Corequisites: MLS 450L.
This course focuses on the study of formed elements of blood including production and maturation. Normal cell morphology and abnormal morphologic changes due to disease states are studied. Recognition and correlation of pathological changes in morphology, cytochemistry and distribution of cells in peripheral blood and bone marrow are discussed. This course will prepare students for their clinical practicum in Hematology.
Outcomes: Describe the physiology, development of cells, and process of hematopoiesis; Discuss the function of normal cellular elements of blood and associate abnormal elements to disease states; Identify the morphological characteristics of both normal and abnormal cellular elements of blood; Describe anemias, determine appropriate testing for disorder, and classify based on morphology and underlying cause; Differentiate myeloproliferative, myelodysplastic, and lymphoproliferative disorders by connecting laboratory findings with diagnosis.
This course focuses on the study of formed elements of blood including production and maturation. Normal cell morphology and abnormal morphologic changes due to disease states are studied. Recognition and correlation of pathological changes in morphology, cytochemistry and distribution of cells in peripheral blood and bone marrow are discussed. This course will prepare students for their clinical practicum in Hematology.
Outcomes: Describe the physiology, development of cells, and process of hematopoiesis; Discuss the function of normal cellular elements of blood and associate abnormal elements to disease states; Identify the morphological characteristics of both normal and abnormal cellular elements of blood; Describe anemias, determine appropriate testing for disorder, and classify based on morphology and underlying cause; Differentiate myeloproliferative, myelodysplastic, and lymphoproliferative disorders by connecting laboratory findings with diagnosis.