11th EFC European Congress
in collaboration with The Romanian Society of Colposcopy and Genital Inferior Tract Pathology
Date : 14th – 17st October 2026
Place : Bucharest, Romania
Colposcopy 2026: Raising the Bar Across Europe
Join us at the EFC Congress 2026 as we bring together clinicians, researchers and leaders from across Europe to share practical skills, benchmark performance, and shape the future of cervical cancer prevention.
Women’s health matters to us in Europe.
Our programme is focused on interactive, hands-on learning and the real challenges of colposcopy practice across Europe—from resource variability and case-mix differences to communication, culture and language.
Pre- and Post-Congress Courses
• Comprehensive hands-on colposcopy training, including biopsy and treatment skills
• Treatment skills workshop (LLETZ, SWETZ, laser, thermoablation)
• Challenging colposcopy cases
• Multizonal disease: vagina, vulva & perianal hands-on skills
• QA & QI Masterclass to strengthen your service
• “Bring Your Own Case” live case review sessions
• Video-based “How I do it” masterclasses
European Data & Benchmarking
• Regional audit and screening outcomes
• HPV vaccine impact across Europe
• Benchmarking dashboards to compare service performance anonymously
Service Improvement & QI
• Live QI competition with prizes
• Mock MDT with real cases and interactive voting
Future-Focused Sessions
• European roundtable on workforce, training, QA, accreditation and post-HPV vaccination practice
• AI in colposcopy—what’s coming next?
Mentoring Clinics
Expert-led small group sessions on difficult transformation zones, post-menopausal colposcopy, pregnancy, multizonal disease, and cases in vaccinated populations.
Communication & Patient Experience
• Trauma-informed colposcopy
• Explaining HPV clearly
• Working effectively with interpreters
• Managing difficult conversations
Take-Home Practical Outputs
Standardised patient leaflets (local languages), TOC improvement toolkits, QI templates, audit tools, communication scripts, training checklists and a European guideline update pack.
Plus: Oral and poster prizes, early-career research pitches, innovation awards, QI and audit competitions.
#ColposcopyinEurope
More information coming soon
