Using the App

Result Interpretation training

Premium feature. Open Your tools → Result interpretation on your home page, or go to /result-interpretation, then click the specialty card you want to practise. There are ten cards:

• Haematology: FBC patterns, blood film correlation, critical values, NEQAS-style cases
• Biochemistry: common analyte panels, units, reference ranges
• Microbiology: sensitivity panels (EUCAST), organism identification, clinical correlation
• Coagulation: PT/APTT patterns, mixing studies, factor assays
• Transfusion: group and screen, antibody panel reading, crossmatch interpretation
• Immunology: autoimmune serology, complement, flow cytometry patterns
• Virology: serology algorithms (HBV, HCV, HIV), viral load monitoring
• Genomics: variant interpretation, ACMG classification, NHS GMS panels
• Cellular Pathology: tissue pathology cases (also available as a focused module at /histology/result-interpretation)
• Andrology: WHO semen analysis criteria, sperm morphology and motility

Specialty selection is done on the page by clicking a card, not by a separate address per specialty.

Three of the interpreters are also built into their laboratories:

• Haematology — the Interpret workspace of /haematology-lims
• Clinical Biochemistry — the Interpret workspace of /biochemistry-lims
• Cellular Pathology — the Report workspace of /cellular-pathology-lims, where it opens on the specimen site of whichever case you last opened in the worklist

It is the same tool in each case; opening it there records the interpretation against your simulation progress and IBMS portfolio mapping, which the standalone page does not do.

How a session works

1. Click the specialty card you want to practise.
2. Choose a mode. The modes differ by specialty; Haematology, for example, offers Standard, Blood Pictures, Case Studies and Clinical Scientist workflows.
3. Each case presents the patient context and the results, and asks what is abnormal, the most likely cause, and what you would do next.
4. Submit your answer to see the model answer and explanation.

What is recorded

Result Interpretation does not keep a running accuracy score or feed the Performance Analysis page. Instead:

• You can download your results for a session as a PDF or CSV.
• After completing three scenarios with an average score of at least 50%, you can download a CPD certificate marked "training only" to add to your CPD record.

How the modules align with interview prep

Most NHS Band 5 and Band 6 biomedical-scientist interviews include a technical "interpret these results" section. Working through 20 to 30 cases in your target specialty before an interview is one of the highest-yield uses of the Premium subscription.

Using cases as portfolio evidence

Cite completed sessions and the CPD certificate in your IBMS portfolio reflections. The AI Assistant tab there can turn a case you found difficult into a reflective entry.

References used by each module

• BSH (British Society for Haematology) clinical guidelines
• ACB (Association for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine) reference resources
• EUCAST 2026 v16.0 clinical breakpoints (microbiology)
• BBTS and the current SHOT annual report (transfusion)
• BSI (British Society for Immunology) patterns (immunology)
• UKHSA virology testing algorithms
• WHO 2021 semen analysis criteria (andrology)

Always cross-check critical-value action against your laboratory's current SOPs.