Remote pathology education during the COVID-19 era: Crisis converted to opportunity
| Autor: | Benzion Samueli, Benjamin H. Taragin, Neta Sror, Alan Jotkowitz |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0301 basic medicine Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Students Medical media_common.quotation_subject education Distance education Context (language use) Article Pathology and Forensic Medicine Undergraduate education 03 medical and health sciences Technical support 0302 clinical medicine Reading (process) ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION medicine Humans Digital pathology Distance learning Disadvantage media_common Class (computer programming) Education Medical SARS-CoV-2 Kern's 6-step approach COVID-19 General Medicine 030104 developmental biology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Scale (social sciences) Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Diagnostic Pathology |
| ISSN: | 1092-9134 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2020.151612 |
| Popis: | Context The COVID-19 pandemic led to shutting of education faculties, including clinical clerkships for medical students. Objective To review a selective for a course in diagnostic pathology geared toward undergraduate medical students, including its design, technical implementation, instructor and student evaluations, and suggestions for options for further adjusting and optimizing the selective. Design Whole slide images (WSI) were anonymized and students were given remote access to university computers, which were prepared with two freely available WSI viewers. Each topic was taught in a four-part module: Self-assigned reading, lecture via Zoom, quiz based on digital slide sets, and a frontal review of the slides via Zoom. Fifty-nine students participated in the selective. Following the course, students completed an anonymous questionnaire. Results Of the 59 participants, 42% (n = 25) responded. None of the respondents had any previous instruction in diagnostic pathology. Overall, the course was rated very favorably: 68% (n = 17) gave at least 3 points on a 4-point scale on questions relating to course interest, improvement in understanding of the covered diseases, and how strongly they would recommend a student take this course if given an option. The most significant disadvantage of the class, as reported by 80% (n = 20) were technical challenges in accessing the slides. Conclusion We believe the course was a success and can be a model for future virtual pathology electives. Great effort should be done to provide technical support to the students. The selective demonstrated value for students and provided much-needed exposure to diagnostic pathology in clinical practice. Highlights • COVID-19 pandemic guidelines partially excluded medical students from their normal training. • A new pathology course, utilizing distance learning, was implemented. • Digital pathology slides enriched the undergraduate students' education. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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