The Histology course was developed for students entering the health professions. The course offers an introduction to the light microscopic structure of tissues and organs. Each topic corresponds to scheduled lectures and laboratory sessions. There are 23 lessons in all.
When entering each lesson the students is given information about the lesson. Beginning students are encouraged to go through each Lab Intro sequentially.
The left side of the screen contains a description of the image displayed on the right. Words in red describe certain structures on the image. Words in blue boxes further describe a particular structure for the advanced learner. Words in dark blue highlight structure-function correlates and selected histopathology which are included in many lessons in order to emphasize normal structure and function.
From the text screen the student can view the image displayed in a magnified view. This view also offers a movable scrolling text field so that you can view the enlarged image and compare the text to the image.
Intermediate and advanced level students can use a directory to randomly jump to particular text/image combinations, look at images only , compare up to four scaled images at a time and jump to a quiz or a review. Use the back arrow on the toolbar to return.
These Lab Intros provide each student with a solid orientation to the material that is covered in the laboratory with a microscope and microscope slides. Using this program properly, the students are better equipped to make constructive use of their laboratory and their instructor's time.
