Year 3 Haematology & Blood Transfusion Pathology

Normal blood and bone marrow, anaemias, leukaemias, haemostasis and transfusion medicine, across semesters 2 and 3.

Semester 2

• Introduction to haematology
• Haemopoiesis
• Erythrocytes
• Haemoglobin
• Anaemia
• Leukocytes
• White blood cell malignancies 1
• White blood cell malignancies 2
• Platelet structure and morphology 1
• Platelet structure and morphology 2
• Coagulation system

Semester 3

• Blood transfusion 1
• Blood transfusion 2
• Bone marrow failure and aplastic anaemia
• Plasma cell dyscrasias 1
• Plasma cell dyscrasias 2
• Haematopathology of the reticuloendothelial system
• Myeloproliferative disease
• Myelodysplastic syndromes
• Stem cell transplantation
• Haematological changes in systemic disease
• Pregnancy and neonatal haematology
• Haematology in HIV

Compiled by Abongo Davis · Ompath Study · shared for MBChB students at Mount Kenya University and other universities.