Methods for Assessing Students' Learning of Histology: A Chronology Over 50 Years!

Over the past 50 years technology has made teaching and learning more interesting and has been a useful tool to motivate students to learn.Students today can learn using computers, iPads and mobile devices to access increasing numbers of educational websites and many eLearning apps. E-learning is now an integral component of most teaching delivery.

Online, Interactive, Digital Visualisation Resources that Enhance Histology Education.

Teaching histology is expensive, particularly in some universities with limited or ageing resources such as microscope equipment and inadequate histological slide collections. Increasing numbers of student enrolments have required duplications of laboratory classes. Such practical classes are staff intensive and so teaching hours are increased.

A quantitative study of blood capillary formation (angiogenesis) concomitant with parenchymal tissue differentiation.

Examination of the rat corpus luteum (CL) provided quantitative data supporting adaptation of the developing vasculature to maximise efficient acceptance of steroids secreted from the luteal cells. Numbers of endothelial cells (ECs) significantly increased during the initial formation of the CL, followed by a further significant proliferation from day 10 to day 16 when there was maximal growth of the CL. As a consequence, there was significant growth of the vascular compartment during this time interval.