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Editorial
. 2023 Mar 17;33(2):589-593.
doi: 10.1007/s40670-023-01770-7. eCollection 2023 Apr.

"Starting from the Image": A Tele-pathology Pre-graduate Course Aimed at Motivating Medical Students

Evgenia-Charikleia Lazari  1 , Andreas C Lazaris  1 , Evangelia Manou  1 , Georgios Agrogiannis  1 , Constantinos Nastos  2 , Emmanouil Pikoulis  2 , Georgia-Eleni Thomopoulou  3
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"Starting from the Image": A Tele-pathology Pre-graduate Course Aimed at Motivating Medical Students

Evgenia-Charikleia Lazari et al. Med Sci Educ. .

Abstract

In the tele-course entitled "Starting from the image", medical students are confronted with practical tasks in relevant professional contexts. Initially, a macroscopic or microscopic image of a patient case is presented to learners who then receive relevant information on the patient's history, clinical findings, and other laboratory tests. A pathologist actively discusses the pathological findings; then, a clinician explains their implications for the patient's individualized treatment and prognosis. In this way, pathology's interaction with other medical specialties is highlighted. Students declared that through these simulated professional practice experiences, they strengthened their decision-making skills. Educators should consider upgrading from information-based teaching to practice-focused instruction.

Keywords: Case-based learning; Empirical learning; Experiential learning; Pathology; Tele-education.

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Conflict of InterestThe authors declare no competing interests.

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Snapshot from the tele-lesson of infectious diseases. A related question to the students could be: “What is the cause of pancytopenia in this case?” The patient’s bone marrow smear (May–Grunwald–Giemsa stain) shows numerous Leishmania amastigotes, with resulting pancytopenia
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