Consensus on Quality Standards for Colposcopy and Colposcopy Training From the Latin-American Federation of Lower Genital Tract Pathology and Colposcopy
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to provide recommendations on quality standards for colposcopy and colposcopy training. METHODS: A panel of experts from the Latin-American Federation of the Lower Genital Tract Pathology and Colposcopy agreed on quality standards for colposcopy and colposcopy training. RESULTS: A total of 17 general recommendations and the rationale behind them were provided. Eight colposcopy quality standards and nine standards for colposcopy training were issued. CONCLUSIONS: Adherence to the proposed standards could help ensure quality care of women. Colposcopists must be trained and certified.
Authors: Laura Alicia Fleider, Marcela Celis Amórtegui, Elsa Díaz López, Luis García Bernal, Rene Danilo Salazar Molina, Carlos Arturo Buitrago Duque, Carmen Irela Troya Moreno, Natalia Pérez Pérez, Edwar Alexander Herrera, Angie Mora Calderón, Elizabeth Duarte, Amalia Castro, Laura Rubano, José Humberto Belmino Chaves, Janeth Márquez Acosta, Ana María Soilán
Institutions: Universidad de Buenos Aires, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Hospital de Clínicas "José de San Martín", Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Universidad de la República de Uruguay, Centro Hospitalario Pereira Rossell, University of El Salvador, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Mexican Social Security Institute
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4414371811