A pilot study in two french medical schools for teaching histology using virtual microscopy1

Boutonnat, J.; Paulin, C.; Faure, Claude; Colle, Patrícia; Ronot, Xavier; Seigneurin, Daniel

doi:10.1016/s1286-0115(06)74314-4

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“…WSI allows any computer to work as a CLM, and consequently reduces or eliminates the need for conventional microscopes. It has been clearly shown that students feel more comfortable with the use of WSI because they all have prior knowledge of computers (almost all students are currently digital natives) [5,6,7,8,9,10]. An additional advantage of WSI is that the slides are always in focus.…”

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“…An additional advantage of WSI is that the slides are always in focus. Thus, the students get used to the tool very quickly and can immediately concentrate on the histological features of the slides and do not have to become acquainted with the microscope [6,9,10]. WSI can be used in any classroom, because it only requires a computer with Internet access [1,11].…”

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“…This implies that the students can review the histological slides at any time and from anywhere, thereby facilitating their study and eliminating the restrictions of access to the laboratory of microscopy after class hours [1,6,10,12,13,14]. As a consequence, laboratories of microscopy, which are very expensive and costly in maintenance, become unnecessary, leading to a significant reduction in costs [9,15]. With an appropriate bandwidth, virtual microscopes can be used simultaneously by a large number of people, thereby surpassing the restrictions related to a limited number of CLMs in a laboratory [4,9,12,16,17] and stimulating cooperation between students [9,12,15,17,18,19].…”

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“…As a consequence, laboratories of microscopy, which are very expensive and costly in maintenance, become unnecessary, leading to a significant reduction in costs [9,15]. With an appropriate bandwidth, virtual microscopes can be used simultaneously by a large number of people, thereby surpassing the restrictions related to a limited number of CLMs in a laboratory [4,9,12,16,17] and stimulating cooperation between students [9,12,15,17,18,19]. Moreover, the interaction between teachers and students is improved by viewing the same image at the same time in the classroom, which allows bringing up questions easily and improves the learning curve [15,18,19].…”

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Current Status of Whole-Slide Imaging in Education

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Conventional light microscopy (CLM) has classically been the basic tool to teach histology and pathology. In recent years, whole-slide imaging (WSI), which consists of generating a high-magnification digital image of an entire histological glass slide, has emerged as a useful alternative to CLM offering a myriad of opportunities for education. Navigation through the digitized slides closely simulates viewing glass slides with a microscope and is also referred to as virtual microscopy. WSI has many advantages for education. Students feel more comfortable with its use, and it can be used in any classroom as it only requires a computer with Internet access and it allows remote access from anywhere and from any device. WSI can be used simultaneously by a large number of people, stimulating cooperation between students and improving the interaction with the teachers. It allows making marks and annotations on specific fields, which enable specific directed questions to the teacher. Finally, WSI supports are cost-effective compared with CLM. Consequently, WSI has begun to replace CLM in many institutions. WSI has shown to be an extremely useful tool for undergraduate education (medical, dental and veterinary schools), for the training of residents of pathology, tele-education and in tumor boards.

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“…al. 3 afirmam que os computadores podem aumentar a eficácia do ensino e da aprendizagem da Histologia e que os microscópios óticos tendem a se tornar obsoletos, Boutonnat et al 8 …”

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