title: Adaptive eLearning modules for cytopathology education: A review and approach.
abstract: Clinical training imposes time and resource constraints on educators and learners, making it difficult to provide and absorb meaningful instruction. Additionally, innovative and personalized education has become an expectation of adult learners. Fortunately, the development of web-based educational tools provides a possible solution to these challenges. Within this review, we introduce the utility of adaptive eLearning platforms in pathology education. In addition to a review of the current literature, we provide the reader with a suggested approach for module creation, as well as a critical assessment of an available platform, based on our experience in creating adaptive eLearning modules for teaching basic concepts in gynecologic cytopathology. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2016;44:944-951. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Teresa.samulski@uphs.upenn.edu.
authors.forename: T Danielle
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Samulski
authors.affiliation: Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: La
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Roseann I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D010336:Pathology / Q000193:education*; D013664:Teaching Materials; D014584:User-Computer Interface
keywords: adaptive learning; cytopathology education; eLearning; web-based learning