This module can be taken as a “stand-alone” module, for nurses and other practitioners seeking to develop their skills, or as part of a BSc Programme.
This module aims to provide you with the requisite knowledge and understanding of the role and function of the National Health Service [NHS] cervical screening programme, and the relevant skills and evidence base for your role as a cervical sampler.
The content of the module will provide you with an understanding of the rationale for cervical screening and general principles of screening in the United Kingdom. The course content will identify risk factors associated with cervical abnormalities and enable you to understand the natural history of cervical abnormalities and cervical cancer, whilst understanding the current and future developments related to cervical screening.
There will be teaching on the skill of cervical sampling, including history taking and infection control, as well as addressing the needs of women with special requirements. There will be visits and presentations on the role of the laboratory and colposcopy departments to provide you with an understanding of these roles related to cervical screening.
MAR: Monday 16, 17 and 18 March 2020
Module Submission Date: 20 April 2020
The university taught days are: 16, 17 and 18 March 2020. A date will be provided when a visit to a Pathology Laboratory will be arranged for students.
The exam for the module will be 20 April 2020. The submission date for the skills schedule of 20 supervised smear samples will be 14 September 2020.
JUN: Tuesday 16, Wednesday 17 and 24 June 2020
In addition to the above dates, there will be an additional day to visit the cytology laboratory in London.
Non EEA students can only apply as part of a programme, not as a stand-alone module.
For those students whose first language is not English, the following qualification is also required:
The assessment is in 2 parts and both parts must be passed to be awarded the 15 credits.
Part 1 consists of a skills schedule and the student must complete 20 supervised smear samples as well as including the annonymised results. Students must attain a true adequacy rate of 95% for all their samples.
Part 2 is an exam, which is a multiple choice questionnaire [MCQ] consisting of 10 questions.
This is a clinical module and in order for you to complete your portfolio it is imperative that you are working in this area of practice, or have arrangements in place for the required level of supervision.
Marie C. Hill is a Senior Lecturer in Practice Nursing in the School of Health Sciences having completed her BSc (Hons) Nursing and Master’s in Health Management in Kings College London and City University London respectively. Marie qualified as a Registered General Nurse in the United Kingdom, after which she worked ...
