Name
Educator and Students' Perspective for the Pathology Basic Science Course
Date & Time
Saturday, January 25, 2020, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Alyse Ragauskas
Description
Technology and availability of medical information have created multiple challenges in the realm of medical education. How best to use this technology and availability of information to meet the goal of teaching and learning pathology is not clear. Different opinions may exist different between medical educators and students. The purpose of this workshop is to discuss the technological and informational resources that are available in the viewpoint of both students and medical educators, and try to come to a consensus on how to best meet the goals of both educators and students in the basic pathology course. This workshop will consist of case scenarios and short presentations by both medical educators and students in order to generate discussion of the differences and similarities between both parties to come to a general understanding. The goal of this workshop is to help generate ideas for both medical students and educators on how best to approach their pathology basic science course.

OBJECTIVES:
  • Recognize and describe different perspectives with respect to technology and the availability of information that may exist between medical educators and students.
  • Analyze and describe what medical educators and students can do to bring the medical educators and students’ utilization of technology and information to meet the goal of the basic science course.
  • Formulate possible ideas to how best utilize technology and information to best meet both the goals of medical educators and students.
Session Type
Workshop