title: Recommendations on routine screening pelvic examination: Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care adoption of the American College of Physicians guideline.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review the 2014 American College of Physicians (ACP) guideline on the use of pelvic examinations to screen for cancer (other than cervical), pelvic inflammatory disease, or other benign gynecologic conditions to determine whether the ACP guideline on routine pelvic examinations was consistent with Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC) standards and could be adapted or adopted.
  
  
  METHODS
  The SNAP-IT (Smooth National Adaptation and Presentation of Guidelines to Improve Thrombosis Treatment) method was used to determine whether the ACP guideline was consistent with CTFPHC standards and could be adapted or adopted.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The CTFPHC recommends not performing a screening pelvic examination to screen for noncervical cancer, pelvic inflammatory disease, or other gynecological conditions in asymptomatic women. This is a strong recommendation with moderate-quality evidence.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The CTFPHC adopts the recommendation on screening pelvic examination as published by the ACP in 2014.
authors.affiliation: Senior Associate Dean of Clinical Research at the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary in Alberta. Member of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care. info@canadiantaskforce.ca.
authors.forename: Marcello
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tonelli
authors.affiliation: Was Scientific Advisor in the Prevention Guidelines Division at the Public Health Agency of Canada in Ottawa, Ont.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Connor Gorber
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont. Member of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.
authors.forename: Ainsley
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University in Montreal, Que. Member of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.
authors.forename: Brett D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Thombs
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D005260:Female; D058869:Gynecological Examination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006176:Gynecology / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000191:economics; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000191:economics; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States