Hematology Clinical Clinic

PRACTICAL WORKSHOPS 

Date: 09-10.05.2026
Location: Warsaw Plaza Hotel, Warsaw
Speakers: 
PhD in Veterinary Medicine Katarzyna Mróz, specialist in dog and cat diseases, hematologist 
DVM Magdalena Cymerman, specialist in veterinary laboratory diagnostics, hematologist

Event under the Patronage of the Polish Small Animal Veterinary Association (PSLWMZ)

PSLWMZ members with a paid current membership fee are entitled to a 10% discount on events under the patronage of PSLWMZ.

Individuals entitled to the above discount are kindly requested to contact us by email: szkolenia@vetproakademia.pl

✓ The workshops are intended for veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and 5th and 6th-year veterinary students.
✓ The participation fee includes: participation in the theoretical and practical parts of the training on Saturday and Sunday, unlimited access to cold and hot beverages during the training, refreshments during coffee breaks, lunch, and printed training materials.
✓ Practical part:
- learning how to prepare proper blood smears and staining
- microscopic evaluation of hematological slides from healthy and sick patients   
- interactive part: joint analysis of clinical cases by instructors and participants 
✓ We reserve the right to cancel the workshops if fewer than 10 participants register.
✓ Each participant will receive a certificate of completion and educational credits.

Program 

Saturday 9:00-18:00

Blood smears – how to manage them technically and what can we see under the microscope?
● slides/stains/techniques
● microscopic evaluation – basic and advanced leukogram assessment
of cellular changes
● practical smear exercises

Platelets/leukocytes and erythrocytes clinically, i.e., all the most common problems encountered in clinical practice
● anemias and polycythemias
- classifications and causes
- diagnostic algorithms
- specifics - characteristic changes and their role in diagnosis
- clinical significance - impact on therapeutic decisions
● thrombocytopenia and thrombocytosis
- classification of platelet changes
- diagnostic algorithms
- clinical significance - impact on therapeutic decisions
● leukocytosis and leukopenia
- changes in granulocytic/lymphocytic/monocytic series
- clinical significance - impact on therapeutic decisions
● microscopic evaluation of blood smears (practical exercises)

Sunday 8:00-16:00

Additional hematology tests – when, what, and how?
● biochemical parameters from a hematologist's perspective in anemic patients and beyond
● hormones and their significance in hematology
● rapid diagnostic tests and their significance (when and which ones)
● Coombs test/ANA and other immunological tests
● stool and urine tests – what is important in hematology
● blood smears in the context of broader knowledge – microscopic evaluation of hematological patients (practical exercises)

Hematologist's emergency kit
● which medications?
● which supplements?
● when?
● in what doses and for how long?
● easy and difficult therapeutic topics – recommendations and individualizations in treatment

Hematological brainstorming: discussion of clinical cases from A to Z (practical exercises)
● instructors' clinical cases 
● participants' clinical cases
● smear evaluation