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Ferris DG, Spitzer M, Werner C, et al. Colposcopy quality control for clinical trials: the positive effects from brief, intensive educational intervention. J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2002;6(1):11-6doi: 10.1046/j.1526-0976.2002.61008.x.
Ferris, D. G., Spitzer, M., Werner, C., Dickman, E. D., & Shiver, R. L. (2002). Colposcopy quality control for clinical trials: the positive effects from brief, intensive educational intervention. Journal of lower genital tract disease, 6(1), 11-6. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1526-0976.2002.61008.x
Ferris, Daron G, et al. "Colposcopy quality control for clinical trials: the positive effects from brief, intensive educational intervention." Journal of lower genital tract disease vol. 6,1 (2002): 11-6. doi: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1526-0976.2002.61008.x
Ferris DG, Spitzer M, Werner C, Dickman ED, Shiver RL. Colposcopy quality control for clinical trials: the positive effects from brief, intensive educational intervention. J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2002 Jan;6(1):11-6. doi: 10.1046/j.1526-0976.2002.61008.x. PMID: 17050986.
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J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2002 Jan;6(1):11-6. doi: 10.1046/j.1526-0976.2002.61008.x.

Colposcopy quality control for clinical trials: the positive effects from brief, intensive educational intervention.

Journal of lower genital tract disease

Daron G Ferris, Mark Spitzer, Claudia Werner, Eileen D Dickman, Roberta L Shiver

Affiliations

  1. Department of Family Medicine, the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia 30912, USA.

PMID: 17050986 DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-0976.2002.61008.x

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a brief, intensive colposcopy course improves the cognitive skills of colposcopists participating in clinical trials.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty-two colposcopists involved in a multicenter clinical trial attended an intensive colposcopy course designed to improve diagnostic skills. Participants completed a pretest and posttest of 10 case-based studies and the ASCCP Colposcopy Recognition Award (CRA) examination. Pre- and posttest exam and CRA results were compared for each individual and the group.

RESULTS: The group mean pre- and posttest total scores were 67% and 73%, respectively. There was a significant improvement in posttest colposcopic impression mean scores compared with the pretest (56% and 44%, respectively). The greatest improvement in colposcopic impression mean scores was for low-grade, high-grade, and cancer cases; 25%, 23%, and 20%, respectively. CRA scores did correlate positively with pretest scores.

CONCLUSION: A brief, intensive colposcopic educational program improved the cognitive skills of the colposcopists.

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