MEMBERSHIP
The ASCCP membership application must document medical education and prior training in colposcopy. Membership categories include:

Active		Physicians, nurse practitioners, PA’s, etc., who are interested in colposcopy or gynecologic pathology
Resident Members		Physicians who are currently enrolled in an accredited residency training program or have completed such a program in the past year. Fellows in post-residency fellowships are also eligible.

1. Perform basic and advanced colposcopic examinations (including an understanding of normal and abnormal cervical anatomy, cytology, histology, and colposcopic findings);
   
   
2. Recognize and evaluate premalignant and malignant cervical disease;
   
   
3. Recognize the role of co-factors in the development of neoplastic disorders of the cervix, vagina and vulva;
   
   
4. Recognize, evaluate, and treat related vulvar and vaginal diseases:
   
   
5. Become familiar with new diagnostic modalities for lower genital tract diseases; and,
   
   
6. Provide women and their partners with appropriate patient education materials.
   

The scope of the Society’s continuing medical education efforts will be limited to the female lower genital tract, to include disorders of the cervix, vagina and vulva. Other disorders including those of the male, may be addressed briefly as they relate to our primary scope.

To achieve these goals, the Society encourages resident and postgraduate training in colposcopy, sponsors seminars and continuing education programs, publishes a journal, and offers CME-accredited Home Study Courses, videotapes, slide collections, CD-ROMs, on-line CME, a national mentorship training program, and other materials designed to be helpful to the health care professional.

The Society has established standing committees of known experts who are available to members for consultation on difficult problems of management or pathology review.

MEETINGS
The American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology offers a general clinical meeting every two years. This meeting features lectures, debates, and paper presentation on new developments concerning all aspects of colposcopy and lower genital tract disease.

The Society also sponsors several postgraduate courses on basic and advanced colposcopy, as well as vulvar diseases. Members receive discounted rates on all registration fees. Locations and dates of courses may be obtained from the national office.