A prospective, randomized crossover study comparing direct inspection by light microscopy versus projected images for teaching of hematopathology to medical students

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 130-134

  Carlson, Aaron M ^a   Mcphail, Ellen D ^b   Rodriguez, Vilmarie ^b   Schroeder, Georgene ^b   Wolanskyj, Alexandra P ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Hematopathology; Histology; Light microscopy; Medical education; Microscopic imaging; Randomized crossover study; Virtual microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEACHING;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING;

EID: 84894478565     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: 19359780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.1374     Document Type: Article

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