The Cervical Quality Improvement Program

The Cervical Quality Improvement Program (C-QuIP) is a RANZCOG quality assurance activity for practising colposcopists. Certification of participation covers both diagnostic and therapeutic colposcopy streams.

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Certification - Practising Colposcopists (Fellows)

Certification - RANZCOG Trainees

Certification - Non RANZCOG Members

Certification – Practising Colposcopists (Fellows)

Certification requirements in Australia

Confirmation of colposcopy practice.
Confirmation that all treatments have been logged with histology, aiming for high-grade changes in 80% of cases.
Confirmation that colposcopic data has been submitted to the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) through the National Cervical Screening Register (NCSR) as mandated by legislation.
Confirmation of attendance at a dedicated educational colposcopy course or scientific meeting OR having completed the Colposcopy Online Learning Program.

Fellows are required to complete and submit the Certification Declaration form when applying for C-QuIP certification.

Certification requirements in Aotearoa New Zealand

A minimum of 75 colposcopies is no longer needed and instead the requirements for certification of participation in C-QuIP include the following:

Confirmation of colposcopy practice through submission of Gynaecology Plus reports (Standard 1) or any other report collected by practice software.
Confirmation that all treatments have been logged with histology, aiming for high-grade changes in 80% of cases.
Confirmation of attendance at a dedicated educational colposcopy course or scientific meeting OR having completed the Colposcopy Online Learning Program.

Aotearoa New Zealand Fellows should remain aware of the requirements mandated by the National Screening Unit.

Certification – RANZCOG Trainees

RANZCOG trainees can apply for C-QuIP certification in their sixth year of FRANZCOG training.

To apply, trainees must:

Have completed the appropriate Colposcopy Online Learning Program (COLP) within 12 months prior to application.
Provide evidence through their 6MA of having completed 100 colposcopic examinations, 50 of which must be new cases.
Provide evidence of satisfactory completion of the Colposcopy Assessment of Procedural Surgical Skills (APSS).
Complete a logbook of 10 documented treatments for high-grade lesions of the cervix (therapeutic stream).
Provide a Letter of Competency signed off by their training supervisor.

Please note

The signed Letter of Competency covers completion of numbers 2 and 4.

Copies of these do not need to be sent in. Documents can be emailed to cquip@ranzcog.edu.au.

Certification – Non RANZCOG members

New applicants (diagnostic) must:

Complete the appropriate Colposcopy Online Learning Program (COLP) within 12 months prior to application for C-QuIP certification.
Provide proof of attendance at an approved Colposcopy Course in the last three years prior to applying for certification.

Please note

RANZCOG does not provide formal training or credentialing for non-RANZCOG members to perform colposcopy in any capacity; diagnostic or otherwise.

Credentialing should be done locally. C-QuIP is a quality assurance program and not a formal qualification.

Colposcopy data collection Australia

The National Cancer Screening Register Rules 2017 require colposcopists to provide the following cervical information to the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) through the Register within 14 days of the procedure:

individuals test results
results of follow-up procedures
diagnosis (or clearance) of cancer; and
treatment information in relation to pre-cancerous abnormalities

Submitting Data

Colposcopy data can be submitted to the Register on the Colposcopy and Treatment Form or through their Healthcare Provider Portal.

Colposcopy data collection Aotearoa New Zealand

Section 12M of Part 4A of the Health Act 1956 requires that every person completing a colposcopy submit the following to the National Cervical Screening Programme:

record of the colposcopy findings
laboratory results
report of the colposcopy

The report must be provided free of charge.

Submitting Data:

The report can be submitted via Gynae Plus, or using the Colposcopy Manual Form. The completed form should be submitted to info@ncspregister.health.nz.

Maintaining Certification

Only a course/meeting completion certificate is required to be emailed to cquip@ranzcog.edu.au for recertification. Individual colposcopy quality assurance reports from the NCSR are not currently available. We do not have a timeframe for when these will be sent out.

Recertification requirements Australia

Submission of your colposcopy data to the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) through the NCSR as mandated by legislation.
Documented participation in a dedicated educational colposcopy course or scientific meeting OR by completing the Colposcopy Online Learning Program (COLP).

Recertification requirements Aotearoa New Zealand

Provide evidence of having attended a dedicated educational colposcopy course or scientific meeting OR by completion of the Colposcopy Online Learning Program (COLP).

Note: Aotearoa New Zealand Fellows should remain aware of the requirements mandated by the National Screening Unit (NSU).