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(Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics)
ALSO® PROVIDER COURSE
REFRESHER COURSE (for Providers)
INSTRUCTOR COURSE |
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Why should I attend? |
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You will provide better emergency care in your delivery room.
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You will be more confident in dealing with shoulder dystocia, malpresentations and other intrapartum complications. |
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You will learn valuable techniques such as forceps and vacuum extractions. |
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What is it? |
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The ALSO® (Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics) Provider Course is an educational program designed to assist healthcare professionals in developing and maintaining the knowledge and procedural skills needed to manage emergencies that can arise in obstetrical care.
Originally conceived in 1991 by the University of Wisconsin, ALSO is now owned and managed by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). In 1997, The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) became the exclusive licensed distributor of the ALSO Provider Course throughout Canada. In 2003 The UAE ALSO was inaugurated at the faculty of medicine and Health Sciences.
The UAE ALSO Chapter believes that UAE women and their families will benefit from the standardized, collegial and multidisciplinary approach to maternity care that the ALSO Provider Course engenders. |
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Who is it for? |
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The ALSO Provider Course is geared to all maternity care providers including family physicians, obstetricians, midwives, nurses, paramedics and trainees.
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ALSO® PROVIDER COURSE |
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This is a two-day intensive course that will give participants Provider status for 5 years. |
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OVERALL COURSE OBJECTIVES: |
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Discuss methods of improving the management of obstetrical urgencies and emergencies, which may help standardize the skills of practicing maternity, care providers.
Discuss the importance of utilizing regional maternity care services and identify possible barriers, which might limit access. |
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COURSE CONTENT
- Specific objectives are included at the beginning of each chapter of the ALSO® Provider Course Syllabus.
- First Trimester Complications
- Vaginal Bleeding in Late Pregnancy
- Preterm Labor / PROM
- Labor Dystocia
- Safety in Maternity Care
- Medical Complications
- Maternal Resuscitation
- Postpartum Hemorrhage
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Workstations
- Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance
- Shoulder Dystocia
- Assisted Delivery
- Malpresentations
- OB Cases
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Examinations
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ACCREDITATION:
This program meets the accreditation criteria of the UAE University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and has been accredited for 9 CME credits Hours. |
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REFRESHER COURSE (for Providers)
This one-day refresher course will extend or renew your provider status for 5 years.
The ALSO® Provider course was designed to enhance cognitive and procedural skills of health care professionals to help them manage obstetrical emergencies. The Refresher Course is designed to cover the key components of the Provider course.
Participants must have successfully completed the Provider course or a similar advanced life support in obstetrics course.
OVERALL COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Discuss methods of managing pregnancy and birth urgencies and emergencies, which may help standardize the skills of practicing maternity care providers. |
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COURSE CONTENT
Detailed educational objectives are listed at the beginning of each ALSO® Course Syllabus chapter.
- Introduction and changes to the ALSO® curriculum
- Postpartum hemorrhage update
- Maternal resuscitation
- OB Cases (group discussion / workstations)
- Shoulder dystocia and breech (group discussion / workstations)
- Assisted vaginal delivery (group discussion / workstations)
- Intrapartum fetal surveillance (group discussion / workstations)
- Safety in maternity care
Examinations
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ACCREDITATION:
This program meets the accreditation criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been accredited for 8 MAINPRO-C credits.
Members of the American Academy of Family Physicians are eligible to receive 7.25 Prescribed credit hours for attendance at this meeting due to reciprocal agreement with the College of Family Physicians of Canada.
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INSTRUCTOR COURSE
OVERVIEW:
Eligi ble attendees are physicians (2nd year residents), registered nurses and certified midwives, who have successfully completed an ALSO® Provider Course within the past 5 years. Achieving full-approved instructor status is a three-step process:
Successful completion of an ALSO® Provider Course
Successful completion of an ALSO® Instructor Course
Successful completion of new teaching requirements within one year of completing the instructor course. An attending advisory faculty member must evaluate the candidate’s teaching performance in two monitored courses, after which the candidate is recommended for approved instructor status. Only then will a wallet card be issued designating the individual as an approved instructor.
This is a one-day faculty development course with focus on specific teaching skills required for the didactic lectures, hands-on workshops and testing stations presented in the ALSO® Provider Course. Review techniques for offering and utilizing effective feedback. Discuss procedures for planning an ALSO® Course. This course is sometimes comprised of two one-half day sessions.
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COURSE CONTENT:
- What’s New in ALSO®
- Principles of Adult Learning
- Improving Lecture Skills
- Giving Learners Feedback
- How to Teach the OB Cases and Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance Workshops
Skills Workstations:
- How to Teach ALSO® Workstations Using the Maternal Fetal Mannequins
- Practice Lecturing with ALSO® Slides and Materials
- Learning How to Run the Megadelivery Testing Station
- Integrating Slides with Mannequins Teaching Options
Panel Discussion
- Optional workstations, how to run a Provider course and how to become an Approved Instructor.
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ACCREDITATION:
This program meets the accreditation criteria of UAE University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and has been accredited for 6 CME credits Hours.
FURTHER INFORMATION:
Contact Ms. Deborah Blois, ALSO® Coordinator: 950-629-0900 or 1-800-387-6197, Ext. 319, e-mail: dblois@cfpc.ca or also@cfpc.ca.
Information on UAE ALSO courses can be obtained by contacting:
UAE ALSO
UNITED ARAB EMIRATE
ABUDHABI
PO BOX:
OR CONTACT
American Academy of Family Physicians
11400 Tomahawk Creek Parkway
Leawood, KS 66211-2672
Tel. 913-905-5000 or 800-274-2237
Fax. 913-906-6092
www.aafp.org/also
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Overall Learning Objectives
At the completion of the ALSO Provider Course, participants should be able to:
1. Discuss methods of managing pregnancy and birth urgencies and emergencies, which may help standardize the skills of practicing maternity care providers.
2. Demonstrate content and skill acquisition as demonstrated by successful completion of the course written exam and megadelivery testing station. |
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Saturday Timetable |
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Time |
LECTURE
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LENGTH
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7:30 – 8:00 |
Registration |
30 minutes |
8:00 – 8:15
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Welcome
Course Introduction & Layout
Instructors’ Introduction |
15 minutes |
8:15 – 8:35 |
Safety in Maternity Care |
20 minutes |
8:35 – 9:50 |
WORKSTATIONS 1
Fetal Monitoring
Assisted Vaginal Delivery
Maternity Cases A |
75 minutes
Red Group
Green Group
Blue Group |
9:50 – 10:10 |
Dystocia |
20 minutes |
10:10 – 10:30 |
MORNING TEA |
20 minutes |
10:30 – 11:45 |
WORKSTATIONS 1
Fetal Monitoring
Assisted Vaginal Delivery
Maternity Cases A |
75 minutes
Green Group
Red Group
Blue Group |
11:45 – 1:00 |
WORKSTATIONS 1
Fetal Monitoring
Assisted Vaginal Delivery
Maternity Cases A |
75 minutes
Blue Group
Green Group
Red Group |
1:00–1:50 |
LUNCH |
50 minutes |
1:50 - 2:55 |
WORKSTATIONS 2
PPH & Maternal Resuscitation
Malpresentations
Maternity Cases B |
65 minutes
Red Group
Green Group
Blue Group |
2:55 – 4:00 |
WORKSTATIONS 2
PPH & Maternal Resuscitation
Malpresentations
Maternity Cases B |
65 minutes
Green Group
Red Group
Blue Group |
4:00 – 4:20 |
AFTERNOON TEA |
20 minutes |
4:20 – 5:25 |
WORKSTATIONS 2
PPH & Maternal Resuscitation
Malpresentations
Maternity Cases B |
65 minutes
Blue Group
Green Group
Red Group |
7:00 – 10:30 |
Course Dinner |
All participants and instructors encouraged to attend |
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Sunday Timetable
Time |
LECTURE
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| 8:00 – 8:05 |
Housekeeping & Announcements |
5 minutes |
| 8:05 – 9:05 |
WORKSTATIONS 3
Neonatal Resuscitation
Shoulder Dystocia
Maternity Cases C |
60 minutes
Red Group
Green Group
Blue Group |
| 9:05 – 10:05 |
WORKSTATIONS 3
Neonatal Resuscitation
Shoulder Dystocia
Maternity Cases C |
60 minutes
Green Group
Red Group
Blue Group |
| 10:05 – 10:25 |
MORNING TEA |
20 minutes |
| 10:25 – 11:25 |
WORKSTATIONS 3
Neonatal Resuscitation
Shoulder Dystocia
Maternity Cases C |
60 minutes
Blue Group
Green Group
Red Group |
| 11:25 – 11:45 |
Birth Crisis |
20 minutes |
| 11:45 – 12:30 |
WORKSTATION REVIEW SESSION
Fetal Monitoring
Shoulder Dystocia
Assisted Vaginal Delivery
Malpresentations
Neonatal Resuscitation |
40 minutes |
| 12:30–1:00 |
LUNCH |
30 minutes |
| 1:00– 1:15 |
WRITTEN EXAM
and MEGADELIVERY EXAMINATION |
75 minutes for the written exam
15 minutes for the Megadelivery exam |
| 3.00 - 4.00 |
AFTERNOON TEA |
60 minutes |
| On completion |
Assemble in area advised away from the exam room to allow all to finish the exam in a quiet atmosphere. |
Wait for all to finish exam |
| 4:00 - 4:30 (approx) |
Debriefing & Examination Results Questions and discussion about the Course. |
30 minutes |
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