Curricular Unit:			Code:
Clinical Hematology I			146HCL1
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
2	Undergraduate	Clinical Analyses and Public Health	5 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
		Portuguese	65
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
The main objective of the teorical programme is to give the students the knowkedge about hematopoiesis and physiopathology os the blood cells and to teach how to evaluate an hematological patient and how to use the different laboratorial methods available. The main objective of practical classes is to prepare the students to the rotine in an hematological laboratory.
Syllabus:
Hematology, blood cells, morphology and fisiology; Flebotomy; blood smears, stains and tecniques; Blood cells morphology and the importance in the evaluation of na hematological patient; differential coounts; Automatization in hematology; flow cytometry; Hematopoiesis; bone marrow aspiration and biopsy; Quantitative and qualitative changes in blood cells and associated clinical pathology; White blood cells: phisiology, normal values, congenital and adquired modifications Anemia: mecanisms and phisiology, laboratory and clinical evaluation. Classification.
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
The curricular unit's learning objectives are the evaluation of different hematological pathologies, with the study of the clinical and laboratorial methods of diagnosis. Also the objective of learning the most adequated treatment options for those pathologies.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
Theorical lessons with power point presentations. Theorical avaliation with two exams. Practical lessons with laboratorial matherial and equipment. Practical avaliation by practical tecniques reports.
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
Ongoing assessment (in each class) and writing allows us to check the knowledge and skills acquired by students.
Reading:
1. Hoffbrand, A.V., Essencial Haematology 2. Dacie and Lewis, Pactical Haematology 3. Barbara Bain, Guia Prático das Células Sanguíneas 4. Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods, J. B. Henry, W.B. Saunders Company.