Educational Resources
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Continuing Medical Education
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Clinical Practice
- ACCO: ASCO Core Curriculum Outline
A template for education in clinical oncology published in J Clin Oncol 23: 2049-2077 (2005).
- Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy, 8th Edition: ACCP Guidelines
Recommendations published in Chest 2008 Jun;133(6 suppl):67S-968S.
- ASCO Education and Training
Educational book, resources for fellows, etc.
- ASCO Practice Resources
Practice guidelines and management.
- ASH Evidence-Based Medicine Curriculum
Online curriculum in evidence-based medicine introducing the principles and application of literature-based analysis to medical practice.
Specific examples relevant to the practice of hematology.
- ASH Hematology Curriculum
Guidelines for subspecialty training in hematology.
- ASH Hematology Teaching Cases
Resource for those teaching hematology to medical students.
Interactive cases include patient history, physical exam findings, laboratory results, blood and bone marrow morphology, and questions.
- ASH Image Bank
Comprehensive reference and teaching tool that includes case studies and a collection of basic atlas images.
- Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology
Free, peer-reviewed, on-line journal and database devoted to genes, cytogenetics, and clinical entities in cancer.
- BloodLine
Image atlas, case studies, and other resources of general interest to hematologists.
- CAP Consensus Conference: Diagnostic Issues in Thrombophilia
Recommendations regarding laboratory testing (whom to test, when to test, what tests to perform, rationale for testing, and other issues) in the assessment of thrombotic risk in individual patients and their family members.
- Drug-induced Thrombocytopenia (University of Oklahoma College of Medicine)
Frequently updated database of case reports compiled by James George and co-workers at the University of Oklahoma.
- Haemostasis Forum
Case studies submitted by readers and reviewed by an international panel of specialists. Registration and password required (free).
- Hematology Archive (Washington University Medical School)
This archive is based on Virginia Minnich's slide series on Blood and Bone Marrow Cell Recognition and Interpretation.
- Infectious Diseases Society of America (ISDA) Practice Guidelines
Guidelines for the management of intravascular catheter-related infections, opportunistic infections among stem cell transplant recipients, neutropenic patients with cancer, etc.
- ITP Diagnosis and Treatment: ASH Recommendations
Full text published in Annals of Internal Medicine 1997;126:319.
- Medscape Hematology-Oncology
News, journal articles, conference summaries.
- Merck Manual Online
Free textbook of medicine.
- Merck Manual - Home Edition
For patients. "The Home Edition transforms the language of the professionals' version into commonly used English while retaining the vital information about diseases, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment."
- National Comprehensive Cancer Network
Comprehensive clinical practice guidelines in oncology for physicians.
Information about drugs and biologics.
Treatment guidelines for patients.
- PathologyOutlines.com
Free, regularly updated surgical pathology outlines with links to journal articles, gross images and microscopic images.
- Sickle Cell Disease
Fourth edition of The Management of Sickle Cell Disease (NIH Publication #02-2117); 188 pages.
Describes the current approach to management of many of the medical complications of sickle cell disease.
- Thalassemia
Cooley's Anemia: Progress in Biology and Medicine - 1995.
66 page booklet published by the NIH/NHLBI summarizing the biology and treatment of thalassemia.
- TNM Online
International Union Against Cancer (UICC) references on cancer staging and prognosis.
- UpToDate Patient Information
Free source of information on cancer and blood diseases written for patients.