An in-service registrar-training programme in colposcopy at Groote Schuur Hospital. Reliability and results

A scheme for the in-service training of registrars in colposcopic techniques was evaluated in a prospective study. The colposcopic interpretation was satisfactory in 79% of the 721 patients examined, and inappropriate treatment was avoided by utilizing the specified protocol of management. The value of cytological screening of the population is emphasized by the fact that in 95,7% of patients referred for colposcopy the pre-invasive cancer was not suspected on the basis of symptoms or the results of clinical examination.