Clinical Hematology I

1.5 credits

This is a 22.5 hour didactic course that provides the cognitive foundation required for students to competently apply clinical hematology principles to the practice of clinical laboratory science. This is he first course in a series of two that picks up where CMT 401 leaves off. Clinical and analytical correlations to the complete blood count and peripheral blood smear examination are covered. From there the course leads into hematologic disorders, including: anemia and hemolytic anemia; additional types of anemia; etiology, pathophysiology, clinical findings, laboratory findings, and therapy. The next unit covers: nonmalignant disorders of leukocytes; hematopoietic neoplasms; classification, terminology, pathophysiology ; and the laboratory’s role in diagnosis and therapy. The final unit is on: stem cell therapy; molecular studies of neoplastic disorders; flowcytometry; and cytogenetics. Interpretations of data, problem solving, and quality assurance in addition to other real world aspects of the clinical hematology