Program

Schedule

The course was held live online, on Saturday and Sunday 24-25th August 2024. The schedule of presentations will be provided closer to the date of the course.

The tentative start and finish times for the live course are (to be confirmed):

  • Saturday: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm AEST
  • Sunday: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm AEST

Topics

Our goals for this course are to promote knowledge of haematology as required by general physicians, and assist in the FRACP written exam preparation for BPTs. With this in mind we will cover the following topics in the course:

Malignant haematology

  • Acute leukaemias
  • Plasma cell dyscrasias
  • Lymphomas
  • Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL)
  • Myelodysplasia (MDS)
  • Myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) including Chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML)
  • Autograft/allograft basics
  • Haematological emergencies
  • Transfusion basics
  • Thalassaemia/haemoglobinopathy
  • Bone marrow failure syndromes/aplastic anaemia
  • Interpretation of FBE/film basics
  • Evaluation of common FBE abnormalities eg cytopenias, thrombocytosis, polycythemia

Thrombosis and haemostasis

  • Venous thromboembolism (VTE)
  • Anticoagulant management
  • ITP – Immune thrombocytopenia
  • TTP – Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
  • HITS – Heparin induced thrombocytopenia
  • vWD/haemophilia basics
  • Coagulation test interpretation
  • Bleeding diagnoses

Additional features of the course

  • Audience Q & A: live and pre-submitted
  • Practice exam questions
  • Electronic course notes