The Good Smear Taker

Educational session to support sample takers manage women that are anxious /

nervous about the screening test

Join Gill Burgess, Lead Nurse for the Croydon cervical screening clinics for nervous and anxious

women and Marianne Wood, Colposcopist and Hysteroscopist at St Georges, for an interactive

session on the following:

• Understanding the anxieties that patients have around HPV, the screening process and how to

respond to these.

• Top tips and communication skills in handling and managing nervous patients in the treatment

room.

Develop a greater understanding on the Colposcopy process to support conversations with

patients.