CME Accredited Course
 


The The IVF Worldwide Virtual University of Reproductive Medicine - Drugs for Ovarian Stimulation and Pituitary Suppression, made available on https://www.ivfphysicianed.com/ and organized by IVF Worldwide, is accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) to provide the following CME activity for medical specialists. 

Each medical specialist should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the educational activity. The EACCME is an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS). Only those e-learning materials that are displayed on the UEMS- EACCME website have formally been accredited.

Through an agreement between the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) and the American Medical Association (AMA), physicians may convert EACCME credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Information on the process to convert EACCME credit to AMA credit can be found at www.ama-assn.org/education/earn-credit-participation-international-activities.



Infertility is a worldwide problem


Infertility treatment became available owing to development in the characterization and purification of hormones. Treatment with gonadotropins and clomiphene citrate (CC) became available in 1961. The purpose of this course is to overview the development, structure, and mode of action of treatments for ovulation induction (OI) and controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) for assisted reproductive techniques (ARTs).

About this course

  • Treatment overviews

    The development, structure, and mode of action for ovulation induction and controlled ovarian stimulation treatments

  • Interactive content

    Course broken down into modules and chapters, and supplemented with images, graphs, photos, animations and videos

  • Expert input

    Course developed by Dr. Ariel Weissman - Senior Lecturer at the Tel Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine

Course curriculum

  • 1
    Introduction
    • Introduction
  • 2
    Clomiphene citrate (CC)
    • Drug Description
    • Mechanism of Action
    • Indications & Contraindications for Treatment
    • Duration of Treatment
    • Results of Treatment
    • Side Effects & Safety
    • Summary
  • 3
    Aromatase Inhibitors
    • Drug Description
    • Pharmacokinetics
    • Side effects & Safety
    • Drugs Available
  • 4
    Metformin
    • Drug Description
    • Pharmacokinetics
    • Who Will Benefit
    • Side Effects & Safety
  • 5
    Gonadotropins: Historical Overview
    • Historical Overview
  • 6
    Stimulating LH Surge
    • The Normal LH Surge
    • The Use of Native GnRH
    • GnRH Agonist for Stimulating LH Surge
    • Stimulate LH with GnRH Agonist after GnRH Antagonist Treatment
    • Summarizing Pharmacokinetic of Available Drugs
  • 7
    Human Chorionic Gonadotropin: The Luteinizing Hormone Surge Surrogate
    • Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
  • 8
    Human Menopausal Gonadotropin
    • Human Menopausal Gonadotropin
  • 9
    Purified Follicle-Stimulating Hormone
    • Purified Follicle-Stimulating Hormone
  • 10
    Recombinant FSH, LH, & hCG
    • Introduction
    • Quantifying & Standardizing Gonadotropin Content
    • Physicochemical Consistency of R-hFSH: Glycan Mapping & Isoelectric Focusing
    • Follitropin Alfa Filled by Mass
    • Corifollitropin Alfa
  • 11
    Optimizing Outcomes of Ovarian Stimulation
    • Safety Profile of Gonadotropins
    • Outcomes Achieved with r-hFSH Versus hMG
    • Individualization of Ovarian Stimulation
  • 12
    Adjunctive Therapies
    • The Drug
  • 13
    Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
    • Introduction
  • 14
    Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonist
    • Mechanism of Action
    • Biosynthesis
    • Side Effects
    • Teratogenic Effects
  • 15
    Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Antagonist
    • Mechanism of Action
    • Synthesis of GnRH Antagonists
    • Safety & Tolerability Studies
    • Advantages of GnRH Antagonists
  • 16
    Quizzes & References
    • Quiz 1
    • Quiz 2
    • References

Instructor

Professor Ariel Weissman

Professor Ariel Weissman graduated the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical School in 1988. In 1994 he completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, where he spent another two years working as a senior physician at the IVF unit. Prof. Weissman then pursued a 2-year research and clinical fellowship with Prof. Bob Casper at the Division of Reproductive Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. His main focus of research was transplantation of human ovarian tissue in immuno deficient mice.

Upon returning to Israel in 1998, Prof. Weissman joined the IVF unit at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Tel Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine where he currently holds a position of an associate Professor. Together with David Gardner PhD, Colin Howles PhD, and Zeev Shoham M.D., Prof. Weissman has published the “Textbook of Assisted Techniques: Laboratory and Clinical Perspectives”, which is one of the leading books in the field of ART.