Clinical Perspectives for NPs:
Advances in the Prevention of HPV & Cervical Cancer

Issue Date: June 21, 2006    Expires: June 21, 2009

This live CE symposium was originally presented Wednesday, June 21, 2006 during the 2006 National Conference of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center, Grapevine, TX. This program was designed to update nurse practitioners and other allied healthcare professionals on the latest data and treatments for HPV and cervical cancer. The archived symposium includes three slide presentations and a question and answer segment.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this educational activity, participants should be able to:

• Examine the association of HPV with cervical cancer
• Consider the role of subclinical infection in transmission of HPV
• Discuss the best age for vaccination and strategies for approaching parents regarding vaccination of their children
• Compare and contrast the new investigational HPV vaccines, including safety and efficacy profiles

Program Faculty

Chairperson:

Stephen Allred, MS, ANP

Nurse Practitioner
Founder and Clinical Director, GetaFluShot.com
Past Vice Chair
Oregon Adult Immunization Coalition, Portland, OR

Faculty:

J. Thomas Cox, MD

Director, Gynecology and Colposcopy Clinic
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA

 
 
 

Martin Mahoney, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Family Medicine
Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo
Chair, Department of Clinical Prevention
Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY

CE Credit

The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.8 contact hours of continuing education. Program ID 0606220. These contact hours are included in the overall contact hours granted for the AANP 2006 National Conference.