Bowel Cancer Screening Programme - Optical Diagnosis Training and Accreditation Online Event

Optical Diagnosis (OD) with resect and discard (R&D) involves a colonoscopist making an optical diagnosis of small, diminutive polyps (≤5mm) with high confidence. They are required to record with photographic documentation of the polyps, using both white and blue light imaging (e.g. narrow band imaging (NBI)) and then discard the resected polyps rather than sending them to histopathology.

All Bowel Cancer Screening programme endoscopists must be accredited to perform Optical Diagnosis and complete a reaccreditation within 2 years to continue OD practice.

Following five successful training sessions delivered, the sixth OD training session has now been arranged.

This online Optical Diagnosis Training Event has three component parts which will all be covered on the training day: pre-training test, core learning and post-training test.

Enrolment will close on Wednesday 24th September 2025. If you have any queries regarding this event please contact anna.peploe@nhs.net

Questions about this event?

Name: Anna Peploe

Email: anna.peploe@nhs.net

Telephone: 000000000