Incorporating Medical Museum Specimens Into the Training of Environmental Health Students
Xenobiotics, radiation, and other environmental health risk factors leave their mark on human organs. This can be demonstrated through the use of pathology museum specimens. Upon completing two semesters of postgraduate studies in environmental health, a tour of the Museum of Pathology is offered to...
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| author | Sotirios Maipas Sofia Liossi Anastasia Konstantinidou Marlen Mouliou Andreas C Lazaris Effie Papageorgiou Nikolaos Kavantzas |
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| description | Xenobiotics, radiation, and other environmental health risk factors leave their mark on human organs. This can be demonstrated through the use of pathology museum specimens. Upon completing two semesters of postgraduate studies in environmental health, a tour of the Museum of Pathology is offered to postgraduate students at Athens Medical School who are being trained in environmental health. A structured questionnaire is employed to assess the specimens’ impact on several aspects: improving students’ observational skills, reinforcing the taught material, acquiring new relevant knowledge, and cultivate the social-cognitive ability of empathy. Additionally, students are asked to evaluate the necessity of preserving metadata associated mainly with the social context of the specimens. This research-educational initiative, a component of an ongoing larger project, underscores the significant educational and research value of museum specimens pertaining to environmental health. Furthermore, effectively utilizing such exhibits can enrich the museum experience for visitors and increase public awareness of environmental health issues. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-76f1673288b8403b97976e86c0ddd8632023-11-08T14:03:38ZengSAGE PublishingEnvironmental Health Insights1178-63022023-11-011710.1177/11786302231211085Incorporating Medical Museum Specimens Into the Training of Environmental Health StudentsSotirios Maipas0Sofia Liossi1Anastasia Konstantinidou2Marlen Mouliou3Andreas C Lazaris4Effie Papageorgiou5Nikolaos Kavantzas61st Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens General Hospital “Laikon,” Athens, Greece1st Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens General Hospital “Laikon,” Athens, Greece1st Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens General Hospital “Laikon,” Athens, GreeceDepartment of History and Archaeology, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece1st Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens General Hospital “Laikon,” Athens, GreeceDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, School of Health & Welfare Sciences, University of West Attica, Egaleo, Greece1st Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens General Hospital “Laikon,” Athens, GreeceXenobiotics, radiation, and other environmental health risk factors leave their mark on human organs. This can be demonstrated through the use of pathology museum specimens. Upon completing two semesters of postgraduate studies in environmental health, a tour of the Museum of Pathology is offered to postgraduate students at Athens Medical School who are being trained in environmental health. A structured questionnaire is employed to assess the specimens’ impact on several aspects: improving students’ observational skills, reinforcing the taught material, acquiring new relevant knowledge, and cultivate the social-cognitive ability of empathy. Additionally, students are asked to evaluate the necessity of preserving metadata associated mainly with the social context of the specimens. This research-educational initiative, a component of an ongoing larger project, underscores the significant educational and research value of museum specimens pertaining to environmental health. Furthermore, effectively utilizing such exhibits can enrich the museum experience for visitors and increase public awareness of environmental health issues.https://doi.org/10.1177/11786302231211085 |
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| title | Incorporating Medical Museum Specimens Into the Training of Environmental Health Students |
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