Colposcopy Management Options

SECTION A: PRECLINICAL ISSUES
1 Epidemiology of HPV
2 The anatomy and pathology of lower genital tract
intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN, GIN, VAIN, VIN)
3 Pathology of the cervix
4 Screening tools
5 Human papillomaviruses and cervical cancer
development
6 The current and potential role of HPV recognition in
the
presentation and management of lower genital tract
intraepithelial neoplasia

SECTION B: DIAGNOSTIC COLPOSCOPY
7 Basic colposcopic technique
8 Optimising the colposcopic examination

SECTION C: THERAPEUTIC COLPOSCOPY
9 Destructive methods of treatment for cervical
intraepithelial
neoplasia
10 LLETZ: theoretical rationale, practical aspects,
clinical
experience, optimising the technique

SECTION D: ANCILLARY ISSUES
11 Difficult diagnostic and management problems in
colposcopic
practice
12 Cervical Disease in HIV infected women
13 Vaccines

SECTION E: MANAGEMENT OF LOWER GENITAL TRACT DISEASE
14 The ASCUS smear, borderline nuclear abnormalities,
inflammatory smears
15 High grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (high
grade SIL,
mild cytological abnormalities, CIN 2-3)
16 Vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia (VAIN)
17 Vulval intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN)
18 Microinvasive cancer of the cervix
19 Invasive cervical cancer
20 Invasive vulvar cancer
21 Management of Lower Genital Tract Disease: Invasive
vaginal
cancer
22 Management of atypical intraepithelial glandular
lesions
23 Immune responses to HPV - prospects for
immunotherapy
24 Ensuring high standards of practice

APPENDICES 1. Standards and Quality in Colposcopy2.
BSCCP/RCOG
certificate syllabus3. BCCP colposcopic audit form4.
Colposcopy
clinic visit sheets