Interactive Digital Microscopy at the Center for a Cross-Continent Undergraduate Pathology Course in Mozambique
Autor: | Mamudo R. Ismail, Fabiola Fernandes, Isabel Martins, Carla Carrilho, Mohsin Sidat, Elsa Fonseca, Leonor David, Mário Seixas |
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Přispěvatelé: | Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Reitoria, Faculdade de Medicina |
Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty 020205 medical informatics Process (engineering) Health Informatics Context (language use) 02 engineering and technology lcsh:Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics Pathology and Forensic Medicine 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine B-learning lcsh:Pathology 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering medicine ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Curriculum digital microscopy Computer Science Applications Blended learning 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis General partnership lcsh:R858-859.7 pathology Psychology medical education lcsh:RB1-214 Digital microscopy Research Article |
Zdroj: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP Journal of Pathology Informatics Journal of Pathology Informatics, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 42-42 (2018) |
ISSN: | 2229-5089 |
Popis: | Background: Recent medical education trends encourage the use of teaching strategies that emphasize student centeredness and self-learning. In this context, the use of new educative technologies is stimulated at the Faculty of Medicine of Eduardo Mondlane University (FMUEM) in Mozambique. The Faculty of Medicine of University of Porto (FMUP) and FMUEM have a long-lasting record of collaborative work. Within this framework, both institutions embarked in a partnership, aimed to develop a blended learning course of pathology for undergraduates, shared between the two faculties and incorporating interactive digital microscopy as a central learning tool. Methods: A core team of faculty members from both institutions identified the existing resources and previous experiences in the two faculties. The Moodle course for students from the University of Porto was the basis to implement the current project. The objective was to develop educational modules of mutual interest, designed for e-learning, followed by a voluntary student's survey conducted in FMUEM to get their perception about the process. Results: We selected contents from the pathology curricula of FMUP and FMUEM that were of mutual interest. We next identified and produced new contents for the shared curricula. The implementation involved joint collaboration and training to prepare the new contents, together with building quizzes for self-evaluation. All the practical sessions were based on the use of interactive digital microscopy. The students have reacted enthusiastically to the incorporation of the online component that increased their performance and motivation for pathology learning. For the students in Porto, the major acquisition was the access to slides from infectious diseases as well as autopsy videos. Conclusions: Our study indicates that students benefited from high-quality educational contents, with emphasis on digital microscopy, in a platform generated in a win‑win situation for FMUP and FMUEM. This work was funded by Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian – Portugal: Project “Reforço da capacidade institucional – Partilha de curso de E-learning de Biopatologia/Anatomia Patológica Geral entre as Faculdades de Medicina da Universidade do Porto e da Universidade Eduardo Mondlane em Moçambique.” |
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