African experience with sperm morphology training courses

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dc.contributor.authorFranken D.R.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T16:17:49Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T16:17:49Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.description.abstractThis paper reports on the results of a 6-year ongoing training and quality control programme for sperm morphology. The programme consists of a 5-day semenology workshop, during which participants receive intensive training on issues such as sperm concentration, motility, vitality and morphology. Following the workshop, all the participants are enrolled in a continuous quality control (CQC) programme for sperm morphology. These workshops and quality control programmes are presented by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Tygerberg Hospital (South Africa) in conjunction with the World Health Organization's (WHO) Special Programme for Research Development and Research Training. Seventy individuals from 11 countries in sub-Saharan Africa have been trained since 1997; 58 of these are still participating in the quality control programme. Using the results from the quality control programme, participants were classified according to their sperm morphology reading skills recorded over an extended period. It is concluded that an external quality control programme can be highly successful, on condition that it is presented continuously with a 3-4 month interval between tests.
dc.description.versionArticle
dc.identifier.citationReproductive BioMedicine Online
dc.identifier.citation7
dc.identifier.citation1
dc.identifier.issn14726483
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/14383
dc.subjectarticle
dc.subjectcell structure
dc.subjectgynecology
dc.subjecthealth program
dc.subjecthospital department
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectmedical research
dc.subjectobstetrics
dc.subjectquality control
dc.subjectreading
dc.subjectsemen analysis
dc.subjectskill
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectspermatozoon density
dc.subjectspermatozoon motility
dc.subjecttraining
dc.subjectworld health organization
dc.subjectAfrica
dc.subjectEducation, Medical, Continuing
dc.subjectGynecology
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectLaboratory Personnel
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectQuality Control
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectSpermatozoa
dc.subjectTime Factors
dc.titleAfrican experience with sperm morphology training courses
dc.typeArticle
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