Journal article
Comparison of a virtual microscope laboratory to a regular microscope laboratory for teaching histology
The Anatomical record, Vol.265(1), pp.10-14
02/15/2001
DOI: 10.1002/ar.1036
PMID: 11241206
Abstract
Emerging technology now exists to digitize a gigabyte of information from a glass slide, save it in a highly compressed file format, and deliver it over the web. By accessing these images with a standard web browser and viewer plug‐in, a computer can emulate a real microscope and glass slide. Using this new technology, the immediate aims of our project were to digitize the glass slides from urinary tract, male genital, and endocrine units and implement them in the Spring 2000 Histology course at the University of Iowa, and to carry out a formative evaluation of the virtual slides of these three units in a side‐by‐side comparison with the regular microscope laboratory. The methods and results of this paper will describe the technology employed to create the virtual slides, and the formative evaluation carried out in the course. Anat Rec (New Anat) 265:10–14, 2001. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Comparison of a virtual microscope laboratory to a regular microscope laboratory for teaching histology
- Creators
- Tonya HarrisTimothy LeavenPaul HeidgerClarence KreiterJames DuncanFred Dick
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Anatomical record, Vol.265(1), pp.10-14
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc; New York
- DOI
- 10.1002/ar.1036
- PMID
- 11241206
- ISSN
- 0003-276X
- eISSN
- 1097-0185
- Number of pages
- 5
- Grant note
- The National Library of Medicine Information Systems The NIH Summer Research Fellowship Program for Medical Students. The University of Iowa Student Computer Fee Allocation The University of Iowa College of Medicine Educational Development Funds
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/15/2001
- Academic Unit
- Anatomy and Cell Biology; Family and Community Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984025396102771
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