SHALOM HEALTH INTERNATIONAL FACILITATED COLPOSCOPY OBSERVERSHIP OF EKSUTH CONSULTANT IN THE UK August 2017

SHALOM HEALTH INTERNATIONAL FACILITATED BSCCP OVERSEAS SCHOLARSHIP FOR EKSUTH CONSULTANT INYORK AND SCARBOROUGH, UK

PREAMBLE

The absence of cervical screening program in my centre and the need to establish same in this centre prompted me to apply for the BSCCP Overseas Scholarship Funding through Mr Ajayi, a BSCCP certified colposcopist. The BSCCP awarded me the overseas scholarship funding after the offer of honorary contract appointment by the York Teaching Hospital NHS Trust to enable me undergo colposcopy observership training in the United Kingdom.

THE TRAINING PROGRAM

Dr Aduloju arrived United Kingdom on Tuesday 30^th August, 2017 on a BSCCP overseas scholarship award for observership in colposcopy service management at the Scarborough General Hospital (York Teaching Hospital NHS Trust). The three week programme featured:

• Colposcopy unit set up

• Colposcopy service management

• The BSCCP Guideline review and how to adapt locally

• Liquid Based Cytology technique

• Colposcopy as a diagnostic tool

• Large loop excision of the transformation zone (LLETZ)

• Multidisciplinary team meeting

B. York Hospital (YH)

• Processing of cytology smears on the slides and reading of the slides

• Processing of cervical and LLETZ tissue biopsy and reading of the slides