THEME: CERVIX SCREENING, VIA AND HPV TESTING
PURPOSE: Update on cervical cancer screening methods to enhance screening in Grenada
TARGET AUDIENCE: Physicians, Nurses, Midwives, Medical Students
OBJECTIVES:
Describe cervical neoplasia and cancer as common diseases in Grenada
Understand the incidence and economic impact of cervical cancer around the world
Discuss updates in diagnosis of cervical neoplasia and cancer including HPV testing
Review the role of HPV testing in screening and in the management of abnormal cervical cytology
Discuss HPV Vaccines and consider if appropriate for future in Grenada HPV Understand social, political and economic obstacles for HPV vaccination programs
Demonstrate Visual Inspection of the Cervix after Application of Acetic Acid as a method of screening
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of Caribbean College of Family Physicians and St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies.
The Caribbean College of Family Physicians designates this educational activity for
a maximum of 3.25 credits of Category 1, and a maximum of 5 credits for Hands on Learning during screening sessions.
Each Physician should claim only the credit
that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
Method of Education
Lecture, A/V presentation, followed by questions and answers, panel discussion, and Hands on Training in the VIA Technique
Planning Committee
Frances McGill, MD, FACOG, Chair
Carol McIntosh, MD, FACOG, OBE
Chamarthy Subbarao, BSc, MD,
Amy Baldwin, PhD
Carey Williams MD MBA
Avi Bahadoor –Yetman, MSc
Jennifer Solomon, Chair Nursing
Desmond Munro, BSN
Medical Students: Women in Medicine Group
Michele Caravella
Ellen Rowe,
Anneka Hutton
Karishma Tolani
IFMSA/SCORA
Lyana Mahmoudi
Kara Cunningham
This CME activity is being offered as a community service.
Fee for CME Credits: $50EC Physicians
$25EC Nurses/Interns Students Free
ADVANCING CERVIX SCREENING
IN GRENADA
Saturday
January 23, 2016
8:30 a.m. – 12:30 PM
St. George’s University
Bourne Lecture Hall
GRENADA
Jointly Sponsored by
CARIBBEAN COLLEGE OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS
St. George’s University
School of Medicine
Grenada, West Indies
In Collaboration with
The Ministry of Health Grenada
ADVANCING CERVIX SCREENING in GRENADA
8:00 Registration
8:30 Welcome & Official Greetings
9:00 Cervix Cancer: A Clinician’s Perspective
Dr. Ronald Lendore
9:15 The Global Impact of Cervix Cancer
Dr. Carol McIntosh /Dr. George Maxwell
9:45 Cervical Lesions and Cancer Prevalence in Grenada
Avi Bahadoor Yetman, MSc /
Dr Amy Baldwin
10:00 COFFEE/TEA BREAK
10:15 KEY NOTE ADDRESS: HPV:
Re-framing the Conversation
Dr. Vikash Chatrani
10:45 Breast Screening in Grenada. A Paradigm for Increasing Cervix Cancer Screening?
Ellen Rowe, MS II
Dr Frances McGill
11:00 Visual Inspection of the Cervix after Application of Acetic Acid
Dr. Ann Marie Beddoe
11:30 Workshop: VIA
Dr. Ann Marie Beddoe
1:15-6 PM Breast and Cervix Screening
University Health Services, SGU, and SD1: Interested clinicians may attend
Avi Bahadoor –Yetman, MSc
Demonstrator, Department of
Microbiology, St. George’s University
School of Medicine, Grenada
Ann Marie Beddoe, MD, FACOG
Assistant Professor, Gynecologic Oncology, and Director, Division of Global Women’s Health, Mount Sinai Medical Center, NYC
Vikash K Chatrani, MBBS, DM (OBGYN), FACOG, F.MAS, FICS, Caribbean Gynecological Cancer Society, Barbados
Ronald Lendore, MBBS, FACOG
Physician, Grenada
Frances McGill, MD, FACOG
Professor, Department of Clinical Skills St. George’s University School of Medicine, Grenada
Carol McIntosh, MD. FACOG, OBE
Attending Physician, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Fairfax, Virginia,
Co-Founding Member, Globe-athon to End Women’s Cancers
Ellen Rowe, Medical Student, President Women in Medicine,
St. George’s University
School of Medicine
Grenada
CONTRIBUTING FACULTY
Amy Baldwin, PhD
(Former) Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology, St. George’s University
School of Medicine, Grenada
G. Larry Maxwell, MD, FACOG, Chairman, Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology,
Inova Fairfax Hospital
Fairfax, Virginia
Director and Founder, Globe-athon to End Women’s Cancers
Department of Clinical Skills
University Health Services
The sponsors reserve the right to modify course content if necessary.