Competency assessment of residents in surgical pathology using virtual microscopy

Bruch, Leslie A.; Young, Barry R. De; Kreiter, Clarence D.; Haugen, Thomas H.; Leaven, Timothy; Dee, Fred R.

doi:10.1016/j.humpath.2009.04.009

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“…Doctor Fred Dee, at the University of Iowa, has 2 contributed articles in this Telepathology Symposium on the topics of education and testing [18,30]. From our perspective, Dr Dee has been our National Library of Medicine's "go-to person" for conceptualizing, developing, evaluating, manufacturing, and hosting public teaching sets of virtual pathology slides for years.…”

Section: Virtual Microscopy In Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Overview of telepathology, virtual microscopy, and whole slide imaging: prospects for the future

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Section: Virtual Microscopy In Educationmentioning

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“…The article by Bruch et al [30], describes a promising new application of virtual microscopy in pathology resident training. The study may seem modest at first reading but, upon closer examination, it is elegant and even groundbreaking.…”

Section: Virtual Microscopy In Educationmentioning

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Overview of telepathology, virtual microscopy, and whole slide imaging: prospects for the future

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“…We have started to build multiple choice pre-and post-tests linking to material within the virtual slide set for individual self-assessment but would like to pursue formal competency assessment using more sophisticated interfaces. Although virtual microscopy coupled with a testing interface can reliably assess resident performance and morphologic skill [10], the diagnostic process itself is also critical. Whether or not the trainee is able to generate a logical differential diagnosis and knows the most appropriate tests which would distinguish between the different entities is difficult to evaluate in our current testing format.…”

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Construction and implementation of a comprehensive hematopathology virtual teaching set

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Diagnostic hematopathology requires a multiparametric approach and integration of morphologic findings with the clinical, immunophenotypic, and other features. As hematopathology moves into an increasingly digital era, internetdeployed teaching sets consisting of whole slide images (WSI) and comprehensive ancillary information can help prepare hematopathology trainees for the future. Approximately 200 hematopathology conference cases over a 1-year period were de-identified, and case information (including clinical, microscopic and immunophenotypic features, flow cytometric histograms, and cytogenetic and molecular results) were entered into a database. Approximately 1,800 WSI were prepared by scanning using ×40 magnification, and WSI and supplemental data were stored on separate servers and referenced in the database via hyperlinks. From January 2009 to November 2011, the website has been accessed over 6,000 times. The user can view the list of cases and brief clinical history, with or without the diagnosis displayed. Once a case is chosen, the complete clinical history, WSI, case data, and other hyperlinks are displayed, and the user can also scroll down to see the diagnosis shown at the end of the case. Preand post-test evaluations are available for self-assessment. The hematopathology virtual set is emerging as an important tool in hematopathology education. The internet-deployed database is unique in the wide range of ancillary studies readily accessible, which reinforces the multiparametric approach in hematopathology.

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“…Teachers also positively evaluate WSI because, although there is initially a significant increase in the time related to the preparation of the material, in the end it results in a significant reduction in the time spent in the preparation of the lessons [19,35]. WSI provides a more complete approach to the cases by adding clinical information, radiological imaging, macroscopic images, immunohistochemical stains and molecular data to the virtual histological images [33,36]. This can more accurately simulate the actual diagnostic practice and seems to be associated with better final results.…”

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“…WSI is well evaluated by residents in the studies, although the final results comparing abilities reached with WSI and CLM differ from one study to another [43,44,45]. The presence of clinical and radiological information and previous practice using WSI seem to influence the results [36]. …”

Section: Wsi In Postgraduate Training (Residency and Fellowship Progrmentioning

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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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Competency assessment of residents in surgical pathology using virtual microscopy

Cited by 64 publications

References 15 publications

Overview of telepathology, virtual microscopy, and whole slide imaging: prospects for the future

Overview of telepathology, virtual microscopy, and whole slide imaging: prospects for the future

Construction and implementation of a comprehensive hematopathology virtual teaching set

Current Status of Whole-Slide Imaging in Education

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