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Initial Cervical Screening Training Course 2023
STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY BLACK HEATH LANE
- Course Length: 9 Months non-accredited certificated course
- Cost: £240 per person
- Start Date: Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 January 2023
- For enrolment, please contact Jackie Redhead please email:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Entry Criteria: Registered professional working in a clinical area where cervical screening is offered to women.
- Course Lead & Senior Lecturer: Kairen Roche - email:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Lecturer: Linda Jones - email:
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Course Overview
Public Health England Education Pathway (2020) have set guidelines to support education in sampler taking, this includes:
- Pre theory session: completion of workbook (3 hours) considering Anatomy and Physiology (A/P) of pelvic organs supported by access to e-learning for health module (self- directed study)
- Taught content: 6 hours theory
- Practice: 3 hours simulation – on campus - skills lab at Black Heath Lane
- Initial theory: 12 hours with 3 hours practice simulation taught on campus. There will be Clinical Practice component undertaken whilst working with a cytology mentor. Final cytology sample taker assessment is undertaken in clinical practice by a cytology practice assessor.
Further Information
- Future dates are to be confirmed
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Update Cervical Screening Training
About the course
The update covers all the requirements that are set by the NHS Cervical Screening Programme to ensure that the sample taker has met the guidance for continuing to take samples. The half day will cover all the changes that are taking place in cervical screening and the impact this has on women, the practitioner and the laboratories. After completion of the Update the delegate will have up to date information about the changes that are taking place in cytology screening to enable them to be proficient in taking cervical samples and giving information to women.
Course content
- Half-day session (delivered via MS Teams)
- Discussion of the screening programme
- Influences in uptake of women
- Prior notification lists
- Anatomy and physiology in relation to sample taking and possible findings
- Cervical cancer
- HPV and its impact on care
- Responsibilities of the sample taker
- Colposcopy
- Female genital mutilation
- Disabilities
- Understanding test results.
Entry Requirements
Nursing staff and Doctors who have completed their cytology training and who require the three-yearly Update. Prior to attendance the delegate is requested to review their last 20 samples taken to determine adequacy of their sample taking and to highlight any issues to discuss.
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