reasons to engage in digital pathology in education
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Top 20 reasons to engage in digital pathology in your next
education project
Yves Sucaet, PhDDiabetes Research Center
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Why this presentation?
• Building a convincing business case for digital pathology in education has proven difficult. Implementation requires a significant investment (money, time, personnel), and we hear from many practitioners in both the US and in Europe that administrations are difficult to convince.
• This presentation wants to help you come up with arguments when you find yourself in a conversation about the pros and cons of digital pathology in your teaching project
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Who am I?
Education• 2000: Hogeschool Gent
(BE)– BS Computer Sciences
• 2001-2005: Troy State University (US)– Exchange program– MS Biological Sciences
• 2005-2010: Iowa State University– PhD Bioinformatics &
Computational Biology
Professional
• 2000-2001: Becton Dickinson
• 2010-2013: HistoGeneX• Data Management• Bioinformatics• Section head
• 2014-now: VUB• Digital Pathology Manager
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Why digital pathology?
Our top 8 reasons
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It’s straightforward to explain
• The technique of converting glass-mounted microscopy material into a digital representation / image.
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It’s happening all around the world
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There’s a healthy (competitive) market
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Quality of scanned slides is as good as glass
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You can’t ask your filing cabinet what’s in it
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Bring physical collections from around the world together in one interface
• http://foulis.vub.ac.be
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Combine multiple imaging platforms into a single interface
Pathomation
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The focus of this presentation
Invest once; but engage in several use cases and scenarios
Education
Biobanking
Second opinion
Primary diagnosis
Research
QA
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Why digital pathology?
Our top 12 reasons
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Physical preparation takes a lot of time
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You can’t give your students sufficient time behind the (physical) microscope
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A lot of teaching microscopes cost a lot of money
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A lot of teaching microscopes need a lot of maintenance
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Student handling of microscopes isn’t always “ideal”
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Students slides can crack due to improper or inexperienced handling
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Students don’t have access to a microscope or slides at home
Our website is now available 24/7
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Build custom websites for pathology courses and students
• Pathology education at http://pathology.vub.ac.be (GK, BMW)
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Use your investment for histology, too!
• Histology education at http://histology.vub.ac.be (GK, BMW)
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Digitize your paper courses through mobile digital pathology and QR-codes
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Integrate microscopy material in your (blended) learning environment
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Interactive (self) student testing becomes possible
Innoviris portal introductieThank you for taking the time to review these materialsContact me at [email protected] to continue the conversation