Specimen Dissection

Details

Title

Specimen Dissection

Type

Stage Two

Module code

HLS398

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

• Explain the principles of specimen dissection, macroscopic description and block selection in neoplastic and non-neoplastic disease
• Explain and describe the principles of dissection of all major cancer resection specimens and tissue sampling to enable completion of RCPath’s Standards and Datasets for Reporting Cancers

Technical and clinical skills

• Demonstrates sufficient manual dexterity to perform dissection safely, accurately and independently, without damage to tissues