In late 2009, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists set out new guidelines for cervical cancer screening [ACOG Practice Bulletin no. 109: Cervical cytology screening. Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Dec;114(6):1409-20] which redefined clinicians’ initiation, frequency, and duration of Pap and HPV testing. The 2006 ASCCP Consensus Guidelines for the Management of Women with Abnormal Cervical Cancer Screening Tests and Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia (CIN)/ Adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS) established broad concepts governing the management of women with abnormalities. General guidelines, however, can be difficult to apply to specific clinical situations. This course has been developed to provide clinicians with a working understanding of the science underlying the recommendations, as well as the ability to best utilize these guidelines in the interest of patients.
The Advanced Colposcopy: Case-Based Course best serves all intermediate and advanced level clinicians who perform and interpret the results of cervical cancer screening tests and who diagnose and manage preinvasive disease of the lower female genital tract (e.g., gynecologists, family physicians, advanced practice clinicians (to include NPs, CNMs, PA-Cs), gynecologic oncologists, and residents in obstetrics-gynecology and family medicine). As with other ASCCP Advanced Colposcopy courses, learners should already be familiar with the core natural history of human papillomaviruses (HPV) and cervical/vulvar/vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN/VIN/VaIN); the gross and colposcopic anatomy of the cervix, vagina, and vulva; and, the fundamental principles underlying the management of lower genital tract diseases.
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