Are we throwing histology out with the microscope? A look at histology from the physician's perspective

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 205-209

  Pratt, Rebecca L ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Histology education; Histology survey; Medical education; Microscopes; Osteopathic physicians; Rural clinical practice; Urban clinical practice; Virtual miscroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; DIGITAL IMAGING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; LEARNING STYLE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MICROSCOPE; MICROSCOPY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SHORT SURVEY; STAFF TRAINING; TEACHING; TISSUE PREPARATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISTOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 70849125400     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.100     Document Type: Article

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