NNN Webinar – HPV and Oral Cancer
The Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan’s National Native Network with Indian Health Service Health Promotion & Disease Prevention and the Indian Health Services Clinical Support Center (Accredited Provider) present a webinar series: Cancer Risk Reduction in Indian Country.
Title: HPV and Oral Cancer
Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Time: 3 – 4 PM, EDT
Presenter:
Chris Johnson, MA, Project Coordinator, American Indian Cancer Foundation
Learning Outcomes/Objectives:
By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to:
1. Identify the relationship between oral cancer and the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) for American Indians.
2. Screen patients for oral cancer risk factors and refer patients to a dental professional or oral exam.
3. Educate parents, adolescents, and young adults on the oral and HPV-related cancer burden for American Indians and how the HPV vaccine can help prevent oral cancer.
Target Audience: Physicians, nurses, health educators, administrators, and support staff working with American Indian and/or Alaska Native communities.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Funding for this webinar was made possible by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention DP13-1314 Consortium of National Networks to Impact Populations Experiencing Tobacco-Related and Cancer Health Disparities. Webinar contents do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Continuing Education: To obtain a certificate of continuing education, you must be registered for the course, participate in the webinar in its entirety and submit a completed post-webinar survey. The post-webinar survey will be emailed to you after the completion of the course. Certificates will be mailed to participants within four weeks by the Indian Health Service (IHS) Clinical Support Center.
Accreditation: The Indian Health Service (IHS) Clinical Support Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The IHS Clinical Support Center designates this live activity for 1 hour of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for each hour of participation. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The Indian Health Service Clinical Support Center is accredited with distinction as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
This activity is designated 1.0 contact hour for each hour of participation.
Faculty Disclosure Statement: As a provider accredited by ACCME, ANCC, and ACPE, the IHS Clinical Support Center must ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in its educational activities. Course directors/coordinators, planning committee members, faculty, reviewers and all others who are in a position to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest related to the subject matter of the educational activity. Safeguards against commercial bias have been put in place. Faculty will also disclose any off-label and/or investigational use of pharmaceuticals or instruments discussed in their presentation. All those who are in a position to control the content of this educational activity have completed the disclosure process and have indicated that they do not have any significant financial relationships or affiliations with any manufacturers or commercial products to disclose.
No commercial interest support was used to fund this activity.
Space is limited.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.