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 yves.sucaet@usa.net to continue the conversation