Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health: Clinical Evaluation and Management
Published: September 2026
This course examines the clinical evaluation and management of women's sexual and reproductive health, spanning sexual medicine, vulvar pain disorders, vaginal rejuvenation, personalized IVF, and fertility preservation. Learn about structured assessment, patient counseling, hormonal therapy, insurance and access barriers, and communication strategies that build trust with patients whose symptoms have often been dismissed. Explore the latest approaches and expert perspectives with Drs. Christine Vaccaro, Nicole Faulkner, Jennifer Kulp Makarov, Chailee Moss, Karen Toubi, Karyn Eilber, Ariana Smith, Nirit Rosenblum, Mindy Christianson, and Amy Park.
hours, 31 lessons
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Lessons
Clinical Sexual Medicine: Anatomy, Evaluation, and Office-Based Management
Lesson 1
Sexual Medicine in OBGYN Practice: Evaluating and Treating Low Libido
Lesson 2
Assessing Female Arousal: Genital Blood Flow and Vaginal Hormone Therapy
Lesson 3
Evaluating Orgasmic Dysfunction: Clitoral Examination, SSRIs, and Psychosocial Factors
Lesson 4
Using the Mirror Exam to Educate Patients and Localize Pain
Lesson 5
Clitoral Anatomy for Clinicians: Structure, Innervation, and Patient Education
Lesson 6
Clitoral Adhesions: Grading, In-Office Adhesiolysis, and Aftercare
Lesson 7
Diagnosing and Managing Hormone-Mediated and Neuroproliferative Vestibulodynia
Personalized IVF and Fertility Care in Advanced Reproductive Age
Lesson 8
Referral Timing for Infertility Evaluation: Age-Based Thresholds and Urgency
Lesson 9
Counseling Patients Over 40: Egg Quality, Embryo Banking, and Expectations
Lesson 10
Embryology Lab Standardization and the Limits of PGT-A Screening
Lesson 11
Timing Fertility Preservation Counseling and Determining Embryo Number
Lesson 12
Personalized IVF Protocols: Dosing, Priming, and Male Factor Strategies
Lesson 13
Options in the Late Reproductive Years: Donor Eggs and Gestational Surrogacy
Vulvar Pain Disorders: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Patient Trust
Lesson 14
Why Vulvar Pain Is Missed: Diagnostic Delay and Building Patient Trust
Lesson 15
History and Examination in Vulvar Pain: Cotton Swab Testing and Cultures
Lesson 16
Causes of Vestibular Pain: Hormonal, Neuroproliferative, and Inflammatory Mechanisms
Lesson 17
Vulvar Biopsy Decisions, Common Mimickers, and Multimodal Treatment Planning
Lesson 18
Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy and Selecting Vestibulectomy Candidates
Vaginal Rejuvenation: Evidence, Hormonal Therapy, and Patient Counseling
Lesson 19
Defining Vaginal Rejuvenation: Procedures, Indications, and Insurance Coverage
Lesson 20
Vaginal Lasers and Radiofrequency: Evidence, Marketing Claims, and Vaginal Estrogen
Lesson 21
Testosterone in Menopause Care: Evidence, Compounded Therapies, and Training Gaps
Lesson 22
Systemic Versus Vaginal Hormone Therapy and Correcting Patient Misconceptions
Lesson 23
Timing Procedures Around Childbearing and Advocating for Women's Genital Health
Fertility Preservation: Indications, Techniques, and Access
Lesson 24
Fertility Preservation Overview: Patient Populations and Referral Indications
Lesson 25
Structuring the Fertility Preservation Consultation and Assessing Ovarian Reserve
Lesson 26
Interpreting AMH and the Evolution of Vitrification in Egg Freezing
Lesson 27
Timing Egg Freezing and Choosing Between Oocyte and Embryo Cryopreservation
Lesson 28
Oncology Collaboration and Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation in Pediatric Patients
Lesson 29
Emerging Techniques: Uterine Transposition, In Vitro Maturation, and Gene Therapy
Lesson 30
Insurance Mandates, Storage Costs, and the Emotional Impact of Nonreferral
Lesson 31
Practical Counseling Pearls: Ordering AMH and Identifying Preservation Programs