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The Patient Under the Microscope is a unique educational program that allows the user to direct their own journey of discovery as they explore the relationship between cells, tissues and disease.

This multimedia resource fully integrates the basic principles of cell biology, histology and pathology with clinical problems. Because of the central role of the cell in determining how disease is expressed, the program is ideally placed to demonstrate how changes at the cellular level give rise to symptoms and signs in the patient and how advances in our understanding of disease at this level impact on diagnosis and management, i.e. the cell is the ultimate patient.

The aim of the program is to encourage student-centred learning, based on discovering principles rather than rote-learning content.

Features:

• interactive images
• diagrams and animations interspersed with challenges and opportunities for self-testing

The special features create an exciting program that student feedback has shown is “engaging”, “clear”, “succinct” and “provides the glue that holds the curriculum together”.

The current program includes:

• The Cell Under The Microscope
• Basic Tissues Under The Microscope
• Disease Process Under The Microscope
• Skin Under The Microscope
• The Cardiovascular System Under The Microscope

The Patient Under the Microscope is currently used in medical, dental, physiotherapy, cell biology and biomedical science courses by students from a wide variety of backgrounds.

About the creators:
Howard Grossman: MB BS, PhD (Pathology), Associate Professor in Pathology, The University of Melbourne.
Virginia Grossman: MB BS, PhD (Pathology), Lecturer in Histology, The University.

Minimum system requirements: 256MB RAM, Sound Card, 800 x 600 display; Windows: Pentium II 450MHz (or equivalent), Win 2000/XP; Macintosh: PowerPC G3 500MHz, OS 10.3/10.4.