Sociedade Portuguesa de Colposcopia – SPCTGI
| Web Adress and contact | www.spginecologia.pt
+351 919 494 636 |
| Name of President of Society | Dr Amélia Oliveira Pedro
Consultant Gynaecologist Mail: ameliapedro@gmail.com |
| Society postal address | Edifício Cruzeiro, 4 – 2º andar/sala 32 Largo Cruz de Celas, 3000-132 Coimbra, Portugal |
| Name of Secretary of Society | Dr Amélia Pacheco
Consultant Gynaecologist |
| Society Co-ordinator/Treasurer | Dr Rita Sousa
Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist / Gynaecologist Mail: ritamsousa@zonmail.pt |
| EFC – Contact Person | Dr Rita Sousa
Mail: ritamsousa@zonmail.pt |
| Members of the executive board | xxx |
| Next Elections | xxx |
| Number of Members | 287 |
| National Events | – 193th SPG Meeting– Present and Future Challenges in Gynecology (6th-8th june, 2019) – Colposcopy in molecular era – 1st Meeting of National Colposcopy Units (30th march 2019) – 8th Basic Course of Colposcopy (25th-26th october 2019) – 22th Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology – FSPOG – Past, present and future of colposcopy (5th-7th november, 2020) |
| Screening strategy for Cervical Cancer | National screening programmes with HPV testing, Target population- women 25th-60th Cervical screening is performed in primary care |
| Screening rate | 5/5 years |
| Incidence of Cervical Cancer | 8.9/100,000 women (globocan 2018) |
| Mortality of Cervical Cancer | 1.6/100.000 women (INE 2018) |
| Strategy for colposcopy training | Doctors can train in colposcopy in the Portuguese society structured training programmes. This training programme includes: 1. Basic courses, according to EFC criteria, approved by EFC and Medical College of Gynecology of National Medical Order 2. Completion of final assessment 3. Theoretical-practical training that is a trainee-led and competency based, also approved by EFC |
| Institutions to deal with Abnormal Screening-Results | Women with an abnormal screening test are referred to a colposcopy Unit. The standards are set by the national guidelines elaborated in consensus meetings sponsored by the Portuguese Society of colposcopy (last revision in 2014) |
| Literature | Colposcopia – Da Prática à Teoria; eds. Amélia Oliveira Pedro; José Silva Pereira; LIDEL, edições técnicas, LDA; ISBN 978 989 752 007 5; 2014; 165-177 Consensus on HPV infection and intraepithelial neoplasia of the cervix, vulva and vagina, SPG – SPCPTGI, 2014 Gynecological Cancer – National Consensus 2016, SPG-SPO National Consensus of HPV Vaccines, SPG-SPCPTGI, 2018 |