| Junior Workshop 2022 | Senior Workshop 2022 |
| Year 1-2 Registrars Online – July 15th | Year 3 – 5 Registrars October either online or in person |
Workshop Aim:
The aim is to assist registrars to achieve competency to practice by the end of their registrar training by becoming:
1. competent in reporting cervical cytology
2. knowledgeable about cervical screening
3. informed about the role of a pathologist working with the NCSP in NZ
Workshop Outline:
· The teaching programme aims to supplement the teaching already provided by the various registrar teaching programmes in New Zealand
· One weekend workshop day is offered annually: years 1-3 registrars on a Saturday and years 4-5 registrars on the Sunday in Auckland and all registrars on one day in Christchurch. Each registrar therefore can attend 5 training days during their 5 registrar years.
· The timing of the workshops is at the request of the registrars, to fit in with the RCPA examination timetable.
· Three talks are given on each day, alternating with three multiheader teaching sessions.
· The years 1-3 lectures rotate on a three yearly cycle and the years 4-5 lectures rotate on a two-yearly cycle, so no lectures are repeated for a registrar who proceeds through their registrar years passing Part 1 and Part 2 first time.
· Education modules are posted on the NCPTS websiet and registrars are encouraged to work through the relevant modules before the workshop. The talks are interactive where possible, particularly for seniors.
Lecture Topics:
YEARS 1-3 REGISTRARS
| Year 1 (2018) | Year 2 (2019) | Year 3 (2020) | |
| Lecture 1 | Anatomy of a gynae cytology laboratory. Quality Assurance in cervical cytology | The Bethesda System Unsatisfactory smears. Benign/reactive smears. | The squamous spectrum |
| Lecture 2 | Glandular lesions. Endometrial cells in cervical smears. | HPV and cervical cancer update. | Screening for cervical disease : a new era |
| Lecture 3 | Colposcopy: Diagnosis and management of cervical disease. | Management of women with microinvasive or invasive cervical cancer. | NZ Management Guidelines for women with abnormal smears. |
Lecture Topics:
YEARS 4-5 REGISTRARS
| Year 1 (2020) | Year 2 (2021) | |
| Lecture 1 | Using technology in cervical cytology | Difficult high grade squamous lesions |
| Lecture 2 | Difficult glandular lesions | Clinical aspects of HPV infection |
| Lecture 3 | Cervical Histopathology: Difficult decisions in invasive tumours | Cervical Histopathology: Reporting difficult pre-invasive lesions |