Pink Caravan team gets training

Members of the Pink Caravan’s medical team completed a specialist clinical breast assessment training ahead of the start of the UAE-wide breast cancer campaign.

The 11-day pan-UAE journey begins on March 7.

The Clinical Breast Examination (CBE) course at University Hospital Sharjah (UHS) was held to educate 60 of the medical professionals participating in the Pink Caravan Ride about the latest advances in clinical breast examinations and enhance their assessment skills.

Pink Caravan Ride, an annual breast cancer awareness initiative from Friends of Cancer Patients, will travel the UAE providing free clinical examinations in over 50 clinics and promoting early detection.

The CBE workshop focused on breast carcinoma knowledge, communication and imaging options.

The training course also featured a session on correct data entry, which was attended by members who will be managing and operating its clinics. These included staff from UHS’s Sharjah clinic, Zulekha Hospital’s Dubai clinic, Health Point’s Abu Dhabi clinic, Thumbay Hospital’s Ajman clinic and Shaikh Khalifa Speciality Hospital’s RAK Clinic.