I have been teaching at UCCOM for about 15 years. In the old curriculum, I taught and directed
Microscopic Anatomy, and taught in
Gross Anatomy and
Brain, Mind, and Behavior. Most of my lectures are in embryology, where I gave the entire series embedded within the
Gross Anatomy course. With the move to an organ system based curriculum, I still teach all these disciplines, but now direct
Blood and Cardiovascular,
Renal and Pulmonary, and
Multisystems. I also run dissection electives for our 4th year students, and teach
Embryology and
Teratology for Genetic Counseling Graduate Students, and
Anatomy and Physiology for undergraduate students.
We have been using digital slides for about 10 years, starting with the Bacus system. We moved to Aperio three years ago. Initially, we used the digital and glass slides in tandem in our live labs, encouraging use of both by using both on exams. With the move to the new curriculum, I have converted most of our live labs to self-study online modules. Student feedback on these modules is very positive, so I'm hoping to work with pathologists in the future to expand our module set. Currently, we have the students participate in 5 live labs at the beginning of their curriculum to get them used to the microscope usage, with the remainder of the material in the online modules. We still test with both glass and digital slides to keep them sharp with the microscope.
DJ
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Donald Lowrie
Professor - Educator
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Cincinnati OH
513-558-5032
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