Preconception Care

Become an expert of Preconception Care!

In pregnancy, you often have to address medical problems, like chronic hypertension. The goal of preconception care is to make sure you are optimizing those medical problems to decrease maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. The Ochsner Clinical School teacher Dr. Veronica Gilliespie, an expert in preparing medical students for their exams, will walk you through this USMLE Step 2 topic, to make sure you know the key concepts of caring for a patient who wants to get pregnant.

She will review the following topics:

• Medical problems during pregnancy (Hypertension, Diabetes, Asthma)
• Tobacco Abuse in Pregnancy
• Alcohol and Illicit Drug Abuse
• Initial Prenatal Visit

Make sure not to miss out on high yield and high quality video lectures, topic reviews, quizzes and download material. This way you can use your newly gained knowledge not only to impress your classmates , but also take the chance to boost your test scores. You will become an expert of Preconception Care!

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