Colposcopy in China: challenges for a new national society

Colposcopy in China: challenges for a new national society

17 Nov 2018

A new star in the colposcopic firmament has arrived with the formation of the National Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology in China (CSCCP). The first meeting of this national society took place last week with 800 delegates at the Congress which lasted 3...
Simulation Colposcopy – a practical way to teach colposcopy

Simulation Colposcopy – a practical way to teach colposcopy

6 Aug 2015

Students like practical ‘hands-on’ training not only in diagnosis but also in treatment. For diagnosis we have been using plastic simulation models which when looked at through the video colposcope, commonly used in India and the Middle East, appear as an exact...
Colposcopy in the Himalayas

Colposcopy in the Himalayas

15 Jul 2015

By Dr Quek Swee Chong I recently returned from the Himalayas where we ran a women’s health camp in Ladakh. We were able to screen more than 1900 women over the course of 5 days, using a combination of VIA, Colposcopy using the Gynocular and a standard colposcope. We...

Sexual abuse: long term consequences

29 Oct 2014

By Professor Albert Singer   Sexual abuse has devastating consequences for victims and their families both in the short and long term. This has been highlighted most recently in the UK by the high profile failure to protect young girls from sexual abuse and...