Laboratory skills
Count, Check, Act
Reading the full blood count
Read a full blood count with confidence: where each number comes from, whether to trust it, and what to do next.
- 14 modules
- 55 interactive lessons
Coming soon
Only Cells courses
Haematology skills, learnt by doing
Interactive online courses for laboratory staff and students, built from the standard haematology texts and UK guidelines. Short lessons, hands-on activities, assessments and a certificate for your CPD portfolio.
- Hands-on activities in every lesson
- Assessments with instant feedback
- Verifiable certificate with your learning time
- Progress saved to your account
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Laboratory skills
Standalone courses. Take them on their own, or before or alongside Oh blast!
Laboratory skills
Fix, Stain, Focus
Staining and microscopy for the haematology laboratory
Make, fix and stain good blood films, put staining faults right, and get the best from your microscope.
- 11 modules
- 42 interactive lessons
Coming soon
Oh blast! Morphology · a three-part series
Blood film morphology from first principles to leukaemia and the bone marrow.
Oh blast! series · Part 1
Oh blast! Morphology – Part 1: Beginner
A systematic way to read a blood film: normal cells, the common abnormalities and what to escalate.
- 7 modules
- 26 interactive lessons
Oh blast! series · Part 2
Oh blast! Morphology – Part 2: Intermediate
Reactive and neoplastic white cell changes, red cell disorders in depth, parasites and the leucoerythroblastic film.
Coming soon
Oh blast! series · Part 3
Oh blast! Morphology – Part 3: Advanced
Blasts and leukaemia, myelodysplasia, lymphoproliferative disorders, bone marrow and cytochemistry.
Coming soon
How the courses work
- Learn by doingEvery lesson has activities: spot the cell, sort, match, explore a film or a microscope, and practise a differential count.
- Check your understandingAn assessment ends each module, and a final assessment ends each course (pass mark 80%, retakes allowed).
- Come back any timeYour progress is saved to your account as you go, so you can carry on on any computer or phone.
- Get recognisedDownload a verifiable Only Cells certificate with your recorded learning time, for your CPD portfolio.
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