PLEASE READ these important registration notices:
- By registering and purchasing access to this live, in-person, face-to-face event, you are agreeing to ASCCP's COVID-19 And Any Other Communicable Or Infectious Disease: Liability Waiver.
- By registering and purchasing access to this event, you agree to allow ASCCP to share your name and address with our exhibitors.
- ASCCP is Going Green. A few days before the course, you will receive an email with links to the course program and the slide decks. Please download any documents you need before coming on-site (wifi in the hotel is typically not strong enough to download these large files). If you prefer print, please print your hardcopies and bring them with you.
- Food Allergies and Vegetarian Requirements: Please email meetings@asccp.org with your request at least two weeks before the start of the course. Any requests made after this date may not be able to be accommodated. No requests will be accepted on site.
Is this educational activity right for me?
This evidence-based course is designed for the beginning/intermediate colposcopist. It will also benefit clinicians needing updated information about the Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines, the ASCCP Consensus Guidelines for Management of Women with Abnormal Cervical Cancer Screening Tests and Cancer Precursors, and new concepts about HPV screening and triage, treatment methods, and HPV epidemiology. This course is designed to improve competencies in medical knowledge, practice-based learning, patient outcomes, and/or systems-based practice. It is recommended the participant be a licensed physician or advanced practice clinician with an advanced clinical degree from an accredited institution and who makes gynecologic diagnosis and management decisions as the course is paced for these clinicians.
Educational Objectives
Upon completion of this educational activity, participants should be able to:
- Describe the anatomy, cytology, histology, and colposcopic findings of the normal and abnormal cervix, vagina, and vulva
- Integrate into practice the documentation of an appropriate history including risk factors for lower genital tract neoplasia
- Define the pathophysiology of lower genital tract neoplasia, including the role of oncogenic HPV in preinvasive and invasive diseases of the cervix, vagina, and vulva
- Define the Bethesda System of cervicovaginal terminology
- Apply new standards for cervical cancer screening, including HPV testing
- Describe the prevention of cervical neoplasia and genital warts using prophylactic HPV vaccines
- Discuss the challenges of colposcopy and management of cervical neoplasia for selected patient populations such as adolescents, women infected with HIV, underserved women, and pregnant women
- Perform appropriate cytologic sampling, colposcopic evaluation, and biopsies (including endocervical sampling), and become familiar with instrumentation and necessary supplies
- Apply into practice as needed the recognition of diagnostic characteristics of cervical abnormalities (low-grade and high-grade cervical lesions as well as adenocarcinoma in-situ and cervical cancer) on cytologic, colposcopic, and histologic exam
- Interpret and correlate cytologic, colposcopic, and histologic results
- Formulate a plan of care for the management of women with Pap test abnormalities according to the most recent ASCCP Consensus Guidelines, the ASCUS/LSIL Triage Study (ALTS), and other evidence-based guidelines
- Describe, but not perform, treatment options to include cryosurgery and electrosurgical loop excision procedure (LEEP) of the cervix
- Diagnose and manage vulvar and vaginal neoplasia
- Provide appropriate patient education and support
After successfully completing the course, participants are expected to partake in a hands-on mentored performance training as required for credentialing in new procedures by their home institutions, as this course alone will not prepare participants for independent practice.
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
ACCME Accreditation
ASCCP is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM
ASCCP designates this live activity for a maximum of 22.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
For complete information on CME credits: Coming Soon
Faculty
Michael Gold, MD
University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine
Tulsa, OK
Stacey Holman, MD
Louisiana State University
New Orleans, LA
Lindsay Kuroki, MD, MSCI
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
Amber Naresh, MD
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA
Not an ASCCP Member? Join now to get discounted registration.
Registration Type |
Early Bird (By 3/1/24) |
Regular |
ASCCP Physician Member |
$1,195.00 |
$1,295.00 |
Physician Non-Member |
$1,495.00 |
$1,595.00 |
ASCCP Physician Assistant, Nurse/Nurse Practitioner/Midwife, Researcher Member |
$1,095.00 |
$1,195.00 |
Physician Assistant, Nurse/Nurse Practitioner/Midwife, Researcher Non-Member |
$1,295.00 |
$1,395.00 |
ASCCP Trainee |
$695.00 |
$795.00 |
Trainee Non-Member* |
$795.00 |
$895.00 |
*Trainee Non-Members must submit proof that they are currently enrolled in a training program. Acceptable documents are a letter from your Department Chair or a Student ID.
Cancellation Policy: Written cancellation must be received at least 30 days prior to the start of the course. Any notice received by this time will be refunded, less a $100.00 administrative fee. No refunds will be made after this time.
Registration is non-transferable.
PLEASE READ these important registration notices:
- By registering and purchasing access to this live, in-person, face-to-face event, you are agreeing to ASCCP's COVID-19 And Any Other Communicable Or Infectious Disease: Liability Waiver.
- ASCCP is Going Green. A few days before the course, you will receive an email with links to the course program and the slide decks. Please download any documents you need before coming on-site (wifi in the hotel is typically not strong enough to download these large files). If you prefer print, please print your hardcopies and bring them with you.
- Food Allergies and Vegetarian Requirements: Please email meetings@asccp.org with your request at least two weeks before the start of the course. Any requests made after this date may not be able to be accommodated. No requests will be accepted on site.
Subject to Change
Thursday, May 2, 2023
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM
Breakfast
8:00 AM – 8:15 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks
8:15 AM – 8:45 AM
The Normal Cervix: Cytology, Colposcopy, and Histology
8:45 AM – 9:15 AM
Epidemiology of HPV and Cervical Cancer
9:15 AM – 10:00 AM
Performing Cervical Cytology Tests
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Break
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM
Cervical Cancer Screening: New Approaches
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
The Evolution of Lower Genital Tract Terminology
11:30 AM – 11:45 PM
Questions & Answers
11:45 PM – 1:00 PM
Lunch
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Colposcopy: Equipment and Supplies
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Colposcopy: The Procedure
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
HPV Vaccines
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Colposcopy of the Abnormal Transformation Zone
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Break
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
- Breakout session A: Gallery of Images: The Normal Cervix, Squamous Metaplasia, and Transformation Zone
- Breakout session B: Common LGT Pathology Diagnosis
- Breakout Session C: Hands-On: "How to Focus"
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Welcome Reception/Exhibits
Friday, May 3, 2023
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Breakfast/Visit Exhibits
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
ASC-US/LSIL/CIN1: Cytology, Colposcopy, and Histology with Case Studies and ASCCP 2019 Risk-Based Management Consensus Guidelines
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
HSIL/CIN2, 3: Cytology, Colposcopy, and Histology with Case Studies and ASCCP 2019 Risk-Based Management Consensus Guidelines
9:45 - 10:00 AM
Questions and Answers
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Break/Visit Exhibits
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Assessment of Cervical Lesions: Determining Where to Biopsy
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Establishing U.S. Standards for Colposcopy Terminology and Practice
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Adolescents and Young Women: A Unique Population
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch/Visit Exhibits
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Warning Signs of Cervical Cancer: Colposcopy and Management of Microinvasive and Squamous Cell Carcinoma
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Break/Visit Exhibits
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Breakout Sessions
Saturday, May 4, 2023
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Breakfast/Visit Exhibits
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
Glandular Lesions: Cytology, Colposcopy, and Histology with Case Studies and ASCCP 2019 Management Guidelines
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM
Cervical Treatment: Indications, Ablative and Excisional Techniques and Outcomes
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Cervical Cancer Risk and Prevention for Immunocompromised Populations
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Break/Visit Exhibits
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Colposcopy in Pregnancy
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Risk Based Management Consensus Guidelines
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Management of Pre-Malignant and Malignant Diseases of the Vagina
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Questions and Answers
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch/Visit Exhibits
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Hands-on Workshops
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Break
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Benign Conditions of the Vulva and Condyloma
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Management of Neoplastic Diseases of the Vulva: VIN and Vulvar Cancer
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Case Studies Using the ASCCP Risk-Based Management Consensus Guidelines
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Putting It All Together/Q&A