Dr. Anshu Publishes Survey on Cytopathology Training and Presents Papers at the 17th International Congress of Cytology
Dr. Anshu, M.D., D.N.B.
Professor, Department of Pathology
Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences
Sevagram, India
Congratulations to Dr. Anshu (CMCL 2007, PHIL 2009), who designed a survey on training in cytopathology that was sent to international medical practitioners on behalf of the Editorial Advisory Board (EAB) of Cytopathology—the official journal of the British Society for Clinical Cytology and more than 20 national affiliated societies. The results of the survey have recently been published:
Anshu, et al. Survey of medical training in cytopathology carried out by the journal Cytopathology. Cytopathology. 2010;21(3):147-156. Abstract available from http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/123423463/abstract
Dr. Anshu was nominated to the EAB of Cytopathology in 2007, where she expressed an interest in studying how cytopathology training was conducted in different countries. After commissioning Dr. Anshu to design the survey, the EAB validated and piloted her questionnaire, which uncovered some interesting findings about deficiencies in training. Dr. Anshu credits her FAIMER experience for prompting the idea for study and also for giving her the tools to develop and execute the survey. The paper demonstrates variability in training and outlines best practices for training in cytopathology. The findings of this paper were presented by Dr. Amanda Herbert, Editor, Cytopathology, at the satellite meeting of the European Federation of Cytology Societies at Edinburgh, where it was decided that two working groups would formulate European guidelines on training based on the findings of this survey.
Dr. Anshu also recently attended the 17th International Congress of Cytology, held in Edinburgh, Scotland, May 16-20, 2010, where she presented two posters: “Combination of Cytologic Features which Correctly Predicts Diagnosis of Papillary Carcinoma of Thyroid on FNAC” and “Does HPV Testing Help When High-grade Cytology Is Not Confirmed at Colposcopy?”