See. Treat. Communicate.
Date
Sunday, October 25, 2026
Directors
Kimon Chatzistamatiou, MD PhD
Ida Ismail Pratt, MD
Description
Beyond the Colposcope is a four-hour, evidence-based hybrid educational workshop designed for practising gynaecologists, colposcopists, and healthcare professionals who manage cervical precancerous lesions. The workshop takes its title from a core conviction: outstanding cervical precancer care demands more than technical precision at the colposcope. It requires sound clinical judgement, hands-on procedural competence, and the communication skills to engage meaningfully with each patient.
The program is structured around three explicitly integrated pillars: theoretical knowledge, procedural simulation, and patient communication. Theory sessions use interactive audience polling to surface and correct misconceptions in real time. A dedicated communication module — rarely included in procedural workshops — uses structured role-play to build skills in breaking difficult diagnoses, counselling complicated patients with high-grade lesions, and navigating vaccine hesitancy.
The workshop closes with a global perspectives discussion, reflecting the IPVS mission: faculty and participants from diverse resource settings examine how management principles translate across contexts.
Target Group
Fellows, Senior Physicians, and Consultants in Gynaecology or Gynaecological Oncology; practising colposcopists; and healthcare professionals managing women with cervical precancerous lesions — across high-income and resource-limited settings.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
Clinical and Procedural Objectives
- Apply the updated IFCPC colposcopy nomenclature in clinical practice
- Use a structured clinical reasoning framework for colposcopy case management
- Select the appropriate treatment modality (LLETZ vs thermal ablation vs surveillance) for each scenario
- Correctly set up diathermy equipment, configure settings, and select loops
- Apply thermal ablation eligibility criteria
- Adapt cervical precancer management principles to resource-limited settings
Communication and Professional Objectives
- Deliver a structured breaking-bad-news conversation for a CIN3/AIS diagnosis
- Counsel a complicated patient (pregnancy, AIS in young adults) with high-grade CIN — balancing patient anxiety and clinical safety
- Address vaccine hesitancy empathetically and with evidence in a post-treatment consultation
- Articulate one concrete change to implement in their own clinical practice
- Engage critically with global perspectives on LMIC cervical precancer management
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Registration
This is an in person workshop available for IPVS members and non-members. You can register for the Workshop and the Conference on the Registration page.
If you have already registered for IPVS 2026 and wish to add the Beyond the Colposcope Workshop to your registration, please contact us at reg_ipvs26@kenes.com where we will assist you.