Transforming Pathology Teaching with Digital Technology Nicholas Hardin, MD, Jill Jemison, Greg Sharp, MD, and Ted Bovill, MD

UVM College of Medicine: Snapshot Established in 1822; 7 th oldest medical school Who – 434 medical students; 25 MD/PhD students – Faculty: 79 basic science, 526 clinical, 1440 volunteer – Clinical sites in VT, FL, ME, CT Technology – Dell Latitude Tablets – Blackboard LMS – SecurExam Browser – Learning Objects Suite – Polycom PVX – Homegrown Patient tracking, virtual microscopy, podcasting

Across a curriculum

Multiple Courses

In a single course

A week in Connections (Bone)

Connections Labs

Bone laboratory

Gross Pathology Sessions & Museum for Review

Museum Search Choices

Museum (choosing Bone Lab)

Bone Lab Thumbnails (loading)

Selecting a Specimen

Viewing Osteoporosis

Adding Label

Show All Labels

Museum Magnification and Zoom

Museum Radiology

Other Views: Select Normal Spine

Other View: Normal Spine

Compare Radiographic Features

Select Virtual Microscope

Bone laboratory

Microscope home page

Scope: Select Connections Bone

Scope: Bone thumbnails

Scope: Chondrosarcoma

Scope split screen

Scope: Special Stains Trichrome and Jones Silver

Bone Lab Video Review

How Digital Technology has changed our teaching Dark room to light One person at a scope to entire group seeing same slide/discussing Changing or inserting slide into lab much easier (one scanned vs. 120 copies) Easier to share special stains, cytology, needle biopsies, unique specimens Students asked for and got more videos

Feedback “I thought that the virtual microscope was a great tool to study histology. I really liked being able to study and work with the slides where ever I was, and not having to cart around a microscope.”

Lessons learned It takes money and time, so have high-level support Plan and budget to scan more slides that you currently use Faculty were initially against digital scope, but are now on board and enjoying it We at UVM have only begun to tap the potential of these powerful tools

Acknowledgements UVM COMET Lab: Andrew Verhelst: Digital Microscope, and Judith Kessler: Museum photo cleanup and programming UVM Medical Photography: Gross Museum photography

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