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The Implementation and Effectiveness of PathElective.com.
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Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed.
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- #PathTwitter: A Positive Platform Where Medical Students Can Engage the Pathology Community.Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine · 2023Article
- Virtual Pathology Education in Medical Schools Worldwide during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Advantages, Challenges Faced, and Perspectives.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- The Global Trainee Hosts the Virtual Multi-header - Embracing Technology in Pathology Education.Journal of European CME · 2021Article
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- The role of web-based platforms as a novel approach to addressing access to pathology education: The PathElective.com experience.Academic pathologyArticle
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- One Year Later: What Have We Learned From COVID-19? Lessons and Accomplishments in Academic Pathology Departments.Academic pathologyArticle
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Authors and funding
8 authors.
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic put most in-person pathology electives on-hold as departments adapted to changes in education and patient care. To address the subsequent void in pathology education, we created a free, virtual, modular, and high-quality pathology elective website. Website traffic from June 1, 2020, to October 1, 2020, was monitored using the built-in analyses on Squarespace. Twitter engagement was analyzed using Twitter analytics and the Symplur Social Graph Score. A voluntary satisfaction survey was sent to all PathElective users and results were analyzed. During this time, the site saw 25 467 unique visitors, over 34 988 visits, 181 302 page views, and 4449 subscriptions from 99 countries. Countries with the highest traffic are the United States (14 682), India (5210), and the Philippines (2195). PathElective's Twitter social graph score increased from 63.59 to 89.3 with the addition of 1637 followers. Data from surveyed users (n = 177) show most to be pathology residents (41%). Most subscribers (89%) are committed to a career in pathology. The majority heard of the website via Twitter (55%). Almost half of those surveyed engaged with the PathTwitter community on Twitter and of those who participated, 99% found that interaction useful. In all survey questions surrounding satisfaction and usefulness, a large majority of the users were either satisfied or
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