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FREE FOR MEMBERS!
Course includes study material and exam.
Description: This two-part lecture provides the fundamentals of red blood cell and bone marrow analysis and is intended for students and re-training technologists. Case studies with slide images along with detailed explanations for each abnormality will be presented.
Start date: Upon registration
Completion: Up to 52 weeks
Part 1 is an introduction to the field of Hematology and covers the basics of blood and bone marrow analysis. It also includes detailed descriptions of red blood cell abnormalities in the context of microscopic morphology.
Part 2 provides additional case studies and correlates morphologic images with CBC analyzer values. There is also a discussion of the interpretation of the red blood cell indices to determine the causes and remedies of commonly encountered abnormalities on the technical bench.
Learning Outcomes:
Speaker: Terrence Litavec, MLT
Terence Litavec has worked as a medical laboratory technologist since 2004 and has served as the MLT Director of the BCSLS. He currently works in the Hematology Department at LifeLabs in Burnaby. Before that, he worked at Burnaby Hospital and Kelowna General Hospital, as well as Tacoma General Hospital and PhenoPath Laboratories, both in Washington State. He is certified by both the CSMLS and the ASCP. He is a certified specialist in hematology and coagulation, and he also has bench experience working in immunohistochemistry, flow cytometry, transfusion services, and some molecular methods such as FISH and PCR. He has always had a passion for teaching, and he has written and presented numerous educational lectures throughout Canada.
Version Date: September 2018
PEP hours: 3.5
CPS credits: 0
*Note: PEP hours and/or CPS credits will only be awarded upon successful completion of Final Exam.
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