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Volume 8 Journal of Clinical & Experimental Pathology Pathology Summit 2018
July 02-03, 2018
July 02-03, 2018 Bangkok, Thailand
15th Global Experts Meeting on
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Learning pathology in a digital world with digitization of education: From glass slides to digital files
and thereafter
Anshoo Agarwal
Northern Border University, KSA
Education and training in pathology remain essential to both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in pathology.
Traditionally, education and training in pathology has been delivered using textbooks, glass slides and conventional
microscopy but increasingly web-based resources have been developed to supplement or replace the more traditional
methodologies. From an educational stance, the use of virtual slides ensures that all students see the same slide; that slide is the
best and most representatives in the collection, rather than one of inferior quality and that poor microscope technique does
not interfere with the learning experience. It also allows rare slides to be used without fear of breakage. Displaying the slide
on a computer screen means that students can more easily discuss the content with each other, allowing for the use of group-
work based approaches to teaching. This pedagogy was more difficult to pursue when students assessed a glass slide on their
individual microscopes. Digital pathology has been shown to improve individual and group learning and enhance the overall
learning experience. Digital pathology also has the benefit of delivering courses to students outside the classroom setting.
On-line resources can be accessed by students anytime, anyplace allowing them to view slides that would have traditionally
been restricted to the slide box and the classroom. The use of digital imaging for surgical pathology raises new safety and
effectiveness issues that must be addressed. We recognize the many benefits the technology provides at the same time we need
to be sure of its limitations to prevent the associated risk.
Biography
Anshoo Agarwal is currently working as Professor and In-charge of Pathology Department (female campus), Northern Border University, Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia. She had been Discipline Coordinator, Pathology Department in University Technology MARA, Malaysia. She is a Member of many associations like
Indian Association of Pathology and Microbiology, International Academy Pathology, Indian Society of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, Emirates Medical
Association Pathology Society, International Economics Development Research Center, etc. She has more than 100 publications, an Editorial Member of three
journals and is a Reviewer in many journals.
Anshoo Agarwal, J Clin Exp Pathol 2018, Volume 8
DOI: 10.4172/2161-0681-C2-048