Continuing Education

Cytology our weapon against cancer

Marion Carrillo

Jasmin Hanley

Last Update February 14, 2023

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About This Course

Did you know cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide? This is according to World Health Organization, they also stated that cancer accounted for nearly 10 million deaths in 2020. This area of medicine requires skilled laboratory medical technologists who specialize in cytology to help fight the battle against cancer. Cytologists are usually the first to detect suspicious cells then refer them to a pathologist.

Jasmin Hanley is well known throughout the Caribbean as the go to lady for all things cytology. She has been teaching and training medical laboratory technologists in cytology for most of her 40 years in the field. In this presentation she will explain the function of cytology as a weapon against cancer and tell us how we can join the fight.

Learning Objectives

Describe the different areas of cytology

Explain the function of cytology as a weapon against cancer

Explain the effect of insufficient cytotechnologists in the Caribbean

Requirements

An electronic device for viewing the presentation.
A notepad to make notes.

Target Audience

Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists
Health care professionals interested in this topic

Curriculum

2 Lessons1h

Course Content

Cytology our weapon against cancer1:00:00

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Your Instructors

Marion Carrillo

MS, MLS (ASCP)cm

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Marion is a medical laboratory scientist certified by the American Society for Clinical Pathology. She also has a Masters degree in Clinical Laboratory Management and completed a specialist in blood banking certificate program. She has many years experience in the blood transfusion service in the U.S and in Trinidad and Tobago. In addition to the work done at Trinity she is an adjunct immunohaematology lecturer and provides non technical and technical advice to persons in need of blood, medical laboratory technologists respectively.

Jasmin Hanley

Director of Mediserv Cytology Training School in St. Kitts

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Jasmin has over 40 years experience in medical laboratory technology. During that time she progressed from a medical laboratory technologist to a laboratory manager and now the Director of Mediserv Cytology Training School in St. Kitts. Jasmin earned her Master’s Degree in Clinical Cytotechnology from the Imperial College London, England and has served on prestigious committees. One such committee is the Caribbean Epidemiology Center’s (CAREC) Caribbean Cervical Cancer and Prevention Control Program. Ms. Hanley has also held the post of Vice President 2009-2011, President 2013-2015 and Immediate Past President 2015-2019 of Caribbean Association of Medical Technologists (CASMET). Jasmin is a member of the International Academy of Cytology, Caribbean Cytometry Analytical Society and has published articles in the Journal of Clinical Pathology and The West Indian Journal of Medicine. Currently she trains students in the art and science of gynecological and non gynecological cytology in St. Kitts.