Human Papillomavirus (HPV)

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Educate the Educators: The HPV Vaccines

Speaker Support Center

This year is proving to be a pivotal one for clinicians caring for women with human papillomavirus (HPV) as researchers move advances into clinical practice at an ever faster pace. One HPV vaccine has received clinical approval for use and another is approaching approval. New diagnostic tests will soon be available, including HPV assays that allow identification of specific HPV types. New research is showing new applications for existing tests and technologies. Below are the HPV and HPV vaccines training and educational resources for providers, as well as the necessary educational information for patients.

PROVIDER INFORMATION AND RESOURCES

Medical Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on HPV
Natural History of HPV
Diagnosing HPV
Treatment

Fact Sheets	Press Releases
Summer 2006 ETE FAQ CDC HPV Vaccine Fact FDA Fact Sheet (Gardasil® product approval information) CDC Summary Tables of Cx Ca Screening Guidelines & New Technologies	CDC Press Release FDA Press Release (1) FDA Press Release (2)

EDUCATE THE EDUCATORS: HPV AND THE NEW HPV VACCINES PROGRAM

Rational use of the HPV vaccines will continue to require the diffusion of expertise in HPV biology throughout the U.S. medical community—with the greatest challenge being in the smaller and mid-sized communities that lack clinicians who have expertise in this area. To help meet that need, ASCCP developed the Educate the Educators' Program, a series of training courses and home study assessment programs designed to train ASCCP members and other providers to become local community experts and ‘second generation trainers’ for Local Education Programs (LEP).

The 2- to 4-hour training courses were held at national and international locations and webinairs throughout 2006. Participants undergoing training received Speaker Lecture kits prepared by the ASCCP. Each Speaker Lecture kit consists of PowerPoint presentations suitable for both CME and non-CME lecture formats, reprints of important published articles pertaining to HPV and HPV vaccines, and more. To continue to assist those who elect to provide outreach to colleagues, ASCCP maintains a Speakers Support Center, providing access to additional teaching resources and updates to the slide sets.

A typical Educator lecture schedule may include all or some of the following presentations:

Welcome and Overview of Program
Natural History of HPV Infections
Clinical Uses of HPV DNA Testing Burden of HPV-associated Disease
Questions & Answers
HPV Vaccines: Safety and Efficacy
Implementation of HPV Vaccination
Giving an effective Scientific Presentation
Questions & Answers

You may request an ASCCP-trained Educator to present the HPV and the New HPV Vaccines medical education lectures at your event, including clinical conferences or grand rounds sessions. Arrangements as to speaker honoraria and travel expenses are left between the host organization and the chosen speaker. To request a lecture or training program and receive a list of available Educators, please click here to complete and submit the form.

2006 CONSENSUS CONFERENCE ON MANAGEMENT OF ABNORMAL CERVICAL CYTOLOGICAL ABNORMALITIES AND CIN

As referenced above, ASCCP sponsored another Consensus Conference on Cervical Cytological Abnormalities and CIN, updating the 2001 Consensus Guidelines. At the September 18-19, 2006 meeting in Bethesda, delegates representing the 29 sponsoring Federal agencies and medical organizations in the areas of gynecology, gynecologic oncology, family practice, pathology, epidemiology, and statistics debated and adopted revised guidelines that should focus practice in lower genital tract disease for the rest of the decade. The new evidence-based guidelines address recent research, with special attention paid to the implications of HPV testing as part of combination screening and the value of modified approaches to special groups, such as young women. The 2006 Consensus Guidelines and Algorithms are are available on the Consensus Guidelines webpage.

Online CME: HPV, HPV DNA Typing, and HPV Vaccines:

Natural History and Epidemiology of HPV and Immune Response to HPV Primary Cervical Screening with HPV Testing and Cytology Combined Immune Response to HPV CDC's HPV Vaccine Net Conference

HPV TODAY A group of international scientists and clinicians with an interest in the HPV field author the quarterly publication entitled HPV TODAY. The publication intends to bridge information between research and clinical use in a readable and friendly manner, and it also intends to present the wide scope of the pathology induced by HPV and on the novel opportunities for prevention and treatment. Copies of the current issue—as well as archived issues—may be obtained from this link www.hpvtoday.com.

Media Room
CDC Media Advisory
HPV Bullet Points - Coming Soon!
Consensus Conference Media Room
See also Medical FAQs (above) on the natural history, diagnosis, and treatment of HPV

Patient Education Pamphlets (Free)
What Women Should Know about HPV and Cervical Health
HPV Testing – Is It for Me?
CDC’s HPV Brochure
CDC’s HPV Brochure - Spanish text
CDC’s HPV Vaccine Questions & Answers
El Virus del Papiloma Humano (VPH) - Spanish text