title: Home Study Course: Spring 2006.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The Home Study Course is intended for the practicing colposcopist or practitioner who is seeking to develop or enhance his or hercolposcopic skills. The goal of the course is to present colposcopic cases that are unusual or instructive in terms of appearance, presentation, or management or to present colposcopic cases that demonstrate new and important knowledge in the area of colposcopyor pathology. Participants may benefit from reading and studying the material or from testing their knowledge by answering the questions.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  The American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The ASCCP designates this continuing medicaleducation activity for 1 hour category 1 credit of the ASCCP's Program for Continuing Professional Development and the Physician's Recognition Award of the American Medical Association. Credit is available for those who choose to apply. The Home Study Course is planned and produced in accordance with the ACCME's Essential Areas and Elements.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Faculty must disclose any significant financial interest or relationship with proprietary entities that may have a directrelationship to the subject matter. For this course, the author had no such relationship to report.
authors.affiliation: Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Gynecology, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, USA.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Spitzer
authors.forename: Charles J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Dunton
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jeronimo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000473:pathology*; D003127:Colposcopy; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D004107:Dilatation and Curettage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology; D014626:Vaginal Smears; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral