PCOS Masterclass

Practitioners will come away with confidence and skill around:

• Identifying and understanding varying PCOS-phenotypes.

  • With clear guidelines for easy clinical implementation.

• Understanding the complexity and variation of PCOS hormone profiles.

  • With full confidence in ordering and interpreting hormone pathology.

  • Skill in administering effective clinical interventions for the individual.

• Specific pathology and clinical assessments.

  • Allowing for individualised diagnostic and treatment interventions.

  • Including comprehensive hormonal, metabolic and nutritional tests.

    • Including the role, interpretation, optimal reference ranges & management for:

      • testosterone, free testosterone, androstenedione & SHBG.

      • DHEAs, cortisol & 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHP).

      • oestrogen & progesterone.

      • insulin, HbA1c, glucose, lipids, LFTs & other metabolic markers.

  • Guidelines for supporting patients to implement and understand continuous glucose monitoring (CGM).

• Symptom management.

  • Based on individual profiles for best clinical outcomes.

    • Amenorrhea & oligomenorrhea.

    • Weight management.

    • Acne.

    • Hirsutism and androgenic alopecia,

    • Infertility.

• Untangling the thin-PCOS presentation.

  • Including differential diagnosis and overlapping presentations; essential for successful clinical management of this cohort.

• Considerations for the PCOS microbiome.

  • Drivers and solutions.

• The influence of PCOS on menopause.

  • Impact of elevated AMH and androgens on peri & post menopause symptoms and outcomes.

• Management strategies:

  • Conventional interventions

    • Medications.

    • Hormonal therapies.

  • Functional interventions, based on individual pathology and presentations.

    • Dietary and lifestyle modifications.

    • Supplement guidelines.

    • Specific herbal medicine interventions.

      • Including indications and contraindications based on individual hormone profiles.

• Fertility optimisation.

  • With specific attention paid to hormonal and ovulatory optimisation.

  • Specific egg quality considerations for this complex group.

  • Medical management and safe functional medicine support guidelines.

• Case studies and pathology examples.

  • To solidify learning from Rhiannon's 20 years of clinical experience in this field.

 

🤓 Practitioners eligible for 7 CPD points.