Competency information
Details
Prepare a range of full and accurate interpretative clinical reports for patients referred with colorectal cancer and melanoma.
Considerations
- How to recognise that all tests have been completed to a satisfactory standard for the referral reason.
- All information has been validated as correct.
- Selection of correct report template for referral reason.
- Recommendations for further referral (e.g. clinical genetics).
- Identify the requirements for any follow up testing, the testing methods available and the appropriate choice of test.
- Describe any limitations.
- Use of correct scientific and clinical terminology.
- Use of relevant databases and the literature in the interpretation of results.
- Communication of complex scientific information to clinicians and patients.
- Best practice guidelines compared with laboratory practice and any differences between the two.
- How to identify pertinent EQA schemes; their role and practice; how these are incorporated into laboratory practice; ISO standards for lab participation in EQA schemes.
- Current approved therapeutics used to guide patient disease management.
- Awareness of onward referral in the clinical pathway and the procedure for germline testing in colorectal cancer patients
- Consideration of clinical trials
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 7 | Outcome Interpret and report clinically relevant findings of the results of laboratory tests |
| # 8 | Outcome Perform reflex testing for both somatic and germline cancers |