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Self-instructional "virtual pathology" laboratories using web-based technology enhance medical school teaching of pathology.
Full Abstract
Second-year medical students have traditionally been taught pulmonary pathophysiology at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine using lectures, discussion groups, and laboratory sessions. Since 1998, the laboratory sessions have been replaced by 4 interactive, self-instructional sessions using web-based technology and case-based instruction. This article addresses nature of transformation that occurred from within the course in response to the infusion of new technologies. The vast majority of the course content has been digitized and incorporated into the website of the Pathophysiology of Disease course. The teaching histological slides have been photographed digitally and organized into "cases" with clinical information, digital images and text, and audio descriptions. The students study the materials from these cases at their own pace in 2 "virtual pathology" laboratory, with a few instructors supervising the on-site sessions. The students discuss additional cases available on the website in 2 other laboratory sessions supervised by a pulmonologist and a pathologist. Marked improvement in student participation and satisfaction was seen with the use of web-based instruction. Attendance at laboratory sessions, where the students had previously been required to bring their own microscopes to study histological slides at their own pace, increased from approximately 30% to 40% of the class in previous years to almost 100%. Satisfaction surveys showed progressive improvement over the past 4 years, as various suggestions were implemented. The value of web-based instruction of pathology at the UCLA School of Medicine is discussed.
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Author information
Author/s: Marchevsky, Alberto M (AM); Relan, Anju (A); Baillie, Susan (S);
Affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratoy Medicine, Cedars-Sinai medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA.
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Journal: Human pathology (Hum Pathol), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2003-May; vol 34 (issue 5) : pp 423-9
Dates: Created 2003/06/06; Completed 2003/08/26; Revised 2006/11/15;
PMID: 12792914, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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Comments and Corrections
CommentIn: Hum Pathol. 2003 May;34(5):415-6. (PMID: 12792912)
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