Smeartaker Training

1. Additional Resource for Smeartakers
2. Smeartaker training courses and 2012-2013 Smeartaker Training Prospectus
3. Guide for Smeartakers
4. A Simple Guide to the Language Used in Cervical Screening
5. Smeartaker Training Programme for GP Trainees
6. Smeartaker Training News
7. Evidence papers and further reading

Additional Resource for Smeartakers

Smeartaker Learning and Resource Centre – CervicalCheck’s online learning platform for Health Professionals is launched.

The aim of this educational resource is to provide busy practitioners with a means of advancing their knowledge and skills at a time and pace which best suits their schedule, in an accessible and flexible format.

The intention is to use this online learning platform as a means of disseminating critical messages to smeartakers and over time additional resources will be uploaded.

The centre can be accessed through a simple login process: www.learningesource.ie

2013-2014 Smeartaker Training Prospectus

The Smeartaker Training Unit produces a yearly training prospectus, outlining details of available courses and course contents. The 'Smeartaker Training Prospectus 2013-2014' is currently being reviewed, see the table below for details of the 2013-2014 courses.

Please click here to download a copy of the Smeartaker Training Prospectus 2012 -2013.

Upcoming Courses 2013-2014

 *Member Fee €500 (for practice nurses who are attached to a practice where GP principal is an ICGP member)

To participate in any of the Smeartaker Training Unit courses, a consent/application form must be completed and returned to the relevant academic body. This form can be downloaded by clicking on the following link:

Smeartaker training application form 2012-2013

Guide for Smeartakers (second edition)

A revised and updated 'Guide for Smeartakers' (second edition) is now available.

Registered smeartakers play a pivotal role in promoting and delivering cervical screening to women. The 'Guide for Smeartakers' is an essential resource for doctors and nurses to assist in achieving a quality-assured national cervical screening programme.

A copy of the revised 'Guide for Smeartakers' (second edition) has been sent to each practice registered with CervicalCheck. Further copies are available by contacting the Smeartaker Training Unit on 061 406565/406564 or emailing stu@cervicalcheck.ie.

Click here to download the 'Guide for Smeartakers' (second edition).

A Simple Guide to the Language Used in Cervical Screening

This simple guide to the language used in cervical screening has been developed to support CervicalCheck smeartakers in the primary care setting. Having a smear test can be an anxious time for a woman and it is important that smeartakers clearly explain the process and clinical results using simple language that is easy to understand.

• A Simple Guide to the Language Used in Cervical Screening  

Smeartaker training programme for GP trainees

CervicalCheck offers the opportunity to GP Trainees to avail of certified training.  A GP Trainee Resource Pack is available and can be delivered through the GP Training Scheme.  To fulfil the criteria of certification, GP Trainees must:

• Complete the application form available from the Smeartaker Training Unit by contacting 061 406565/564 or emailing stu@cervicalcheck.ie
• Complete two theory sessions as specified in the GP Trainee Resource Pack
  GP Training Schemes will deliver the theory sessions and must certify the theory component has been completed with evidence of dates
• Complete a clinical audit with a CervicalCheck Clinical Trainer

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