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The 2002 EFC consensus recommendations for minimum case numbers were reconfirmed without any changes with the votes of all delegates, representing 25 national meber societies, during the 1st EFC satellite meeting in Berlin, May 2011.


Trainee Caseload

§  Each Trainee should see a minimum of 100 cases, but individual Societies would have the right to require more cases
§  The Trainee should see a minimum of 50 new cases
§  A minimum of 30 of the cases seen should have both a colposcopic and histological proven abnormality
§  The training should be completed within 24 months

Trainer Caseload

§  The Trainer should see a minimum of 100 cases per annum
§  The Trainer should see a minimum of 50 new cases per annum
§  The Trainer should see a minimum of 30 cases per annum with both colposcopic and histological abnormality

Training Centre criteria

§  The Individual Society should decide which centres are suitable for training

Introduction of a structured training programme

§  Each individual Society should identify how best to introduce the training programme and to identify the time scale for its introduction.

Exit Assessment

§  Each Society should, at some time in the future, introduce some form of exit assessment at the completion of training.