The Department hosts its first Clinical Grand Rounds of the academic year on September 30th at noon. Join experts from the Pitt School of Medicine and UPMC for a discussion of the impact of the Dobbs Supreme Court decision on perinatal mental health and reproductive risk.
This grand rounds will provide a high-level overview of recent events in reproductive psychiatry with a focus on the maternal mortality crisis and the recent Dobbs v. Jackson ruling. The session will include an expert, multidisciplinary panel including the chair of the PA Maternal Mortality Review Committee, an emergency psychiatrist and patient safety expert, and a family planning social worker. The speakers will review the mental health implications of the ruling and provide a framework for how to conceptualize psychiatric care in the modern reproductive health care climate. The grand rounds will end with practical tips on preventive health screening and contraceptive options available to psychiatric patients and review the role of psychiatrists and other mental health providers in the provision of these services.
This is a virtual lecture. To attend via Zoom, click on this link and enter the following:
Meeting ID: 975 4712 0878
Passcode: 525737
For More Information. Please contact Frances Patrick at patrickfm@upmc.edu.
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS. The entirety of this program will be a lecture by the speaker(s). All individuals able to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any proprietary entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients. Registration is not required for this event. This event is free and there will be no refunds. The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Other health care professionals are awarded .15 continuing education units (CEUs), which are equal to 1.5 contact hours. In accordance with Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education requirements on disclosure, information about relationships of presenters with commercial interests (if any) will be included in materials which will be distributed at the time of the conference. WPH is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. WPH maintains responsibility for this program and its contents. This program is being offered for 1.5 continuing education credits. The indicated number of clock hours of continuing education is provided through UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital’s Office of Educational Resources and Planning, a PA-approved provider of social work continuing education in accordance with all the applicable educational and professional standards of the Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapist. These clock hours satisfy requirements for LSW/LCSW, LPC and LMFT renewal. For more information, call (412) 204-9085.
