TY - JOUR
T1 - Implementing virtual microscopy improves outcomes in a hematology morphology course.
AU - Brueggeman, Mauri S.
AU - Swinehart, Cheryl
AU - Yue, Mary Jane
AU - Conway-Klaassen, Janice M.
AU - Wiesner, Stephen M.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of virtual microscopy as the primary mode of laboratory instruction in undergraduate level clinical hematology teaching. Distance education (DE) has become a popular option for expanding education and optimizing expenses but continues to be controversial. The challenge of delivering an equitable curriculum to distant locations along with the need to preserve our slide collection directed our effort to digitize the slide sets used in our teaching laboratories. Students enrolled at two performance sites were randomly assigned to either traditional microscopy (TM) or virtual microscopy (VM) instruction. The VM group performed significantly better than the TM group. We anticipate that this approach will play a central role in the distributed delivery of hematology through distance education as new programs are initiated to address workforce shortage needs.
AB - In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of virtual microscopy as the primary mode of laboratory instruction in undergraduate level clinical hematology teaching. Distance education (DE) has become a popular option for expanding education and optimizing expenses but continues to be controversial. The challenge of delivering an equitable curriculum to distant locations along with the need to preserve our slide collection directed our effort to digitize the slide sets used in our teaching laboratories. Students enrolled at two performance sites were randomly assigned to either traditional microscopy (TM) or virtual microscopy (VM) instruction. The VM group performed significantly better than the TM group. We anticipate that this approach will play a central role in the distributed delivery of hematology through distance education as new programs are initiated to address workforce shortage needs.
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U2 - 10.29074/ascls.25.3.149
DO - 10.29074/ascls.25.3.149
M3 - Article
C2 - 22953514
AN - SCOPUS:84867170691
SN - 0894-959X
VL - 25
SP - 149
EP - 155
JO - Clinical laboratory science : journal of the American Society for Medical Technology
JF - Clinical laboratory science : journal of the American Society for Medical Technology
IS - 3
ER -