issue 5, 2010 - British Division of the IAP

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BDIAP AFRICAN DEVELOPMENTS, continued
BDIAP NEWSLETTER
2009.
- New editions of Rosai’s Surgical Pathology books have been sent to 12 depts.
- 6 boxes with 165 used books from Manchester and Cardiff have been distributed by
Ahmed Kalebi to 5 centres in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.
2. Provide a ‘second opinion’ service, if desired, for cases that cannot be worked up properly
ie those needing IHC. These may be relatively simple cases and not necessarily rarities.
Actions – This is being taken forward in collaboration with
The International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research (INCTR). The aim is to
identify a team of experts for second opinions via telepathology; the maximum
number of cases per week is envisaged to be 2-3 per expert. A pilot is being
started at Aga Khan Hospitals in Nairobi, Kisumu, Dar and Mombasa. The
BDIAP has been asked to identify Consultants willing to act as experts (see
below).
Patologi oltre Frontieri. This Italian Group has sited a number of telepathology systems
in labs and uses rented satellite time for pathologists to report the cases; reports
are returned electronically.
3. Initiate an East African/British School of Pathology to be run like other BDIAP-linked
schools.
Actions – 1 st EABSoP on GI pathology held in Nairobi, August 2009, this being a great success.
2 nd school will be in Kampala, September 2010 at the time of the APECSA meeting; the
subject will be breast pathology.
4. Encourage FNA as this is highly cost-effective.
Actions – Andrew Field from Australia runs FNA courses x3 annually.
- East African Cytology Society meeting October 6th – 9 th (Mina Desai attending for
British Society for Clinical Cytology).
5. Continue to send lecturers/goodwill ambassadors to APECSA, South African Division of the
IAP (SADIAP) and EADIAP meetings.
Actions – Ray McMahon, Geraint Williams, Neil Shepherd & Sebastian Lucas attended the 1 st
EADIAP meeting in August 2009. Andrew Nicholson attended the SADIAP meeting. The next
APECSA meeting is September 2010 in Kampala and will be held with the 2 nd EABSoP.
6. Support African Pathologists to attend international meetings on condition that they produce
a poster or talk. This may stimulate activity back home.
Actions – Bursaries are available for members of IAP Divisions to attend meetings of the
BDIAP and undertake periods of training. In addition, the BDIAP will provide many Bursaries
for African Pathologists to attend the IAP Congress, Cape Town 2012.
7. Arrange for training/update periods of 2-6 months in BDIAP countries and Republic of South
Africa (RSA).
Actions – Discussions are on-going with Martin Hale regarding a trainee starting a 6 month initial
training period. The trainee has been encouraged to apply for a 6 month position in Anatomical
Pathology at Cape Town University; the performance and potential of the trainee will
then be assessed before supporting a longer period of training.
8. Support the set-up of quality procedures including internal QC, external QA schemes, MDTs
etc.
Actions – This was a topic of one of my lectures (Quality in Histopathology) as part of the 2009
Pathology Safari.
9. Liaise with IBMS regarding improvement of technical services.
Actions – 1 st BDIAP technical meeting (basic histology and IHC) is being held in Dar es Salaam
in March/April 2010 under the tutelage of Olorunda Rotimi and Peter Jackson. I have
also written to Ken Rae, new IBMS President, about collaboration on technical issues.
10. Encourage greater dialogue with clinicians who send samples to educate them as to the