Virtual microscopy in histological and histopathological teaching, an opportunity in dentistry.

• Autores: Parra, Elizabeth, Cáceres, Felipe, Salazar-Roa, Ana María, Godinez-Pacheco, Bastian
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2022
• Institución: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistas.upch.edu.pe:article/4216
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.upch.edu.pe/index.php/REH/article/view/4216
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Microscopía; Patología Bucal; Tecnología educacional; Odontología; Microscopy; oral pathology; educational technology; dentistry

Virtual microscopy (VM) is being widely implemented in education and could lead to the replacement of light microscopy (LM). Objective: To provide a review of the literature based on the questions: What is the perception of academics and students? and What is the performance of students? regarding the teaching of histology and/or histopathology with VM in dentistry. Material and methods: The following databases were consulted: Pubmed, Scielo, Science Direct and Scopus, and 10 articles were selected. Results: All the studies that evaluated perception and academic performance obtained results in favor of VM. Conclusions: VM has a promising future, but more studies with similar methodologies and that consider the perception of academics are required.