Annual Colposcopy Course and Update 2009

Date: 14-15th March 2009

Venue:Kerry Packer Education Centre, RPA Hospital, Sydney, NSW

Course Convenors: Committee of Management, ASCCP

Conference Secretariat: YRD (Aust) Pty Ltd asccp09@yrd.com.au

Registration Desk Opens: Saturday  14th March  8am

Faculty:

A/Professor David Allen

Dr Chris Dalrymple
Dr Ian Etherington
A/Professor Annabelle Farnsworth                       
Dr Louise Farrell
Dr Gabriele Medley                               
Dr Ross Pagano
A/Professor Robert Rome                
Professor Peter Russell
Dr Jeffrey Tan                                       
Dr Roy Watson

RANZCOG will award points in the Meetings category for full attendance.

Course Fees:

ASCCP Member: $400
Non-members:  $475
Lunches, morning and afternoon tea provided.

Because of catering arrangements, registration on the day will not be accepted unless prior arrangements
are made with the secretariat.

The ASCCP reserves the right to cancel the course (with full refund of fees paid)
if there are insufficient registrations.

Accommodation: Rydges, Camperdown

Program:

Saturday 14th March

0800  Registration and Coffee

SESSION 1
The Fundamentals of Colposcopy
0900 – 0910 Welcome
0910 – 0925 The transformation zone: The key to Colposcopy
David Allen
0925 – 0940 The histological basis of Colposcopy
Peter Russell
0940 – 1015 Terminology &  natural history of HPV & CIN
Annabelle Farnsworth
1015 – 1030  DISCUSSION

1030 – 1100  Morning tea

SESSION 2
The Practice of Colposcopy
1100 – 1120 Technique & documentation of colposcopy
Roy Watson
1120 – 1135 Human aspects of Colposcopy
Ian Etherington
1135 – 1155 Audit & QA  in Colposcopy
Jeff Tan
1155 – 1240 Cytology, Pathology & Colposcopy of HSIL & LSIL
Panel – A Farnsworth, P Russell, C Dalrymple, Ian Etherington
1240 – 1250 Discussion

1250 – 1340 Lunch

SESSION 3
Screening & disease control
1340 – 1410 The screening program in Australia & NHMRC Guidelines
Robert Rome
1410 – 1440 New technologies in cervical cytology screening
Annabelle Farnsworth
1440 – 1500 Solving problems of histological interpretation
Peter Russell
1500 – 1520 HPV vaccination
Louise Farrell
1520- 1530 discussion

1530 – 1600 Afternoon Tea

SESSION 4
Cancer and less common problems
1600 – 1620 Invasive Cancer
Robert Rome
1620 – 1640 Glandular Abnormalities – diagnosis & management
Chris Dalrymple
1640 – 1700 DES Update
Ross Pagano
1700 – 1710 Discussion

1715 ASCCP Annual General Meeting

Sunday 15th March

SESSION 5
Difficult Colposcopy
0830 – 0850 Colposcopy in pregnancy
Louise Farrell
0850 – 0910 VAIN
Robert Rome
0910 – 0930  Colposcopy in the old and the young
David Allen
0930 – 1000   VIN & the value of vulvoscopy
Ross Pagano
1000 – 1015   DISCUSSION

1015 – 1045  Morning tea

SESSION  6
Treatment
1045 – 1105 Ablative techniques
Ian Etherington
1105 – 1125  Excisional techniques
Chris Dalrymple
1125 – 1145 Consequences of treatment
David Allen
1145 – 1205 Follow up of treatment
Jeffrey Tan
1205 – 1220 Treatment of external genital warts
Louise Farrell

1230 – 1330 Lunch

SESSION 7
Interactive
1330 – 1430 Quiz
Jeffrey Tan & all clinicians
1430 – 1500 Training & accreditation
Louise Farrell