cannabis during pregnancy (e.g., labor and delivery nurses, midwives, doulas, OB-GYNs, etc.)
    • Practice in California
    • Remote participation, one-time 60-minute discussion via Zoom
    • Compensation provided! 

    If you’re interested in participating, please click here for next steps and you'll be connected to our screener and scheduling portal.

    Best Regards,
    Rachel

    Rachel Carmen Ceasar, PhD
    Assistant Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences

    Maternal Cannabis Lab
    https://sites.usc.edu/maternal-cannabis-lab/"

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  • February 14, 2023 10:24 AM | Becca Liebers (Administrator)

    A Call to Action for PAs and PA Students

    Governor Hochul released her proposal for the 2023-2024 New York State Budget including comprehensive changes that advance the PA profession in New York State - especially elimination of outdated physician to PA ratios and removal of supervision for PAs in many settings.

    In the coming weeks, we will be amplifying our calls to the New York State Legislature as they draft their own proposals and begin final budget discussions. 

    We need your help! NYSSPA is urging members to: 

    1. Contact your NY State Senator

    2. Contact your State Assembly person

    3. Contact key legislators to thank them for their support and ask for continued support of the Governor’s proposed budget including:

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  • February 09, 2023 9:23 AM | Becca Liebers (Administrator)

    Mifepristone in the Courts
    ACOG Advocacy and Health Policy | Feb 7, 2023

    A case pending at the Federal District Court in Amarillo, Texas, could have catastrophic consequences on the ability of patients across the United States to access needed medication abortion care and miscarriage management. A decision in favor of the plaintiffs in this case would essentially remove mifepristone from the marketplace, affecting every single state (not just those in which abortion is currently illegal) and exacerbating the current abortion care crisis in the U.S.

    Used in combination with misoprostol, mifepristone is an important component of the recommended regimen for medication abortion and for the management of early pregnancy loss. In this case, plaintiffs are suing to overturn the 2000 FDA approval of mifepristone for medication abortion, disregarding the decades of data that support the safe and effective use of mifepristone. In fact, it is because of mifepristone’s robust clinical data that ACOG has long advocated for the FDA to overturn burdensome and clinically unnecessary risk evaluation and mitigation strategy for mifepristone in order to increase access to this critical medicine.

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  • January 31, 2023 3:56 PM | Becca Liebers (Administrator)

    Presentations will be accepted for the 2023 APAOG Annual Conference until Wednesday, February 15. Presenters are asked to submit their presentation summary/ abstract to be considered. We estimate that all applicants will be notified of the status of their applications within two weeks of submission.

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