Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of the Haematology and Immunosuppression module students should have:
1. Improved their biomedical knowledge by being able to:
1A. Describe the mechanisms causing anaemia;
1B. Classify haematologic malignancies, describe their natural histories and their effects on patients;
1C. Describe the mechanisms underlying disorders of bleeding and clotting;
1D. Outline the principles of transfusion of blood and blood products;
1E. Describe the infections seen in the immunosuppressed patient and in patients who have recently travelled abroad;
1F. Classify and describe the behaviour of common pathogenic helminths.
2. Improved their clinical skills by being able to:
2A. Formulate a logical approach to diagnosing the cause of anaemia and apply this to the selection of appropriate treatments;
2B. Explain and discuss the approach to treatment of haematologic malignancies and the agents used in their treatment;
2C. Formulate a rational approach to the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of bleeding and clotting;
2D. Formulate an approach to the diagnosis and treatment of infections seen in the immunosuppressed patient and in patients who have recently travelled abroad, and to infection with common pathogenic helminths.
3. Improved their professional and interpersonal skills by:
3A. Participating in group-based interactive tutorials;
3B. Assimilating the professional approach that Haematologists, Medical Microbiologists and Infectious Disease Specialists demonstrate in their clinical illustrations in lectures and case based tutorials.
Indicative Module Content:
Review of haematopoiesis
Anaemia
Leukaemia
Myeloproliferative neoplasms & myelodysplastic syndromes
Lymphoma
Plasma cell dyscrasias, myeloma, amyloidosis
Bleeding & clotting disorders
Transfusion
Infections in the immunocompromised
Herpes viruses
Protozoa
Aspergillus, Candida
HIV/AIDS
Infections in the returned traveller
Malaria
Helminths
Infection control