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Dermatology/ Hematology/ Musculoskeletal - Year 1 (Class of 2028): Week 1

Week 1

L1 & L2: Development & Structure/Hematolymphoid System

Required Bricks:

Blood: Foundations and Frameworks
13 min
Structure and Function of Bone Marrow
12 min
Erythropoiesis
13 min
Leukopoiesis
14 min
Thrombopoiesis
7 min

Additional Reading:

Ch 1 Haemopoiesis IN: Hoffbrand's Essential Haematology
Ch 10 The Spleen IN: Hoffbrand's Essential Haematology
beginning of chapter/Normal Hematopoiesis section of Ch 13 Diseases of White Blood Cells, Lymph Nodes, Spleen, and Thymus IN: Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease
(stop before Disorders of White Blood Cells)
Spleen section of Ch 13 - Diseases of White Blood Cells, Lymph Nodes, Spleen, and Thymus IN: Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease
(stop at Thymus)
Thymus section of Ch 13 Diseases of White Blood Cells, Lymph Nodes, Spleen, and Thymus IN: Robbins and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease
(to the end of the chapter)

L3 & L4: Benign Hematology

Required Bricks:

Lecture 3: Anemias

Red Blood Cell Laboratory Tests
15 min
Anemias: Foundations and Frameworks
14 min
Iron-Deficiency Anemia
15 min
Anemia of Chronic Disease/Inflammation
11 min
Megaloblastic Anemia
14 min
Aplastic Anemia
14 min
Sideroblastic Anemia
14 min
Thalassemias
18 min
Sickle Cell Disease
18 min
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemias
15 min
Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
14 min
Hereditary Spherocytosis
13 min
Polycythemia Vera
12 min
Anemias: Putting It All Together
16 min

L4: Benign Hematology: WBC & Platelet Disorders

Additional Reading:

TBL Hemostasis and Coagulation

Required Book Chapters:

Chapter 11 Bleeding and Thrombotic Disorders IN: Laposata's Laboratory Medicine: Diagnosis of Disease in the Clinical Laboratory
read pages 281-286 (Introduction up to Bleeding Disorders) - AND-
pages 308-315 Thrombotic Disorders to the end of the chapter.