Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines and Rationale

Course Description

Karen Kimel-Scott, MD describes guidelines for cervical cancer screening and the rationale for risk-based screening, including epidemiology and how to manage results

Learning Objectives

  • Describe cervical cancer screening guideline recommendations
  • Discuss the rationale for the guidelines
  • Describe tests for Cervical Cancer Screening
  • Discuss interpretation of the test results

Learning Outcome

  • Participants will score 80% or higher on the post activity assessment, demonstrating understanding of current cervical cancer screening guidelines and rationale.

 

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 NCPD/CNE
  • 1.00 Participation
Course opens: 
07/30/2025
Course expires: 
07/29/2027
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Karen Kimel-Scott, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Assistant Medical Director, UNC Internal Medicine Clinic at Eastowne
Associate Program Director of Ambulatory Education
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
UNC School of Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Accreditation Statements

The following accrediting agencies have approved this course for continuing education credits. Participants should understand that their individual participation and claiming credit must abide by the regulations set forth by their respective accrediting agency. No partial credit will be provided.

1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
The School of Medicine of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

1.00 NCPD/CNE
UNC Health is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

 

Disclosure Statements

Activity Directors
This activity has been planned and implemented under the sole supervision of the Course Director, Stephanie Wheeler, PhD, MPH, and planning committee: Alexis Moore, MPH; Shana Ratner, MD; Jennifer Potter, MPH; Kimberly Riddick, BSN, RN, NPD-BC; Anisha Ganguly, MD, MPH; Andrew Dodgson, DPT, in association with the UNC Office of Continuing Professional Development (CPD). Dr. Wheeler received research support from AstraZeneca (ended June 2023) and Pfizer Medical Foundation (ended December 2023). These financial relationships have been mitigated. The planning committee and CPD staff have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies as defined by the ACCME.

ACCME
The presenter has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies as defined by the ACCME.

ANCC
Except as defined above, no one with the ability to control content of this activity has a relevant financial relationship with an ineligible company.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 NCPD/CNE
  • 1.00 Participation
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