Teaching digital pathology: The international school of digital pathology and proposed syllabus

• Main Authors: Vincenzo Della Mea, Antonino Carbone, Carla Di Loreto, Gloria Bueno, Paolo De Paoli, Marcial García-Rojo, David de Mena, Annunziata Gloghini, Mohammad Ilyas, Arvydas Laurinavicius, Allan Rasmusson, Massimo Milione, Riccardo Dolcetti, Marco Pagani, Andrea Stoppini, Sandro Sulfaro, Michelangelo Bartolo, Emanuela Mazzon, H Peter Soyer, Liron Pantanowitz
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
• Series: Journal of Pathology Informatics
• Subjects: Curriculum; digital pathology; teaching
• Online Access: http://www.jpathinformatics.org/article.asp?issn=2153-3539;year=2017;volume=8;issue=1;spage=27;epage=27;aulast=Mea

Digital pathology is an interdisciplinary field where competency in pathology, laboratory techniques, informatics, computer science, information systems, engineering, and even biology converge. This implies that teaching students about digital pathology requires coverage, expertise, and hands-on experience in all these disciplines. With this in mind, a syllabus was developed for a digital pathology summer school aimed at professionals in the aforementioned fields, as well as trainees and doctoral students. The aim of this communication is to share the context, rationale, and syllabus for this school of digital pathology.