Hematology/Hematopathology Course Specialization Project

Congratulations!

You have completed all the coursework required to receive the hematology/Hematopathology Specialization Certificate! Below is a list of materials that are required in order to receive your certificate:

1. Successful completion of the following courses:

   1. Flow Cytometry

   2. Hematology

   3. Hematopathology (lessons 1, 2, 3, and 4)

   4. Blood Film Review

2. A passing score on the hematopathology specialization exam indicated by a PDF of the email received upon completion (with score)

3. A completed course project (more details below), submitted on the project submission page

Hematopathology Course Project

There are four options that can be used to fulfill the project requirement (1) a detailed tweetorial on a real case assuming proper permissions are met, (2) a mini-poster on a new article from one of the approved journals involving hematopathology that impacts patient care in some way, (3) participate in #HemepathFriday with an original post detailing a case of interest to you, or (4) an infographic about a key concept in hematopathology or blood physiology #HemeBytes.

Tweetorial Requirements

• The tweetorial is a presentation of reliable material on twitter in a string of tweets from a single account including pictures, explanations, and narrative about a laboratory procedure or microscopic examination used to aid in the diagnosis of a hematologic condition.

• The tweetorial must…

  • Involve a laboratory protocol (either mentioned in this course or one of interest to you) or micrograph examination

  • Be posted to twitter, indexed with #TwitterHomework #HemepathElective, and mention or tag @PathElective, @kmirza, @sanamloghavi, and @TeresaScordino

  • Have all permissions from the sourced institution or the source and cannot contain personally identifiable information

  • Contain a series of pictures (at least two) of the process and/or the result and/or the output of the laboratory procedure

Mini-Poster Project

• Using one of the templates below, prepare a summary of a recent article (within the last year) from a hematology/hematopathology journal that impacts patient care in some way (diagnostics, pathology, presentation, novel treatment regimen, etc.)

• The mini-poster must…

  • Reference the original article with first author, et al. and if applicable, date, and doi link

  • Be posted to twitter, indexed with #TwitterHomework #HemepathElective, and mention or tag @PathElective, @kmirza, @sanamloghavi, and @TeresaScordino and the journal’s twitter account

  • Be concise and factually accurate

  • Clearly state limitations of the study

  • Include the date of posting

  • Clearly state a conclusion drawn from the study

  • Include a graph, micrograph, or illustration created by you using data/information from the article

  • Be sent to the course directors via the project submission page

Participation in #HemepathFriday

• #HemepathFriday is an indexable way for hematopathologists, pathologists, and hematologists to interact with new, challenging, or interesting cases online.

• The goal of this project is to increase your visibility in the community and learn something about how pathologists might approach a challenging case.

• The #HemepathFriday post must…

  • Provide relevant clinical information (without divulging personally identifiable information)

  • Contain at least two images (histologic micrographs, stained micrographs, biochemical data, radiologic imaging, etc.)

  • Be indexed with #HemepathFriday, #HemepathElective, and mention or tag @PathElective, @kmirza, @sanamloghavi, and @TeresaScordino

• If the case is from a case report, cite your source and mention the journal’s twitter account

• If the case is from your institution, make sure to receive proper permissions from the medical director and de-identify all info

#HemeBytes Infographic Requirements

• Create a unique and novel infographic detailing a physiologic or pathologic process involving the blood, immune system, or any of their related organs (i.e.: lymph nodes, spleen, bone marrow, thymus).

• The infographic must be created by you and not plagiarized from an article or textbook

• The post must be indexed with #HemeBytes, #HemepathElective, and mention or tag @PathElective, @kmirza, @sanamloghavi, and @TeresaScordino

#Tweetorial Example

Twitter Mini-Poster Example

#HemepathFriday Example (examples from #MicroMonday)

#HemeBytes Example

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Hematopathology Specialization Exam

The hematopathology specialization exam is 20 questions long, composed of questions not perviously used on lesson exam, but the level of difficulty will be comparable to what you have seen before.

You will have one attempt to take the exam. You will receive your score but will not see which questions you got right/wrong.

You will not receive a certificate for this exam, but you will receive a score report in PDF format to your email. This report will need to be uploaded to the specialization project link below in order to be considered for the certificate.

Specialization Project Submission Page

The specialization project submission page is a simple google form where you will submit documentation of all requirements stated above in order to be considered for the certificate.

The review of your documents will be completed by one of our qualified course directors, and you will get notification of your results by the end of the month.

At the beginning each month, a list of specialization recipients will be posted to our Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram. Your photo (if you choose to use it) will be placed on our Start Student page in recognition of your hard work.