Overcoming Barriers in a Traditional Medical Education System by the Stepwise, Evidence-Based Introduction of a Modern Learning Technology.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Histology teaching in India and in other developing countries has not changed much over the past decades and has not joined the global movement of using virtual microscopy (VM). Many factors may have contributed to this academic inertia-including curricular requirements for traditional microscopy (TM) skills, assessments that are heavily based on TM, and unfamiliarity with modern technology among faculty, as well as infrastructural shortcomings. This study is aimed at overcoming these roadblocks by using a blended approach combining VM with TM in a tradition-centered curricular setting.

Methods

For validation of this approach, the authors conducted a non-randomized controlled trial with a crossover design on first year medical students at the Government Medical

SUBMITTER: Yohannan DG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8368117 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature