Remote pathology education during the COVID-19 era: Crisis converted to opportunity.
Ann Diagn Pathol
; 49: 151612, 2020 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1023433
ABSTRACT
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.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pathology
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Ann Diagn Pathol
Journal subject:
Pathology
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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