Higher Specialist Diploma
Cytopathology
Examination - September 2021
Short-answer questions
60 minutes
Attempt all four questions
Instructions to candidates
1. Record your candidate number and HSD discipline on the front sheet of the answer
booklet
2. Record your candidate number, the question number and the page number in the spaces
provided on the answer sheets
3. Begin each new answer on a new page
4. Each question is worth 25 marks
HSD in Cytopathology - Sept 2021 Short Answer, Essay and Case Studies Paper FINAL EXAM PAPERS
, 1. You have been given responsibility to develop performance quality indicators that can
be used within your cervical cytology department.
Outline the indicators that you would use and identify their strengths and weaknesses
as an indicator.
2. You have been asked to put forward a paper to your management team that describes
the cases that should be discussed at cytology / colposcopy MDTs.
Describe with reasons the cases that you feel should be discussed at such meetings.
3. A colleague has stated that they are uncertain as to what iatrogenic features might be
seen in cervical cytology samples.
Describe which such features in appear in these samples.
4. You have been asked to do a presentation to colleagues on the common pitfalls they
may encounter in the interpretation of malignant cells in urinary tract samples. Explain
what pitfalls you would include in such a presentation.
HSD in Cytopathology - Sept 2021 Short Answer, Essay and Case Studies Paper FINAL EXAM PAPERS
Cytopathology
Examination - September 2021
Short-answer questions
60 minutes
Attempt all four questions
Instructions to candidates
1. Record your candidate number and HSD discipline on the front sheet of the answer
booklet
2. Record your candidate number, the question number and the page number in the spaces
provided on the answer sheets
3. Begin each new answer on a new page
4. Each question is worth 25 marks
HSD in Cytopathology - Sept 2021 Short Answer, Essay and Case Studies Paper FINAL EXAM PAPERS
, 1. You have been given responsibility to develop performance quality indicators that can
be used within your cervical cytology department.
Outline the indicators that you would use and identify their strengths and weaknesses
as an indicator.
2. You have been asked to put forward a paper to your management team that describes
the cases that should be discussed at cytology / colposcopy MDTs.
Describe with reasons the cases that you feel should be discussed at such meetings.
3. A colleague has stated that they are uncertain as to what iatrogenic features might be
seen in cervical cytology samples.
Describe which such features in appear in these samples.
4. You have been asked to do a presentation to colleagues on the common pitfalls they
may encounter in the interpretation of malignant cells in urinary tract samples. Explain
what pitfalls you would include in such a presentation.
HSD in Cytopathology - Sept 2021 Short Answer, Essay and Case Studies Paper FINAL EXAM PAPERS
