The main aim of the project is the digital transformation of the microscopy teaching and learning, by setting a practical guide and steps to follow in order to achieve a cost-effective implementation and the successful use of virtual microscopy (VM) technology to improve the histology and histopathology curriculum in medical schools. Specific objectives: - Adaptation of the medical school curriculum of Histology and Histopathology at EU level, for innovative digital transformation by VM, within the WP2 - Digitalisation of the teaching of microscopy in a Medical education institute, within the setting up of the WP 3 -Virtual microscopy library Platform - Decrease of the differences between education systems in Eastern EU countries, by opening up opportunities with the Training guide of WP 4 - Increase in undergraduate and postgraduate students’ vocational skills for new, modern Medicine domains, within the course of WP5. The project support the students and the modernisation of the teaching of microscopy in Medical education institutes, being linked to the priority of stimulating innovation, addressing digital transformation through development of digital readiness, resilience, and capacity against any other worldwide restrictions
The medical education realised that moving the education in online during the pandemic, forced the microscopy education to be very much diminished, close to impossible to continue, especially for the practical laboratories. The loss of the classical methods has stimulated Medicine educational innovation in order to continue teaching microscopy. Alternatively, a shift toward teaching via VM provided a readily available, physically distanced, and cost-conscious alternative for histology and histopathology education. Unfortunately, there is no study program of VM in projects countries, and very few available in Europe. Therefore, it is imperative that medical students become familiar and proficient in the VM system applications. Thus, the project is addressing the need for students’ skills improvement in morphological sciences. This project establish a dynamic virtual microscopy educational system in response to the need to increase the digital transformation of the educational systems. As a consequence, the implementation of this new technology is contributing to innovation in vocational education and training in Medical schools/universities, increasing the flexibility of opportunities as a necessary requirement in modern days.