Course Information
- Audience: Community health worker, public health professional, nurses, people working with populations requiring chronic care
- Format: Webinar
- Date/Time: February 27, 2025
1:00 - 2:00 PM EST - Price: Free
- Length: 1 hour
- Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Sponsored by New England Public Health Training Center (NEPHTC), a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hours are 1. Provider ID: 1131137 Event ID: PM1131137_06222020.
If you are not seeking CHES/MCHES contact hours, if you complete the evaluation, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. The Certificate will include the length of the course. - Competencies: Public Health Sciences Skills
- Learning Level: Awareness
- Companion Trainings: None
- Supplemental materials:None
- Pre-requisites None
About this Webinar
Anal cancer is rare in the general population but is a major risk for some patients including people living with HIV and men who have sex with men. Using the same methods employed to drastically decrease cervical cancer, new guidelines from the CDC have officially recommended active screening and treatment for the first time. Learn the hows, whys, and whats of it all with Dr. William DeWitt, who has been providing, precepting, and educating about this often overlooked care for many years.
What you'll learn
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Define at risk populations for anal cancer
- Understand current guidelines regarding routine screening for anal cancer prevention purposes
- Describe High Resolution Anoscopy and its use in anal cancer prevention
Subject Matter Experts
William DeWitt
MD, HHIVS
William DeWitt, MD, HHIVS is a family medicine physician. He has been providing anal cancer prevention care with high resolution anoscopy and high-grade dysplasia treatment since 2014 after being trained at Callen-Lorde in NYC (the country’s oldest LGBTQ+ focused FQHC). He is currently the medical director of a new LGBTQ+ focused clinic in Providence, RI named Open Door Health. He is currently serving as part of the implementation committee for the International Anal Neoplasia Society, the organization that is responsible for the pioneering research and methods for this care.
Registration
Select the Enroll Me button below to register for this webinar. If you have any trouble accessing the webinar, contact support@nephtc.org.
Acknowledgement: This project is/was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP31685 “Regional Public Health Training Center Program.” This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.
* Yale School of Public Health, Office of Public Health Practice, a New England Public Health Training Center partner, is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. All CHES credit inquiries are managed by YSPH