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Student-focused virtual histology education: Do new scenarios and digital technology matter?

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2017
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Felszeghy Szabolcs
Pasonen-Seppänen Sanna
Koskela Ali
Mahonen Anitta
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10.15694/mep.2017.000154
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Felszeghy Szabolcs. Pasonen-Seppänen Sanna. Koskela Ali. Mahonen Anitta. (2017). Student-focused virtual histology education: Do new scenarios and digital technology matter?.  MedEdPublish, 6 (3) , 40. 10.15694/mep.2017.000154.
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Innovative changes have become a critical part of teaching when resources are limited. In this study, we examined whether the student-oriented teaching method, when powered by virtual microscopy, improves histology learning compared to traditional microscope-based studies. Anonymous and voluntary post-course surveys were administered to students and essays were processed for content analysis. Google Analytics was used to obtain accurate Internet usage monitoring for WEBMICROSCOPE®. Using SPSS statistics, the examination scores for 2016 were compared to those of previous year, when the course was taught with a traditional-microscope-based model. The results demonstrated that the new teaching scenario was an effective tool, based on the mean examination scores in 2016 compared to the identical groups in 2015. The survey analysis showed that the students benefited more from using WEBMICROSCOPE® and that they frequently gained access to the Web server when they were not in class. The new scenario helped clarify the concept of histology for most of the students and was generally appreciated during teamwork-based histology classes. Students perceived that the use of the digital technology significantly influenced their confidence in learning the fundamentals of histology. In addition, changing to the new teaching scenario powered by WEBMICROSCOPE® improved the students’ motivation to participate in discussions and better understand the concept of Histology between the 2015 and 2016 academic years. Finally, these changes all had a positive impact on the students’ attention and satisfaction.

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Webhistology   Student focused education   
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https://erepo.uef.fi/handle/123456789/5055
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15694/mep.2017.000154
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Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE)
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