Cytology our weapon against cancer
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
Material Includes
- A recording of the live session
- Presenter's slides
- A certificate of completion after finishing a brief assessment
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
Course Content
Cytology our weapon against cancer1:00:00
Presenter’s slides
Assessment
Your Instructors
Marion Carrillo
MS, MLS (ASCP)cm
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