Comprehensive Training 18-month program · full curriculum

The Basics of Cytology 10 modules

• Introductory clinical case: prostate cancer
• Selecting and Adjusting the Microscope
• 7 Tips for a Successful Blood Draw
• How to Get Great Hair Color
• Methodology for Reading the Slide
• Identifying different cell types
• Recognizing the criteria for malignancy
• Caring for Your Microscope
• Challenge
• Quiz

Ear cytology 7 modules

• Introduction
• Withdrawal
• Malassezia and Bacteria: From Normal to Pathological
• Infectious agents
• Neoplastic processes
• Challenge
• Quiz

Cytology of the Skin and Its Appendages 28 modules

• Specifics of skin biopsy
• Reaction to an arthropod bite
• Reaction to a foreign body
• Panniculitis
• Epidermoid cyst
• Bacterial skin infections
• Sebaceous hyperplasia and other sebaceous tumors
• Basal cell tumors
• Squamous cell carcinoma
• Circumanaloma
• Apocrine adenocarcinoma of the anal sacs
• Lipoma
• Soft Tissue Sarcoma - Part 1
• Soft Tissue Sarcoma - Part 2
• Intermediate Challenge
• Midterm Quiz
• Round-cell tumors: Introduction
• Mastocytoma
• Plasmacytoma
• Histiocytoma
• Cutaneous histiocytic sarcoma
• Cutaneous lymphoma
• Melanoma
• Non-neoplastic breast cytology
• Neoplastic breast cytology
• Clinical Cases in Breast Cytology
• Challenge
• Quiz

Lymph node cytology 13 modules

• Lymph Node Cytology: When, How, and Why
• Cell populations in the ganglion
• Reactive ganglion
• Adenitis
• Extension Report
• General Information on Lymphoma
• Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
• Small-cell lymphoma
• Characteristics of Lymphoma in Cats
• Clonality test or PARR
• Lymph Nodes: The Pitfalls
• Challenge
• Quiz

Oral Cytology 8 modules

• Basics: Sampling, Causes, Normal Cytology
• Inflammatory lesions of the oral cavity
• Squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity
• Oral melanoma
• Epulis
• Various injuries
• Challenge
• Quiz

Cytology of effusion fluids 13 modules

• Specifics of aspirating a fluid collection
• Transudate, modified transudate, exudate
• Reactive mesothelial cells
• Mesothelioma
• Malignant effusion
• Lymphomatous effusion
• Lymphoid-predominant effusion of lymphomatous origin
• Septic suppurative effusion
• Non-septic suppurative effusion
• Eosinophilic effusion
• Modified nonspecific transudate
• Challenge
• Quiz

Urinalysis and vaginal smear 9 modules

• Special features of the collection
• Urine specific gravity
• Upper urinary tract
• Urinary sediment: casts
• Urinary sediment: crystals
• Urinary sediment: cells
• Vaginal smear
• Challenge
• Quiz

Cytology of Bone Lesions 9 modules

• Specifics of bone biopsy
• Osteosarcoma
• Chondrosarcoma
• Multiple myeloma
• Other bone neoplasms: Case 1
• Other bone neoplasms: Case 2
• Osteomyelitis and discospondylitis
• Challenge
• Quiz

Liver cytology 12 modules

• Diagnostic value of liver cytology
• Normal cytological appearance
• Cytoplasmic rarefaction: lipidosis, glycogen overload, hydropic degeneration
• Cholestasis, fibrosis, and amyloidosis
• Inflammation, hematopoiesis, and regeneration
• Neoplastic processes of epithelial origin
• Neoplastic processes: round-cell tumors
• Liver Biochemistry - Part 1
• Liver Biochemistry - Part 2
• Clinical cases
• Challenge
• Quiz

Cytology of the spleen 11 modules

• Special features of the collection
• Normal cytological appearance
• Reactive hyperplasia
• Extramedullary hematopoiesis
• Hemochromatosis
• Hemangiosarcoma
• Histiocytoma
• Mastocytoma
• Lymphoma
• Challenge
• Quiz

Cytology of the Digestive Tract 6 modules

• Normal cytological appearance
• Inflammation
• Neoplasms - Part 1
• Neoplasms - Part 2
• Challenge
• Quiz

Urogenital cytology 14 modules

• Kidney: normal cytological findings and indications for fine-needle aspiration
• Renal neoplasms
• Kidney: Non-neoplastic pathological processes
• Adrenal tumors
• Bladder Cytology
• Transitional cell carcinoma
• Prostate Cytology
• Prostate Challenge
• Vaginal smear
• Non-neoplastic breast cytology
• Neoplastic breast cytology
• Clinical Cases in Breast Cytology
• Challenge
• Quiz

Joint fluid cytology 10 modules

• Special considerations for joint aspiration
• Evaluation Methodology
• Normal synovial fluid vs. degenerative joint disease
• Septic suppurative arthritis
• Non-septic suppurative arthritis
• Hemarthrosis
• Joint Tumors - Part 1
• Joint Tumors - Part 2
• Challenge
• Quiz

Bronchoalveolar lavage cytology 11 modules

• Special features of the collection
• Contaminants
• Recognition of different cell types
• Mucus and spirals
• Metaplasia, dysplasia, and hemosiderosis
• Suppurative inflammation 1
• Suppurative inflammation 2: Bordetella
• Suppurative inflammation 3: chronic bronchitis and neoplasm
• Eosinophilic inflammation
• Challenge
• Quiz

Cerebrospinal fluid cytology 10 modules

• Special features of the collection
• Method for evaluating cerebrospinal fluid
• Neubauer chamber: cell counts
• Neutrophilic pleocytosis - Part 1
• Neutrophilic pleocytosis - Part 2
• Neutrophilic pleocytosis - Part 3
• Lymphocytic pleocytosis
• Other pleocytosis
• Challenge
• Quiz

Hematology 24 modules

• Microhematocrit
• Performing a Pap smear
• Methodology for interpreting Pap smears
• Morphology of red blood cells
• Normal leukocyte morphology
• Morphological abnormalities of neutrophils
• Morphological abnormalities in monocytes, lymphocytes, and blasts
• Brochures - Part 1
• Brochures - Part 2
• A stepwise approach to regenerative anemia
• Agglutination test
• A Stepwise Approach to Anemia - Part 2
• A stepwise approach to polycythemia
• A stepwise approach to leukocytosis
• A stepwise approach to leukopenia
• Preparation for a myelogram
• Case Study No. 1
• Case Study No. 2
• Case Study No. 3
• Case Study No. 4
• Case Study No. 5
• Case Study No. 6
• Case Study No. 7
• Quiz

Liver examination 5 modules

• Liver Biochemistry - Part 1
• Liver Biochemistry - Part 2
• Diagnostic value of liver cytology
• Clinical cases
• Quiz

Kidney examination 7 modules

• Renal function and dysfunction
• A stepwise approach to azotemia
• A stepwise approach to proteinuria
• Kidney failure
• SDMA
• Clinical Case Challenge
• Quiz

Urinalysis 7 modules

• Processing of urine samples
• Measurement of urinary density
• Uro-Tigette
• Sediment: cylinders
• Sediment: crystals
• Sediment: white blood cells
• Sediment: cells