Implementation of virtual pathology teaching in health professions education: A systematic review: BEME Systematic Review No. 95.

IF 3.3 2区教育学 Q1 EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES

Medical Teacher Pub Date : 2025-05-14 DOI:10.1080/0142159X.2025.2497890

Justin Hau, See Chai Carol Chan, Ishrat Hussain, James Kelly, Mohammed Ahmed Rashid

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Abstract

Purpose: Rapid changes to learning technologies, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, have led to the widespread adoption of virtual education. Pathology is an important medical science that is central to many curricula in health professions education (HPE). It has been impacted by the broader transition to virtual education. This systematic review and meta-ethnography evaluated the experiences of virtual pathology education within HPE.

Methods: MEDLINE and EMBASE were systematically searched for peer-reviewed qualitative journal articles describing the experiences of virtual pathology in HPE. Of 1119 articles identified, 17 were synthesised using a meta-ethnographic approach.

Results: The final synthesis represented a total of 2126 participants, including 1256 undergraduate medical students, 297 resident doctors, 473 senior clinicians, and 100 teaching faculty. We identified the following third-order constructs: 'Adaptability to learner's needs', 'negative human consequences', and 'uncertainty about trajectory'.

Conclusion: This review highlights both positive and negative impacts of transitioning pathology education to virtual delivery. The need to enhance current educational practice according to these findings is particularly pressing since the shift to virtual education in pathology looks set to accelerate in years to come.

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虚拟病理学教学在卫生专业教育中的实施：系统综述：BEME系统综述第95期。

目的：COVID-19大流行加速了学习技术的快速变化，导致虚拟教育得到广泛采用。病理学是一门重要的医学科学，是卫生专业教育（HPE）许多课程的中心。它受到了向虚拟教育广泛过渡的影响。本系统回顾和元人种志评估了HPE内虚拟病理学教育的经验。方法：系统地检索MEDLINE和EMBASE中描述HPE虚拟病理经历的同行评议的定性期刊文章。在鉴定的1119篇文章中，17篇是使用元人种学方法合成的。结果：最终综合共有2126名参与者，其中医学院本科生1256名，住院医师297名，高级临床医生473名，教师100名。我们确定了以下三阶构念：“对学习者需求的适应性”、“消极的人类后果”和“轨迹的不确定性”。结论：本综述强调了病理学教育向虚拟教学转变的积极和消极影响。根据这些发现加强当前教育实践的需求尤为迫切，因为病理学向虚拟教育的转变在未来几年似乎将加速。

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Medical Teacher 医学-卫生保健

CiteScore

7.80

自引率

8.50%

发文量

396

审稿时长

3-6 weeks

期刊介绍： Medical Teacher provides accounts of new teaching methods, guidance on structuring courses and assessing achievement, and serves as a forum for communication between medical teachers and those involved in general education. In particular, the journal recognizes the problems teachers have in keeping up-to-date with the developments in educational methods that lead to more effective teaching and learning at a time when the content of the curriculum—from medical procedures to policy changes in health care provision—is also changing. The journal features reports of innovation and research in medical education, case studies, survey articles, practical guidelines, reviews of current literature and book reviews. All articles are peer reviewed.