Practicals · HEMA

Clinical Haematology

141 practical items from the NBEMS DrNB curriculum, grouped by the curriculum's own sections.

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141 items

Practical hands-on training

Bone marrow aspiration and trephine biopsy

Procedureperform independently (DrNB)

Tunnelled central venous catheter placement

Procedure

Chemoport placement

Procedure

Lumbar puncture

Procedureperform independently (DrNB)

CSF analysis interpretation

Interpretation

Thoracentesis

Procedureperform independently (DrNB)

Chest tube placement

Procedure

Flow cytometry interpretation in acute leukaemia

Interpretation

Measurable residual disease (MRD) by flow cytometry

Interpretation

Daycare posting

Central venous catheter insertion

Procedureperform independently (DrNB)

PICC line insertion

Procedure

Disorders of white cell

Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Bone marrow harvest

Procedure

Chimerism study interpretation

Interpretation

Post-transplant vaccination

Procedure

Radiation oncology

Linear accelerator

Instrument

Patient education

Breaking bad news

Communication / admin

Clinical research

Toxicity assessment and grading

Interpretation

Teaching and training activities

Clinical audit and mortality meeting

Communication / adminonce a month

Laboratory Haematology

Light microscope use and care

Instrument

Centrifuge

Instrument

Water bath

Instrument

Laboratory quality assurance (internal and external)

Lab technique

Manual haemoglobin estimation

Lab technique

Manual total WBC count

Lab technique

Manual platelet count

Lab technique

WBC differential count

Lab technique

Red cell, white cell and platelet morphology

Specimen / spotter

Romanowsky staining of marrow smears

Lab technique

Perls' Prussian blue stain for iron

Lab technique

PAS stain

Lab technique

Sudan Black B stain

Lab technique

Myeloperoxidase stain

Lab technique

HbS solubility test

Lab technique

Laboratory Haematology posting

Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy reporting

Interpretation

Laboratory investigation of haemolytic anaemias

Sickling test

Lab technique

Haemoglobin electrophoresis

Lab technique

Supravital staining for HbH inclusions

Lab technique

Osmotic fragility test (standard and incubated)

Lab technique

Heinz body preparation

Lab technique

PNH flow cytometry with FLAER

Lab technique

Cold agglutinin titre and thermal amplitude

Lab technique

Serum cobalamin and folate estimation

Interpretation

Cryoglobulin testing

Lab technique

Disorders of red cell

Laboratory investigation of bleeding disorders

Bleeding time (Ivy and template methods)

Lab technique

Platelet aggregation study

Lab technique

Flow cytometry for platelet disorders

Lab technique

Prothrombin time (PT)

Lab technique

Activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT)

Lab technique

Thrombin time (TT)

Lab technique

Plasma fibrinogen assay (Clauss)

Lab technique

FDP assay

Lab technique

D-dimer assay

Lab technique

Mixing (correction) studies

Lab technique

Clotting factor assays (factor VIII and IX)

Lab technique

Laboratory investigation of thrombotic disorders

Antithrombin assay

Lab technique

Protein C assay

Lab technique

Protein S assay

Lab technique

Lupus anticoagulant testing by dRVVT

Lab technique

Anti-Xa assay

Lab technique

Dilute thrombin time

Lab technique

Ecarin clotting time

Lab technique

Flow cytometry

Cytogenetics

Conventional karyotyping

Lab technique

Fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH)

Lab technique

Pancytopenia

Molecular biology

DNA and RNA extraction

Lab technique

RT-PCR

Lab technique

RFLP for polymorphisms

Lab technique

Mutation detection methods

Lab technique

DNA sequencing

Lab technique

Next-generation sequencing

Lab technique

Transfusion medicine

Rh typing

Lab technique

Investigation of platelet refractoriness

Lab technique

Blood donor evaluation and phlebotomy

Procedure

Leucodepletion of blood components

Lab technique

Therapeutic plasmapheresis (plasma exchange)

Procedure

Histopathology

Ancillary posting - Biochemistry

Biochemistry

Immunoassays and nephelometry

Lab technique

Ancillary posting - Microbiology

HLA module

Lymphocyte separation by density gradient centrifugation

Lab technique

DNA-based high-resolution HLA typing

Lab technique

Ancillary posting - Nuclear medicine and radiology