Cytopathology whole slide images and adaptive tutorials for postgraduate pathology trainees: A randomized crossover trial

Human Pathology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1297-1305

  Van Es, Simone L ^a   Kumar, Rakesh K ^a   Pryor, Wendy M ^b   Salisbury, Elizabeth L ^c   Velan, Gary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cytopathology; Digital microscopy; Pathology education; Virtual microscopy adaptive tutorials; Virtual slides; Whole slide imaging; WSI

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOOK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIKERT SCALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MICROSCOPY; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; TEACHING; AUDIOVISUAL AID; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CURRICULUM; CYTODIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; MALAYSIA; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CURRICULUM; CYTODIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALAYSIA; MICROSCOPY; NEW ZEALAND; PATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING; TEXTBOOKS AS TOPIC; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84940461890     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: 15328392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2015.05.009     Document Type: Article

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