The Blood Project was created in response to something we saw happening more and more in medical education: a growing tendency to push physicians in training toward memorizing facts and following checklists or third-party recommendations—without really understanding the why behind the what. We launched The Blood Project in 2022 as a free, nonprofit, openly accessible educational resource designed to challenge that trend. Our mission is to promote critical thinking, and to bring the humanities back into medical education as an essential partner to evidence-based medicine. Ultimately, our goal is to help develop not just doctors who know what to do at the bedside—but doctors who understand why they’re doing it.
We do this by emphasizing conceptual and structural frameworks that help learners organize and make sense of the overwhelming—and ever-growing—body of clinical knowledge. These frameworks empower physicians to think beyond checklists and protocols, and to provide care that’s tailored to the unique needs of each patient
At The Blood Project, we started with a broad and diverse collection of hematology content—essays, graphics, videos, tutorials—each valuable in its own right. But over time, we recognized a challenge: while our content was rich and varied, it was also fragmented. Learners had access to individual pieces of information, but they lacked a cohesive, organized framework to bring it all together.
We realized we needed to rethink our approach. Rather than scattering content across unrelated categories, we pivoted toward disease-specific modules—curated hubs that consolidate everything a learner might need to understand a condition in one accessible place.
Each module acts as a hub-and-spoke model, with the disease at the center, surrounded by interconnected content: pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, history of medicine, patient perspectives, quizzes, infographics, videos, and more. This approach reflects our belief that medical knowledge is best learned not in isolated fragments, but through integrated, multi-angle, multimedia exploration.
The TTP module is the first exemplar of this new vision. It weaves together science, history, patient experience, and critical thinking into a comprehensive educational experience. We hope this module not only deepens your understanding of TTP, but also models a richer, more holistic way of learning hematology.