HPV self-collection: Live CPD webinars on 11 June and 19 June
A new Australian Government funded national cervical screening campaign is commencing in September and is likely to increase patient demand for the HPV self-collection option.
In advance of this patient-facing campaign, the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care has funded the Australian Centre for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer to undertake a nationwide healthcare provider awareness campaign, ‘HPV Self-Collection: Are YOU ready to support the choice?’. The campaign aims to encourage healthcare providers to ensure their practices are ready to offer the HPV self-collection option to all who are eligible in advance of the patient-facing campaign.
HPV self-collection allows screening participants to take their own vaginal sample for HPV testing. Self-collection is one of the best tools we have available to increase cervical screening participation, address disparities in screening, and keep us on track to eliminate cervical cancer in Australia by 2035.
Find resources CPD online learning modules, videos, and information on how to support under-screened groups at www.acpcc.org.au/self-collection-campaign.
You can:
- Sign up for a webinar about self-collection - There are two upcoming live webinars on 11 June and 19 June, allowing 1 CPD hour
- Complete CPD accredited online learning modules.
- Download provider clinical resources, as well as patient resources, including a factsheet on Cervical Screening During Pregnancy
- Contact your laboratory to ensure you have the correct swabs and instructions to offer self-collection.
- Remember that self-collection is just as sensitive for the detection of HPV and CIN2+/adenocarcinoma in situ as a clinician-collected cervical sample and can be offered to all (asymptomatic) cervical screening patients.
- Understand barriers for under-screened groups and how provider cultural competence and the option of self-collection can overcome them.
- Ensure you feel confident supporting patients to choose what’s right for them
To find out more, contact:
- NSW Cervical Screening Program at CINSW-CervicalScreening@health.nsw.gov.au
- ACPCC education team at education@acpcc.org.au
