Program in Medical Technology
Hematology MT 323-D Course Syllabus
Instructor: LuAnn Mascorro, BS, MT(ASCP)SH
Email: lmascorr@wfubmc.edu
§ Bachelor of Science in Biology / Secondary Education - Appalachian State University, 1990
§ MT Certification - Bowman Gray School of Medicine / North Carolina Baptist Hospital, 1992
§ Medical Technologist (ASCP), 1992
§ Specialty in Hematology (ASCP), 2003
Course Description:
This course includes the study of hematology, coagulation, urinalysis, and other body fluids. Students will learn theory, performance, and interpretation of hematological procedures involving the cellular elements of the blood, the gross, microscopic, physical, and chemical properties of urine and other body fluids, and the evaluation of hemostasis.
Hematology General Objectives:
Upon completion of the didactic and clinical portions of the Clinical Microscopy course, the student will correctly:
- explain, perform, and interpret manual and automated routine laboratory testing including QC and basic troubleshooting on the Beckman Coulter LH series, Siemens AUW (Atlas and UF100), Dade Behring Coagulation System, BBL fibrometer, Beckman Coulter Flow Cytometer, phase and light microscopes, hemacytometers, and microhematocrit centrifuges following standard laboratory procedure
- list normal values and state reasons, both technical and biochemical, for abnormal values
- record patient results in a legible manner and in the proper form
- discuss the pathophysiology of various disease states and their associated laboratory findings by evaluating erythrocyte and leukocyte morphology and maturation, identification of abnormal cells in the bone marrow and peripheral blood, hemoglobin electrophoresis results, coagulation theory and testing, urinalysis chemical tests and results, and comparison of cerebral spinal fluid, serous fluid, and synovial fluid
- evaluate acceptability of patient results based on QC, disease state, and previous values
- follow standard safety precautions at all times in the laboratory
- function as an entry-level medical technologist
Achievement of the hematology, coagulation, urinalysis, and other body fluid cognitive objectives, student laboratory psychomotor objectives, and affective objectives in the didactic and clinical microscopy course will be demonstrated by obtaining an average final grade of 75% or better on the tests, quiz, final exam, student evaluations, laboratory practicals, and student laboratory grade.
Grading scale is as follows:
A = 94 - 100%
B = 86 - 93%
C = 75 - 85%
Clinical Microscopy Textbooks:
McKenzie, Shirlyn B., CLINICAL LABORATORY HEMATOLOGY. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc., 2004.
Strasinger, Susan King and Di Lorenzo, Margorie S. URINALYSIS AND BODY FLUIDS. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company, 4th edition, 2001