An open-access transfusion medicine course for medical students

The senior author created a two-week online transfusion medicine course for fourth-year medical students to meet an unmet need at our institution. The course includes organized and concise online videos, reading assignments, and 100 quiz questions. Assessments include two oral quizzes via video call with 10 questions per quiz chosen at random from the study questions, and two written assignments to describe transfusion reactions in settings that are relevant to the student's specialty interests. The students were on camera and shared their device screens to minimize the use of external resources. Anonymous course evaluation surveys were completed by 78 of 102 students (77%). Mean ratings ranged from 6.7 to 7.0 on a seven-point scale. We share our experience as well as our complete materials (including quiz questions and free videos) via open access for this two-week online course in transfusion medicine that may be used for medical students, pathology residents, and other learners.