Past Webinars

To improve understanding and awareness of latent/dormant HPV

Date: Monday 28th September

Speaker: Dr Judi Lynch – Consultant Microbiologist, Coombe Hospital

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Common errors in cervical screening practice for non-primary care sample takers (Clinical Update)

Date: Tuesday 14th July 2026

Speakers: 

Dr Rachael Comer Training and Education Manager CervicalCheck

Ms Debbie Ramsbottom & Ms Louise McKee – Senior Training Coordinators CervicalCheck

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Addressing Common Errors in Cervical Screening Sample Taking

Date: Wednesday 08th July 2026

Speakers: Dr Rachael Comer Training and Education Manager CervicalCheck

Ms Debbie Ramsbottom & Ms Louise McKee – Senior Training Coordinators CervicalCheck

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Supporting Participation in Cervical Screening. (Clinical Update)

Date: Wednesday 03rd June 2026

Presenter: Dr Rachael Comer, Education Manager, CervicalCheck

Target audience: All healthcare staff involved in providing cervical screening services in primary care

Aim: To explore effective strategies for enhancing engagement and participation in cervical screening.

Learning outcomes:

• To understand health inequities and their impact on cervical screening participation

• Identify barriers and enablers to participation in cervical screening

• Recognise the unique needs of specific communities in cervical screening

• Define the role of the sample taker in promoting screening participation

• Explore primary care strategies to increase cervical screening uptake

• Analyse case studies to apply these concepts in practice

Trauma Informed Care (Clinical Update)

Date: Thursday 28th May 2026

Speaker: Kare O’Halloran, Forensic Clinical Examiner, Dublin SATU, Rotunda, Dublin

Target audience: All healthcare staff involved in providing cervical screening services in primary care

This webinar will help you:

• Understand the concept of trauma
• Incidence of sexual trauma - the Irish perspective 
• Consider how trauma affects cervical screening participation
• Examine the patient's perspective and barriers to screening 
• Understand the principles of trauma-informed care 
• Examine how you can incorporate trauma-informed care into your practice
• Recognise the importance of adopting the principles of trauma-informed care when offering and providing cervical screening
• Recognise how to actively minimise/avoid re-traumatisation