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
10:15
COFFEE/TEA BREAK
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
FACULTY
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
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 ObstetricsGynecology,
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.
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
REGISTRATION
Suzanne Hall (473) 444-4175
X 3067
shall@sgu.edu
St. George’s University School of Medicine