• Multiple Gestation
  • Biology of Twinning
  • Clinical Characteristics and Management
• Characteristics of Parturition
• Maternal and Fetal Infectious Disorders
• Pregnancy Related Hypertension
• Renal Disorders in Pregnancy
• Thyroid Disease in Pregnancy
• Diabetes in Pregnancy
• Rheumatologic and Connective Tissue Disorder in Pregnancy
• Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
• Intensive Care Monitoring of the Critically Ill Patient
  • Pulmonary Artery Catheterization Interpretations
  • Hemodynamic Considerations for Specific Conditions
  • Noninvasive Hemodynamic and Ventilatory Monitoring
  • Shock
• Respiratory Diseases in Pregnancy
  • Physiologic Changes of the Respiratory System
  • Oxygen Delivery and Consumption in Pregnancy
  • Asthma in Pregnancy
  • Restrictive Lung Disease in Pregnancy
  • Pneumonia in Pregnancy
• Anesthetic Considerations for Complicated Pregnancies
  • Preeclampsia
  • Neurologic Disorders
  • Cardiac Disease
• Discuss Leading Causes of Maternal Morbidity and Mortality

Statistics and Genetics on Day 2 and Day 3 respectively.

Evening sessions (free, optional): Presentation on Oral Exam Technique.

• Maternal Cardiovascular and Renal Adaption in Pregnancy
• Fetal Cardiovascular Physiology
• Placental Respiratory Gas Exchange and Fetal Oxygenation
• Fetal Breathing and Body Movements
• Common High Risk-Related Diagnosis in Babies Admitted to the NICU
• Biology and Physiology and Control of Myometrial Contraction
• Maternal Cardiac Diseases
• Maternal Thromboembolic Diseases
• Endocrinology of Pregnancy
• Statistics for the MFM Board Exam
  • Evidence Based Practice in Perinatal Medicine
    • Review of Epidemiologic Study Designs
    • Strengths and Limitations of Each Design and their Applicability
    • United States Task Force on 'Level of Evidence'
  • Basic Biostatistics and Epidemiologic Methods
    • Measures Disease Frequency and Measures of Effect
    • Biases in Study Designs and their Impact on Interpretation
    • Fundamentals and Concepts of Statistical Test
    • Test of Differences between 2 Groups and more than 2 Groups
    • Sample Size and Statistical Power
  • Test Characteristics
    • Screening Versus Diagnositic Tests
    • Test Statistics (Sensitivity, Specificity, Predictive Values, Likehood Ratios, Area under the Curve ect.)
    • Simple Example Practice Problems

• Genetics for MFM Board Exam
  • Basic Genetic and Patterns of Inheritance
  • Chromosome Analysis (Preparation of Chromosomes)
  • Common Chromosome Aberrations in Humans
  • Chromosome Abnormalities in Abortuses and Stillbirths
  • Summary of Maternal Fetal Indications for Chromosome Analysis
  • Cell Cycle, Mitosis, and Meiosis
  • Genetic Testing and DNA Diagnostics
  • Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Disorders
  • Simple Example Practice Problems