asccp3Annual Colposcopy Course and Update 2010

Date: 1-2nd May 2010

Venue: Rydges Hotel, Carlton, Melbourne

Course Convenors: Committee of Management, ASCCP

Conference Secretariat: YRD (Aust) Pty Ltd

Registration Desk Opens: Saturday  1st May 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/RANZCOG Trainee: Sat/Sun $400 (incl GST), Sun only $300 (incl GST)
Non-members: Sat/Sun $550 (incl GST), Sun only $400 (incl GST)
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, Carlton

Program: 2010 (may be subject to change)


(A) Basic Course
Saturday 1st May
0800 – 0830  Registration
The Fundamentals of Colposcopy (Intro and Chair D. Allen)
08h30 – 10h20
The transformation zone: The key to Colposcopy      15        David Allen
The histological basis of Colposcopy                         15        Jennifer Roberts
Terminology & natural history of HPV & CIN          35        Annabelle Farnsworth
Abnormal Pap Smears: Principles of Management     20        Penny Blomfield
Morning Tea  1020 – 1050
The Practice of Colposcopy (Chair C. Dalrymple)
10h50 – 12h30
Technique, documentation & Human aspects of colposcopy            25        Roy Watson
Consent                                                                                         15        David Allen
Cytology, Pathology & Colposcopy of HSIL & LSIL                     45        Panel – A Farnsworth, C Dalrymple, Jennifer Roberts
Lunch   12h30 – 13h30                    
Disease Management (Chair J. Tan)
1330 – 1510
Ablative techniques                                                              20        David Allen
Excisional techniques                                                           20        Chris Dalrymple
Consequences/longer term complications of treatment          20        Gary Fentiman
Follow up of treatment                                                         20        Jeffrey Tan
Afternoon tea  15h10 – 15h30

Disease Management (Chair L. Farrell)    
15h30 – 17h00
Treatment of external genital warts                15        Louis Farrell (Allow 5min Questions)
Quiz                                                            60        Louis Farrell and faculty
End of day summary                                    10

Sunday 2nd May      
(B) Advanced Course          
Latest Advances (Chair Roy Watson)         09h00 – 10h30
New technologies in cervical cytology screening       30        Annabelle Farnsworth
Solving problems of histological interpretation          20        Jennifer Roberts
HPV vaccination and the screening programme       20        Louise Farrell
Morning Tea  10h30 – 11h00
Difficult Colposcopy (Chair: Penny Blomfield)    
11h00 – 12h40
Colposcopy in pregnancy                                                    20        Gary Fentiman
Colposcopy in the old and the young                                   20        Roy Watson
Glandular Abnormalities – diagnosis & management            20        Chris Dalrymple
Invasive Cancer                                                                  20        Robert Rome
Lunch  12h40 – 13h40
Less common problems(Chair: Gary Fentiman)
13h40 – 15h40
VAIN                                                                                      20        Robert Rome
VIN/vulvar disease (+/- DES)                                                  30        Chris Dalrymple

Quality Assurance (Chair D. Allen)
Audit & QA in Colposcopy                                       20        Jeff Tan
Training & Accreditation                                            30        Louise Farrell
Conclusions 15h40 – 16h00
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