Type of activity

Number of occasions

Timescale 

Observing skin cancer clinics

> 40 clinics

4 months

Taking histories and presenting cases in clinic

> 80 clinics

2 years

Assisting at operations

> 200

4 years

Practical procedures supervised (all finalised through DOPS)

  • Injecting local anaesthesia
  • Cryosurgery
  • Curettage and Cautery
  • Shave excision
  • Punch biopsy
  • Elliptical incision and excision biopsy

> 40 

>30

>30

>30

>30

>30

9 -12 months 

9 -12 months

9 -12 months

9 -12 months

9 -12 months

9 -12 months

Visiting skin cancer nurses in other centres

3 days

 

Network site specific group meetings

2

 

Attending MDT

25

2 years

Visiting radiotherapy, plastics and maxillofacial units

1 day each

 

Cancer user group

2 meetings

 

Cancer support centre

1 day

 

Table 1: Summary of training as skin cancer nurse.