Lower Gastrointestinal Tract Pathology

Details

Title

Lower Gastrointestinal Tract Pathology

Type

Stage One

Module code

HLS380

Requirement

Compulsory

Module objective

By the end of the training period trainees will, in respect to background and principles, be able to:

• Analyse, synthesise, evaluate and apply knowledge
• Perform a range of technical and clinical skills and procedures
• Demonstrate the attitudes and behaviours necessary for professional practice as a consultant clinical scientist dealing with the complexities, uncertainties and tensions of professional practice at this level.

Knowledge and understanding

• Demonstrates understanding of the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme’s (NHSBCSP) guidelines for pathology reporting in bowel cancer screening and The Royal College of Pathologists’ dataset for colorectal cancer
• Demonstrates understanding of specimens obtained for example via:
  • Colectomy/proctectomy for cancer or inflammatory bowel disease
  • Appendicectomy
  • Polypectomy
  • EMR
• Demonstrates understanding of commonly encountered neoplastic and non-neoplastic disease processes. For example:
  • Appendicitis
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Not otherwise specified (NOS)
  • Hyperplastic polyp
  • Sessile serrated lesion
  • Adenomatous polyp
  • High-grade dysplasia
  • Colorectal carcinoma
  • Neuroendocrine tumours

Technical and clinical skills

• Able to interpret and report endoscopic biopsies
• Recognise and report colorectal carcinoma on biopsy
• Identify presence of inflammatory bowel disease and attempt to classify type on biopsy
• Distinguish serrated from adenomatous polyps
• Recognise low- and high-grade dysplasia
• Describe, dissect, and report colorectal carcinoma and non-neoplastic resection specimens