Appraisal of the PathoDiscovery: an interactive web-based educational tool for teaching pathophysiology and histopathology.
E-learning
blended-learning
histopathology
pathophysiology
virtual microscopy
Journal
APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica
ISSN: 1600-0463
Titre abrégé: APMIS
Pays: Denmark
ID NLM: 8803400
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2023
Sep 2023
Historique:
received:
24
05
2023
accepted:
06
06
2023
medline:
7
8
2023
pubmed:
7
7
2023
entrez:
7
7
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Virtual pathology education has shown to enhance the students' learning experience. At the Radboud University, an E-learning platform-called the "PathoDiscovery"-was developed and first used in a course about neoplasm development amongst first year (bio)medical sciences students. The PathoDiscovery incorporates high-power microscopic images, histological annotations, interactive questions and pre-programmed feedback.The objective of our study was to develop and evaluate the PathoDiscovery within the "Neoplasm" course focusing on student perceptions of usability and utility. For this study the online feedback on the PathoDiscovery that was obtained anonymously from (bio)medical students over two consecutive academic years was analyzed. The responses of the first year were used to make improvements. After the second year, the feedback of the two academic years was compared. The rating of the E-learning increased from 6.8 (n = 285) to 7.4 (n = 247) after implementation of feedback obtained in the first year. The students judged the structure as logical (90%). The content was considered easy or just right (57%), matched the learning objectives (76%), and contributed to knowledge development (78%). We conclude that the first experiences with the PathoDiscovery are positive for both students and lecturers; it is an example of a dynamic online learning tool that is easily adaptable and is well suited for a blended learning approach.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
472-479Informations de copyright
© 2023 The Authors. APMIS published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Scandinavian Societies for Pathology, Medical Microbiology and Immunology.
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