 Electronic tutorials
Museum photographs
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Introduction:
Established in 1938 and situated in the Medical School campus at Herston, this museum houses over 3500 specimens. It is amongst the most comprehensive and extensive pathology collections in the world. The collection is being digitized to produce an online pathology database for all in the medical profession.
The museum plays a central role in the teaching of pathology to graduate medical students, postgraduates and others in the health professions. Students are able to see first hand how disease processes affect the body.
The goal of the museum technologist is to produce specimens that will educate the post-graduate as well as the undergraduate student. The presentation is as equally important as the actual specimen, as no student will study a teaching specimen that does not evoke interest. Museum technology has been influenced by the complicated science of plastics and its development over the last few decades, along with the improved preservation techniques have led to the formation of a field that could well be treated as a subject in its own right.
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The Digital Museum Project:
The aim of this work is to enhance the experience of the medical student and to make available a resource of pathology specimens online. It is envisaged that the database would enable lectures and students access to the entire range of diseases via a web based interface. The material presented should show high quality images, with enlargement for closer examination and be able to have an acurate description of the condtion. The intial stage of scanning to produce images is complete, over 2500 images are now ready to use. Stage two involves the writing of the database, producing a easy to use interface for the user as well as a powerful search engine to locate specific items of interest. Stage three has not been undertaken as yet but it will combine the first stages and provide a trial of the online pathology database.
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