Quantitative and qualitative changes in teaching histology by means of virtual microscopy in an introductory course in human anatomy

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 218-226

  Husmann, Polly R ^a,b   O'Loughlin, Valerie Dean ^a   Braun, Mark W ^a  

^a Indiana University School of Medicine   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Student's performance; Undergraduate anatomy education; Undergraduate histology education; Virtual microscope

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURSE CONTENT; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; LEARNING STYLE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MICROSCOPE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SHORT SURVEY; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ANATOMY; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GROUP PROCESSES; HISTOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEARNING; MICROSCOPY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 70849090024     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.105     Document Type: Article

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