The hematology rotation exam is composed of 100 questions, which are drawn evenly from the following categories:

General:

Specimen requirements and preservation
Principles of automated cell counting and flow cytometry
Laboratory operations and calculations (manual cell counts, WBC corrections for nRBC, etc.)

Bone Marrow and Body fluids:

Normal v. abnormal physiology & apperance
Cytology & pathology

RBC:

Basic cell biology / growth factors
Calculations of indices
Anemia

WBC:

Basic cell biology / growth factors
Non malignant disorders & leukemia/lymphoma
Cytochemical stains
Immunophenotyping

PLT/hemostaisis:

Basic cell biology / growth factors
PLT activation
Procoagulants / anticoagulants / fibrinolytics & antifibrinolytics
Coagulation disorders
Laboratory testing of coagulopathies