Outreach, 12/2011, v.68

              published quarterly by the Office of Perinatal Quality Improvement December 2011, VOLUME 68
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
The S.T.A.B.L.E. Program Learner Course
Feb. 23, 2012 - OPQI, Oklahoma City
May 8, 2012 - OPQI, Oklahoma City
June 4, 2012 - OPQI, Oklahoma City
AWHONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring Course
Feb. 21 to 22, 2012 - OPQI, Oklahoma City
April 10 to 11, 2012 - OPQI, Oklahoma City
June 5 to 6, 2012 - OPQI, Oklahoma City
AWHONN Advanced Fetal Monitoring Course
March 7, 2012 - OPQI, Oklahoma City
May 9, 2012 - OPQI, Oklahoma City
NRP Instructor Training
Feb. 7, 2012 - OUHSC, Oklahoma City
Sept. 25, 2012 - OUHSC, Oklahoma City
For a complete list of courses and registration, visit
http://www.oumedicine.com/OPQI
Call (405) 271-7777 for more information.
Refl ections on OPQI Past, Present, and Future
By Barbara O’Brien
The Past
As a college undergraduate student
in the early 1950s at Stanford
University, Warren Crosby was
required to register for his upcoming
courses at the registrar’s offi ce. Like
many young adults, he had no idea
what courses to take or what he
wanted to major in at college. As
the young Warren Crosby, or “Mel” as
he was called then, looked over the
long lines of other students there
to register, he noticed that the Pre-
Med line was empty. Mel walked
right up to the counter and declared
his major as Pre-Med, and the rest is
history. Dr. Crosby liked to tell that
story, but he also felt compelled to
add that he was interested in every
course in school, was always eager
to learn, loved to teach others, and
continued to enjoy every minute of
his medical career—I’m sure to the
very end.
As many of you are aware, a great
champion for the health of women
EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
Making Breastfeeding Easier
Free course for health care providers
February 9
March 29
April 26
contact: rebecca-mannel@ouhsc.edu
AWHONN OK Section Conference
April 26 to 27
OU Medical Center Education Center
contact: denise-cole@ouhsc.edu
ACOG Annual Clinical Meeting
May 5 to 9, 2012
San Diego, CA
www.acog.org
AWHONN National Convention
June 23 to 27, 2012
Washington D.C.
www.awhonn.org
continued under “Refl ections,” page 2
IN THE NEWS
ACOG Releases Practice Bulletin #121: Long-
Acting Reversible Contraception: Implants and
Intrauterine Devices
AAP Releases Clinical Report: Prevention and
Management of Positional Skull Deformities in
Infants
AAP Releases Technical Report: SIDS and
Other Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Expansion
of Recommendations for a Safe Infant Sleeping
Environment
(see inside)
OPQI STAFF:
Barbara O’Brien, RN, MS: Program Director
Anne Wlodaver, M.D.: Assoc. Prof. of
Pediatrics
Chad Smith, M.D.: Assist. Prof. of OB/GYN
Denise Cole, RNC-NIC, MS: Coordinator
Barbara Koop, RNC-OB, MS: Coordinator
Courtney Hunter: Administrative Assistant
and newborns in Oklahoma and
nationwide, Warren M. Crosby,
M.D., passed away on October 15,
2011. Dr. Crosby began serving as
a faculty member with the OUHSC
Department of OB/GYN in 1962
and remained as a professor and
retired professor for these past 49
years. He was the Medical Director
for the Offi ce of Perinatal Quality
Improvement.
Dr. Crosby began his work to improve
the access to and quality of perinatal
care in Oklahoma in the early 1980s.
This led to his bringing the Perinatal
Continuing Education Program
(PCEP) to Oklahoma as a tool to
provide consistent, accurate, current
and evidence-based perinatal care
practices to Oklahoma OB hospitals
and perinatal providers. Dr. Crosby
authored the PCEP Book II, Maternal
and Fetal Care in the mid-1990s to add
relevant OB content to the program.
Dr. Crosby made countless visits to
N ew !
Warren Crosby, M.D.
March 19, 1931 - October 15, 2011
IN MEMORIAM