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4/9/2024 - Medical Grand Rounds: Shining Light Where the Sun Dont Shine: Is Colonoscopy Really the Best Colorectal Cancer Screening Test?

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INTRODUCTION

Credit Hours: CME 1.00

Target Audience:

Faculty, residents, fellows, and community physicians in General Internal Medicine and subspecialties.

Educational Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

    • Compare effectiveness of different colorectal cancer screening test options.
    • Examine limitations of screening colonoscopy
    • Assess the potential role of non-invasive screening options
    • Characterize the association between colorectal cancer screening adherence and effectiveness
    • Increase colorectal cancer screening through offering individuals alternative screening options

Suggested Additional Reading & Joint Accreditation Statement - Note: This Accreditation Statement Supersedes All Other Statements:

    Suggested Additional Reading:
    • Davidson et al. Screening for Colorectal Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement. JAMA 2021;325(19):1965-1977
    • Rex et al. CRC Screening Recommendations. Am J Gastroenterol. 2017 Jul;112(7):1016-1030
    • Bretthauer et al. Effect of Colonoscopy Screening on Risks of Colorectal Cancer and Related Death. NEJM 2022;387:1547-1556

    Joint Accreditation Statement

    In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.


    Physician (CME)

    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.


    Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Authors:
Jason A. Dominitz, MD, MHS — Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Co-Chair, CSP#577 Colonoscopy vs. FIT in Reducing Mortality from Colorectal Cancer (CONFIRM). Director, VHA National Colorectal Cancer Screening Program, Seattle, Washington
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.
No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

This activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.