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Operation Wipe Out Regional Meetings

Operation Wipe Out is hosting regional meetings throughout the state to share local data, opportunities to maximize cost-effectiveness in the clinic, and best practices now and in the future. Six Regional Meetings for south Alabama were completed in March 2024. Videos of those meetings as well as related materials for CME are available below. Seven Regional Meetings are scheduled for north Alabama. All are welcome to attend any of the meetings. Please sign up to attend!

Locate your region by using the Operation Wipe Out Regional Meeting Map for northern regions and southern regions.

Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credits Available

Register for Upcoming Operation Wipe Out Regional Meetings

Regional Meeting 7

• Date and Time: TBD
• Location: TBD
• Counties: Chilton, Coosa, Jefferson, and Shelby
• Register here

Regional Meeting Flyer
Agenda
Presentation Slide Deck

Regional Meeting 8

• Date and Time: September 18, 2024; 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m., optional working meeting 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
• Location: Bevill State Community College, Matthews Lecture Hall
• Counties: Blount, Cullman, St. Clair, Walker, and Winston
• Register here

Regional Meeting Flyer
Agenda
Presentation Slide Deck

Regional Meeting 9

• Date and Time: February 12, 2025; 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m., optional working meeting 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
• Location: DCH Lewis and Faye Manderson Cancer Center, Large Conference Room
• Counties: Bibb, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Perry, Pickens, Sumter, and Tuscaloosa
• Register here

Regional Meeting Flyer
Agenda
Presentation Slide Deck

Regional Meeting 10

• Date and Time: January 8, 2025; 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m., optional working meeting 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
• Location: Health and Wellness Center
• Counties: Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, and Talladega
• Register here

Regional Meeting Flyer
Agenda
Presentation Slide Deck

Regional Meeting 11

• Date and Time: October 9, 2024; 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m., optional working meeting 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
• Location: Riverview Regional Medical Center, Large Administrative Board Room, 1st Floor
• Counties: Cherokee, DeKalb, and Etowah
• Register here

Regional Meeting Flyer
Agenda
Presentation Slide Deck

Regional Meeting 12

• Date and Time: January 29, 2025; 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m., optional working meeting 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
• Location: Clearview Cancer Institute
• Counties: Jackson, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, and Morgan
• Register here

Regional Meeting Flyer
Agenda
Presentation Slide Deck

Regional Meeting 13

• Date and Time: November 13, 2024; 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m., optional working meeting 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
• Location: North Alabama Medical Center, Muscle Shoals/Florence Conference Room
• Counties: Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, and Marion
• Register here

Regional Meeting Flyer
Agenda
Presentation Slide Deck

Regional Meeting CME Credits

Target Audience: 

Physicians, nurses, clinicians, health educators, and other healthcare professionals and administrators who may provide health services

Instructions to obtain CME credits:

1. Locate your clinic's region below.
2. Print and fill out the attendance sheet and a "Pre" Evaluation Form.
3. View each video for your clinic's region. 
4. Print and fill out a "Post" Evaluation Form. 
5. Mail all attendance sheets and evaluation forms to University of South Alabama, USA Office of Continuing Medical Education, ATTN: Carletta Morgan, 650 Clinic Drive, Suite 1100, Mobile, AL 36688 or email them to [email protected]. 

Regional Meeting 1

Harnessing What We Know About HPV to Eliminate Cervical Cancer (45 minutes), Jennifer Young Pierce, MD, MPH
Partnering to Eliminate Cervical Cancer: Mobile, Baldwin, and Washington Counties (22 minutes), Nancy Wright, MPH

• Attendance Sheet (print and mail)
• Evaluation Form (print and mail)
• Presentation Slide Deck (for use in your community)

Regional Meeting 2

Harnessing What We Know About HPV to Eliminate Cervical Cancer (45 minutes), Jennifer Young Pierce, MD, MPH
Partnering to Eliminate Cervical Cancer: Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, and Monroe Counties (21 minutes), Nancy Wright, MPH

• Attendance Sheet (print and mail)
• Evaluation Form (print and mail)
• Presentation Slide Deck (for use in your community)

Regional Meeting 3

Harnessing What We Know About HPV to Eliminate Cervical Cancer (45 minutes), Jennifer Young Pierce, MD, MPH
Partnering to Eliminate Cervical Cancer: Barbour, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva, Henry, and Houston Counties (23 minutes), Nancy Wright, MPH

• Attendance Sheet (print and mail)
• Evaluation Form (print and mail)
• Presentation Slide Deck (for use in your community)

Regional Meeting 4

Harnessing What We Know About HPV to Eliminate Cervical Cancer (45 minutes), Jennifer Young Pierce, MD, MPH
Partnering to Eliminate Cervical Cancer: Autauga, Bullock, Butler, Crenshaw, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery, and Pike Counties (23 minutes), Nancy Wright, MPH

• Attendance Sheet (print and mail)
• Evaluation Form (print and mail)
• Presentation Slide Deck (for use in your community)

Regional Meeting 5

Harnessing What We Know About HPV to Eliminate Cervical Cancer (45 minutes), Jennifer Young Pierce, MD, MPH
Partnering to Eliminate Cervical Cancer: Choctaw, Dallas, Marengo, and Wilcox Counties (22 minutes), Nancy Wright, MPH

• Attendance Sheet (print and mail)
• Evaluation Form (print and mail)
• Presentation Slide Deck (for use in your community)

Regional Meeting 6

Harnessing What We Know About HPV to Eliminate Cervical Cancer (45 minutes), Jennifer Young Pierce, MD, MPH
Partnering to Eliminate Cervical Cancer: Chambers, Lee, Macon, Russell, and Tallapoosa Counties (22 minutes), Nancy Wright, MPH

• Attendance Sheet (print and mail)
• Evaluation Form (print and mail)
• Presentation Slide Deck (for use in your community)

"We can end Cervical Cancer in our lifetime. Alabama’s women need only take three steps to WIPE OUT this deadly cancer."
Op-ed piece written by Cancer Prevention and Control Division Director Nancy Wright

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Breast Cancer Car Tag

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