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Scientific Sleuthing of Human Disease for High School Teachers
Pathology Resources on the
Web and How to Use Them
Peter G. Anderson, DVM, PhDProfessor & Director of Pathology Undergraduate Education
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Scientific Sleuthing
Why Use Web-based Resources?
Teachers “Spice-up” topics Add “color” to teaching materials
Students Self-learning opportunities Independent investigation Develop searching skills
Why Use Pathology Resources?
This has been well covered by previous speakers
Add personal relevance In my unbiased opinion:
“The study of disease is cool!”
How to Find Resources?
Internet search engines Google, Yahoo, etc
Search terms? “Patient Education” Web-sites
Diabetes, Heart Disease, Obesity, Osteoporosis, Cancer, HIV, etc.
© HeartPoint
“Heart Point”
Why Use Pathology Resources?
Make lessons “disease” specific!
Normal Lung
Smoker’s Lung with Cancer
Pathology Image
Databases
Pathology Education
Instructional Resource
(PEIR)
Shopping Cart
National Library of Medicine Medical Meta-thesaurus
Database with hundreds of thousands of synonyms for medical terms
Online Medical Thesaurus
How to Find Resources?
Internet search engines Google, Yahoo, etc
Search terms? “Patient Education” Web-sites
Diabetes, Heart Disease, Hypertension, Obesity, Osteoporosis, Cancer, HIV, etc.
Science Resource Database UAB MERIT
Conclusions
Web resources are easily accessible and can be used to enliven instruction
Remember: The most important part is not technology . . . it’s you – the teacher!
Good teaching may overcome a poor choice in the use of technology, but technology will never save bad teaching; usually it makes it worse.
- Tony Bates (Technology, Open Learning & Distance Education, 1995)
Conclusions
