Susan I Anderson
University of Nottingham, UK
Title: Digital microscopy and pathology in the education of medical students and as an open access training tool for specialist trainees
Biography
Biography: Susan I Anderson
Abstract
The University of Nottingham has been using a virtual microscope for the delivery of pathology teaching on the medical, science and veterinary programs for several years. Evaluation of student feedback has revealed that the introduction of online, e-workbooks for tailored learning has been a key to the engagement and success of this technology in the Medical School. Student engagement and understanding has been improved and many students chose the histopathology specialist module in following years as a consequence. To further develop this as a method of e-learning, this teaching was incorporated into case studies for medical students, supported by a teaching development grant from the HEA. This has led to the development of an integrated teaching package linking normal histology and pathology to clinical scenarios and has engaged students in the production of these. Currently this format is being developed, in collaboration with Prof Emad Rakha and the Nottingham Breast Cancer group to prepare an open access, online training tool for histopathologists working in the field of breast cancer.