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BC Cancer Screening

Colon Screening Resources

From brochures to program standards, the resources in this section are for health care providers who share screening information with patients.

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Patient education resources

Brochures and guides

Answering Your Questions About Colon Cancer Screening

Available in English, French, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Punjabi, Tagalog, Korean, Persian, Spanish, Vietnamese, German and Ukrainian.

Answering Your Questions About Colonoscopy

Available in English, French, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Punjabi, Tagalog, Korean, Persian, Spanish, Vietnamese, German and Ukrainian.

Answering Your Questions About An Abnormal FIT

Available in English, French, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Punjabi, Tagalog, Korean, Persian, Spanish, Vietnamese, German and Ukrainian.

Preparing For A Colonoscopy

Available in English, French, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Punjabi, Tagalog, Korean, Persian, Spanish, Vietnamese, German and Ukrainian.

Fact Sheet: Colon Polyps and Follow-up Recommendations
Fact Sheet: Screening for 2SLGBTQ1A+

Videos

Screening for Colon Cancer: Colonoscopy

Available in English, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Punjabi.

Screening for Colon Cancer: Fecal Immunochemical Test (FIT)

Available in English, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Punjabi.

Screening for Colon Cancer: Abnormal FIT Results

Available in English, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Punjabi.

Screening Stories

Instructions

FIT Instructions

Available in English, French, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Punjabi, Tagalog, Korean, Arabic, Persian, Spanish, Vietnamese, German, Japanese.

Program information

Bulletins

Information for Providers in Northern Health: Participating in the BC Colon Screening Program, July 2024

Standards and guidelines

Colon Screening Program Fact Sheet
This fact sheet outlines eligibility and the patient pathway for the colon screening program.

Colon Screening Decision Table
A decision-making tool to support health care providers to determine if a patient should have a FIT or colonoscopy.

Pre-Post Colonoscopy Standards
A document outlining quality standards for pre and post-colonoscopy assessment within the BC Cancer Colon Screening program.

Colonoscopy Standards Booklet
A document outlining quality standards for colonoscopy within the BC Cancer Colon Screening program.

Colonoscopy Follow-up Algorithm
Intended for use by health care providers to help determine recall recommendations based on colonoscopy outcomes.
Colon Polyps and Follow-up Recommendations
For health care providers to give to patients who have had polyps removed during colonoscopy.
Direct Observation of Procedural Skills (DOPS) Candidate Package
DOPS is a quality improvement initiative for the BC Cancer Colon Screening Program. This document explains DOPS and how a colonoscopist can request a DOPS assessment.

Pathology Standards Booklet
A document outlining quality standards for pathology within the BC Cancer Colon Screening program.
Common Reminder and Result Notices
BC Cancer Screening Program letters sent to patients and health care providers.

Forms

Colonoscopy Referral Form
Used by health care providers to refer patients to colonoscopy.

Colonoscopy Referral Form Documentation Guide

Standard Outpatient Lab Requisition
Used by health care providers to order FIT for patients.
Colonoscopy Reporting Form

Page 1
Used by colonoscopists to document the colonoscopy procedure.

Instructions for Page 1

Page 2
Used by colonoscopists to document the colonoscopy procedure, in addition to Page 1 of the Colonoscopy Reporting Form.

Instructions for Page 2

Colonoscopy Specimen Table Example
An example of how the colonoscopy specimen table should be completed.

Pre/Post Colonoscopy Unplanned Event Form
Used by colonoscopists to document unplanned events related to the colonoscopy procedure.
Colonoscopy Referral Update Form
Used by endoscopy clinic staff to inform the Colon Screening Program when a patient is not proceeding with a colonoscopy procedure, or requires transfer to a different clinic. To refer a patient for colonoscopy, use the Colonoscopy Referral Form.

Program results

Global Rating Scale (GRS)

Presentations

Colonoscopy Education Session - BBPS & Polyposis: April 2026

BBPS & Polyposis webinar
Dr. Brian Jacobson: “The Ins and Outs (well, mostly outs) of Bowel Preparation for Colonoscopy”, Apr 2026
Dr. Jennifer Telford: “Polyposis in the Colon Screening Program”, Apr 2026

Colonoscopy Education Sessions 2021 - 23

Colonoscopy Education Session: June 2021

Dr. Steven Heitman: "Sessile Serrated Lesions (SSLs)" Detection and Resection", Jun 2021

Colonoscopy Education Session: Management of Large Colorectal Polyps 2021

Management of Large Colorectal Polyps webinar
Dr. Sharlene Gill: “Do malignant polyps that are endoscopically resected require surveillance for metastatic disease?”, Feb 2021
Dr. Ahmer Karimuddin: "Surgical Resection of Polyps", Feb 2021
Dr. David Schaeffer: "High-Risk Features of Malignant Polyps", Feb 2021
Dr. Neal Shahidi: "A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Large Colorectal Polyps", Feb 2021

Colonoscopy Education Day 2019

Dr. Alan Barkun. "Bowel Preparations: B-Clean Results", Nov 2019
Dr. Alan Barkun. "Consensus Guidelines for Familial CRC", Nov 2019
Mary McCullum. "Criteria for HCP Referral", Nov 2019
Dr. Scott Cowie. “Electronic Endoscopy Reporting”, Nov 2019
Dr. David Schaeffer. “Polyp Classification from the Microscope”, Nov 2019
Dr. Magdalena Recsky. “When and How to Tattoo”, Nov 2019
Dr. Magdalena Recsky. “Rectal Cancer: Key Items in the Colonoscopy Report”, Nov 2019

Colonoscopy Education Day 2018

Dr. Anna Rahmani. "Antithrombotics and Colonoscopy", Oct 2018
Dr. Robert Enns. "Improving your ADR", Oct 2018
Dr. Kevin Waschke. "Hot Snare Polypectomy", Oct 2018
Dr. Ahmer Karimuddin. "The Malignant Polyp", Oct 2018
Dr. Kevin Waschke. "Do Benign Polyps Require an Operation?", Oct 2018
Dr. Jennifer Telford "Colon Screening Program Overview", Oct 2018

Colonoscopy Education Day 2017

Dr. Ahmer Karimuddin. "Management of the Other Neoplasms", Oct 2017
Dr. Paul Mullins. "Bowel Preparation Update", Oct 2017
Dr. Carla Nash. "Top 3 Colonoscopy Papers in the Past Year", Oct 2017
Dr. Heitman. "Top 10 Things to do (or not) When you Find a Polyp", Oct 2017
Dr. ;Heitman. "Polypectomy Techniques", Oct 2017
Dr. David Schaeffer. "Malignant Polyps", Oct 2017

Scientific publications

‎Published in 2021

Published in 2020

Published in 2019

Performance of the Fecal Immunochemical Test in Patients With a Family History of Colorectal Cancer.

Published in 2016

General screening guidelines

Cancer Screening Guidelines
Up-to-date guidelines for all four provincial screening programs in one convenient document.
FNHA Cancer Screening Flipbook
Cancer Prevention and Cultural Safety resource from the First Nations Health Authority.

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