Newsletter (Vol. 6 March 2005)      

OFFICE BEARERS:
President:
Dr. Annie Cheung

Vice President:
Dr. TC Pun

Honorary Treasurer:
Dr. Philip Ip

Honorary Secretary:
Dr. Grace Wong

COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Dr. SK Lam
Dr. KM Mok
Dr. Peter Kwok
Dr. Amelia Wong
Dr. SF Yim

EX-OFFICO::
Prof. Hextan Ngan

NO. OF MEMBERS:
Voting members-143
Associate members-40

President's Message

 

Happy Easter!

In the last BGM, Professor Hextan Ngan, founding President of our Society has completed two terms of office but will continue to contribute in the Council as Ex-Officio member. On behalf of the members of our society, I would like to thank Professor Ngan for her wisdom and foresight in creating the Society on time to meet the need of our community in the battle against the cervical cancer. Our sincere thanks also go toCouncil Members who have served our society unfailingly in the last four years, Dr. Y.M. Chan, Dr. May Chan, Dr. Margaret Cheung, Dr. T.H. Cheung, Dr. Susan Fan, Dr. K.F. Tam, Dr. T.S. Wong. I am honoured to succeed Professor Ngan as the President of our Society. Dr. T.C. Pun, Dr. Grace Wong, Dr. Philip Ip, Dr. Peter Kwok, Dr. Amelia Wong, Dr. S.K. Lam, Dr. K.M. Mok, and Dr. S.F. Yim have kindly joined the council.

Our Society has been active in preparing both local and international activities for our members and will continue the momentum with the support of our members.

The Society will continue to liaise with HKCOG about the issue of audit exercise for accredited colposcopists. An Excel program had been developed for the audit exercise and hopefully would be delivered to accredited colposcopists after trial run. Please check the website for updated information.

If you have any suggestions regarding future activities of our Society, please contact us so that together we can work hard together to improve the health of women in Hong Kong.

Best Wishes!

Annie Cheung


Biennial General Meeting 2004

Our BGM was held on 11th November 2004. A batch of new Office Bearers and Council Members of our society was elected. Please continue your support to the new Council Members.Please feel free to direct your comments/suggestions to them



Final Accreditation of Specialist Colposcopist

The deadline for application of specialist colposcopist will be closed by 30 June 2005.Members eligible for accreditation please send in your applications before the closing date.



Accreditation of Smear Takers

We have already accredited 37 Smear Takers.The list of accredited smear takers is now available on our websitehttp://www.hksccp.org.hk/.The re-accreditation exercise will be held every 3 years.Accredited Smear Takers are advised to visit the website for further information on the re-accreditation exercise.We continue to invite applications for the accreditation of smear takers. The criteria for application are available on the Website.



The Second Refresher Course for Accredited Colposcopists

The second refresher course for accredited colposcopists was jointly organized by the Society and the Family Planning Association of Hong Kong on 4 December 2004.A total of 18 participants had attended and enjoyed the course.Twenty-five colposcopy cases were discussed in the refresher course and the cases would be counted for later re-accreditation.



Forthcoming activities

Clinical Pathological Conference

The clinical pathological conference will be held on 5th May 2005 in QEH.Please refer to the website for further information and enrollment details.



The Refresher Courses for Accredited Colposcopists

The third refresher course for accredited colposcopists will be held on 17 June 2005 in PWH.The fourth refresher course is preliminary scheduled in November 2005 and will be held in KWH.Twenty-five colposcopy cases will be discussed in each refresher course and the cases will be counted for later re-accreditation.Please note that although the activities are aimed for accredited colposcopists, medical staff undergoing colposcopy training is also welcomed to attend.Please refer to the website for further information and enrolment details.



Basic colposcopy workshop

 The basic colposcopy workshop is preliminary scheduled in September 2005.The workshop will be run in PMH.Please refer to the website later for further information and enrolment details.



Welcome to New Members

The following members were elected as Associate members in the last Council Meeting held in January 2005:

Ms To Cho Pun Judy Ms Lam Ka Lai
Ms Ying Shuk Man Anita Ms Cheung Wing Yee
Ms Ng Lan Fong Ms Lam Wing Yan
Ms Mui Chui Yi Ms Wong Yuen Fung



Medical practitioners and health related workers who are interested in colposcopy, cervical pathology, cervical cancer screening and allied subjects are welcomed to join the Society.Interested parties can refer to our website http://www.hksccp.org.hk/for the objectives of the Society and membership application form



Annual Subscription and update of Memberˇ¦s particular

The Annual Membership Subscription for the year 2005 is due now.We need the full physical and financial support from all of you for the continue development of the Society.Please send in your subscription at your earliest convenience.We would like to update the personal particulars of our members at the same time.A printed form with personal particulars will be send to members together with the reminder for annual subscription.Members are encouraged to update the information and send back to us with the subscription.



Donations

Our society is in need of funds for our development and regular activities. Any suggestions from members regarding ways in fundraising or potential sponsor would be much appreciated. Please contact the Honorary Secretary for any of your ideas through the email pmykwok@hkucc.hku.hk.

Thanks again for your support.

Honorary Secretary


Happy Easter!