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Prevention of Pregnancy Complications using a Multimodal Lifestyle, Screening, and Medical Model

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12 months

Format

Online Webinar

Duration

2 hours

Presenter

A/Prof. Jim Parker

Prevention of pregnancy complications related to the “great obstetrical syndromes” (preeclampsia, fetal growth restriction, spontaneous preterm labour, and stillbirth) is a global research and clinical management priority. The integration of lifestyle interventions, pregnancy screening, and medical management represents a conceptual advance in pregnancy care that has the potential to improve maternal health, reduce long-term metabolic and cardiovascular risk, decrease transgenerational transmission of future disease risk to babies, and reduce hospital costs.

The aim of this webinar is to present a new algorithm for the prevention of pregnancy complications based on strategically timed interventions that can be integrated into existing antenatal care models.

Attendees will gain insights into:
  • Evidence supporting the effectiveness of lifestyle interventions for the prevention of pregnancy complications
  • Recent discoveries in our understanding of placental physiology and fetal nutrition
  • The impact of underlying maternal pathophysiology on placental development and function
  • The importance of pre-pregnancy lifestyle optimisation to reduce the risk of pregnancy complications
  • How to appropriately integrate nutritional and environmental interventions into antenatal care


Join Obstetrician, Gynaecologist and Endoscopic Surgeon, Associate Professor Jim Parker for this month’s webinar in ‘Prevention of Pregnancy Complications using a Multimodal Lifestyle, Screening, and Medical Model.’

Educational Activities

1

Hours

Reviewing Performance

1

Hours

Measuring Outcomes

0

Hours

MEET YOUR PRESENTER

Associate Professor Jim Parker 

BMed, BSc, DRANZCOG, FRANZCOG Obstetrician, Gynaecologist and Endoscopic Surgeon Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, School of Medicine University of Wollongong 
Associate Professor Jim Parker started his academic career with 3 years of preclinical training in Chiropractic at the Sydney College of Chiropractic in the 1978. He completed a Bachelor of Science Degree at the University of NSW with a major in Anatomy in 1981. He obtained a Bachelor of Medicine Degree in 1986 and worked in General Practice. He completed the Diploma of Obstetrics in 1992 and obtained his Specialist Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 1999. 

A/Prof. Jim Parker has had a wide range of research interests with a particular interest in evidenced-based medicine and the application of research findings to clinical practice. A/Prof. Jim Parker has published over 50 peer-reviewed research articles on preterm labour, obstetric emergencies, ectopic pregnancy, endoscopic surgery, nutritional and environmental medicine and the chronic diseases epidemic, polycystic ovary syndrome, metabolism and insulin resistance. 

A/Prof. Jim Parker has been involved in a number of training, research, academic and educational roles since 1982. He has a number of collaborative research projects with a range of academics and clinicians in Australia and Internationally. He is currently an Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at the School of Medicine at the University of Wollongong. He is actively involved in medical teaching, examining and research activities.