• Marcello Tonelli, Sarah Connor Gorber, Ainsley Moore, Brett D Thombs, and Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care.
• 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.
• Can Fam Physician. 2016 Mar 1; 62 (3): 211214211-4.

ObjectiveTo 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.MethodsThe 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.RecommendationsThe 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.ConclusionThe CTFPHC adopts the recommendation on screening pelvic examination as published by the ACP in 2014.Copyright© the College of Family Physicians of Canada.

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