Competency information
Details
Using fresh ejaculates and pre- recorded video data, perform assessment of human sperm motility that accords to local IQA/EQA data.
Considerations
- How to recognise motility and perform assessment according to the four category a/b/c/d assessment.
- The biological basis and observation of activated and hyperactivated motility.
- The aetiology of common and rarer pathologies (including but not limited to: immotile cilia syndrome; pin-heads; globozoospermia).
- The rationale of techniques involved including requirements and limitations of manual and computer assisted analyses.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Recognise and interpret the macroscopic and microscopic appearance of semen, and relate to any pathological process determining the potential implications for conception or child-health. |
| # 2 | Outcome Advise on and appropriately request additional tests to aid in diagnosis, or implications of observed disease exercising their own professional judgement. |
| # 4 | Outcome Recognise and interpret the effects of medical intervention upon semen properties (including but not limited to clearance of pathological organisms; success of vasectomy reversal; recovery from chemo- or radiotherapeutic intervention) |