This interpretive Scheme promotes quality, excellence, and education for all involved in screening and reporting Diagnostic Cytopathology. Open to medical and non-medical personnel, including trainees, the Scheme provides superior, outstanding, representative digital cytological examples to enable individual feedback, promote education and enhance professionalism within Diagnostic Cytopathology.

Staining Criteria Handbook available in Members' Area

Rationale

Participation in this web-based Scheme provides access to question and answer based knowledge and competence exercises for technical and diagnostic interpretation. Each digital image utilised represents a suitable, appropriate fluid case prepared for crystal analysis. The selected images and case information allows the participant to effectively evidence the in-depth knowledge and competence required, in the techniques and methodology, for excellence in practice. Completed individually it supports CPD, training, professional education and learning, and advances and excellence in practice.

Submission

Each circulation comprises 14 cases of digitised images of stained Diagnostic Cytopathology slides: 12 cases scored for individual assessment, and 2 un-scored cases for education and learning. Case study specimens include respiratory, serous fluids, urine, and head and neck.

Report

• Individualised

• Generic

• Participation Certificate