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About this Open Educational Resource (OER) Project
In Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) Hematology courses, students learn to evaluate normal and abnormal blood cell morphology through microscopic examination of blood smears. They learn to interpret results and correlate with other laboratory data to identify hematologic disorders. Access to quality atlases are a vital tool in the students’ learning process. Because the cost of printing pictures is so great, the price of printed atlases is high. The number of images included is limited. And many excellent atlases are now out of print.
This project seeks to eliminate those challenges for students by giving access to an Open Educational Resource (OER) atlas for hematology. This format is easily accessed during students’ time on campus and will continue into their careers as medical laboratory scientists. There are currently not many medical subject resources available as open resources. It is our hope that other healthcare professionals will find these resources beneficial. This project is unique in that students are the main contributors of the images used. While not entirely comprehensive at this point, the OER platform will allow for continual updating as new images and information become available.
Acknowledgements
Authors
Dawn Taylor, EdM, MLS(ASCP)
Associate Professor, Medical Laboratory Science
Oregon Institute of Technology / Oregon Health and Science University
Wilsonville, Oregon 97070
Caroline Doty, MS, MLS(ASCP)
Associate Professor, Medical Laboratory Science
Oregon Institute of Technology / Oregon Health and Science University
Wilsonville, Oregon 97070
Contributors
Thank you to all of our student leaders and volunteers for your dedication and the many hours spent working on this project.
Afrah Ahmed
Jordan Andrews
Justin Brand
Rona Campbell
Valentina Cingel
Trevor Davis
Isabelle Guerra
Hannah Hoogs
Beatriz Iniguez
Teo Le
Josh Macapagal
Isis Navarro
Bradley Noel De La Fuente
Kelsey Nutter
Hadrien Parentela
Mariana Salcido
Whitney Tofell
Jessie VanBlaricum
Melissa Williams
Molly Wynn
Graphics
Sean Taylor, Illustrator
* All graphics are shared under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
Special Thanks
Thank you to Kristin Whitman, Library Director at Oregon Tech, for her guidance on this OER project and providing funding through the Oregon Tech Library OER Grant.
Thank you to the Oregon Tech Commission on College Teaching for providing funding through the CCT Teaching Innovation Grant.