Australian Society of Cytology

Changes for the 2008 Exam

1. Membership

The minimum two year (calendar) Membership requirement will no longer be open to negotiation.
Candidates must ensure that they apply for Membership preferably in the first five months of the year to ensure that their Membership is ratified by the Executive by June. Any applicant whose membership is approved in July will have to wait for 2 years plus 11 months, rather than 1 year and 11 months.

The date of the letter sent to new members by the Executive Committee is the date that will be used in this calculation.

Month

Jan
05

Feb
05

Mch
05

Apr
05

May
05

Jne
05

Jly
05

Aug
05

Spt
05

Oct
05

Nov
05

Dec
05

Exam

Jne
07

Jne
08

Month

Jan
06

Feb
06

Mch
06

Apr
06

May
06

Jne
06

Jly
06

Aug
06

Spt
06

Oct
06

Nov
06

Dec
06

Exam

Jne
08

Jne
09

That is:
January to June 05 can sit June 2007
July 05 to June 06 can sit in June 2008
July 06 to June 07 can sit in June 2009
July 07 to June 08 can sit in June 2010
July 08 to June 09 can sit in June 2011

2. Work Experience

Candidates must now demonstrate that their 2 year work experience in a Cytology laboratory is as a screener.

Candidates must be able to demonstrate that they have screened a minimum of 4,000 Pap/TP smears before being eligible to sit for the ASC examination
These can include unmarked test or training sets of slides as well as routine screening.

A senior supervisor must sign the application verifying all of the above.