It is time to celebrate the success of more IBMS members in the Diploma of Expert Practice (DEP) or Advanced Specialist Diploma (ASD) in Histological Dissection and the DEP in Immunocytochemistry exams.
Before candidates enter the exams, they must pass the portfolio element of the assessment. Within the portfolio candidates must provide evidence including a case log, case reviews, case studies, audits, formative assessments and training sessions. This is marked against a set of standards that are specific to the qualification being undertaken.
DEP in Histological Dissection 26 out of the 35 candidates who sat the exams for this qualification in November 2023 passed.
Moriam Ali - St George’s Hospital, London
Muhammad Aseem - Royal Lancaster Infirmary
Simon Avery - Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth
Philippa Bleasdale - Harrogate District Hospital
Susan Brehaut - Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
William Carey - Cumberland Infirmary
Margaret-Danielle Casement - Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
John Cator - Milton Keynes University Hospital
Emily Clarke - Kettering General Hospital
James Cooper - Rotherham Hospital
Deborah Craddock - Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading
Justine Dickinson - Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
Victoria Egan - Whiston Hospital
Louise Elliott - Manchester Royal Infirmary
Emma Fowler - Worcester Royal Hospital
Katherine Gore - Royal Cornwall Hospital
Nicola Graveson - Salford Royal Hospital
Nicola Hannaway - Royal Gwent Hospital
Selina Le Marquand - Rotherham Hospital
Sarah Matthews - Northampton General Hospital
Shivangi Nikita Parmar - Cheltenham General Hospital
Leah Thorne - Southampton General Hospital
Joanne Ware - Royal Gwent Hospital
Jennifer Wilde – Salford Royal Hospital
Darren Williams - Peterborough City Hospital
John Williams - Royal Bournemouth Hospital
DEP in Immunocytochemistry
All three candidates who sat the exams for this qualification in 2023 passed:
Faiza Boliya – York Hospital
Yvette Gane – Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Penelope Knights-Holder – Royal Gwent Hospital
ASD in Histological Dissection
Three out of the four candidates in breast pathology and four out of the seven candidates in lower gastrointestinal pathology who sat the written exam in November 2023 and the viva voce examination in early 2024 passed:
Breast Pathology
Saadia Ali - Royal Marsden Hospital, London
Chika Eze - Royal Liverpool University Hospital
Laura Hanton - Royal Stoke University Hospital
Lower Gastrointestinal Pathology
Sarah De-Vaux Balbirnie - Ipswich Hospital
Palminder Dusanjh - Royal Derby Hospital
Matthew Helferty - Altnagelvin Hospital
Emma Wray - Altnagelvin Hospital
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