Dennis T, Start R D, Cross S S
Department of Histopathology, Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital, Calow, Chesterfield S44 5BL, UK.
J Clin Pathol. 2005 Mar;58(3):254-8. doi: 10.1136/jcp.2004.022012.
To undertake a large scale survey of histopathologists in the UK to determine the current infrastructure, training, and attitudes to digital pathology.
A postal questionnaire was sent to 500 consultant histopathologists randomly selected from the membership of the Royal College of Pathologists in the UK.
There was a response rate of 47%. Sixty four per cent of respondents had a digital camera mounted on their microscope, but only 12% had any sort of telepathology equipment. Thirty per cent used digital images in electronic presentations at meetings at least once a year and only 24% had ever used telepathology in a diagnostic situation. Fifty nine per cent had received no training in digital imaging. Fifty eight per cent felt that the medicolegal implications of duty of care were a barrier to its use. A large proportion of pathologists (69%) were interested in using video conferencing for remote attendance at multidisciplinary team meetings.
There is a reasonable level of equipment and communications infrastructure among histopathologists in the UK but a very low level of training. There is resistance to the use of telepathology in the diagnostic context but enthusiasm for the use of video conferencing in multidisciplinary team meetings.
对英国的组织病理学家进行大规模调查，以确定当前数字病理学的基础设施、培训情况及态度。
向从英国皇家病理学家学院成员中随机挑选的500名顾问组织病理学家发送邮政调查问卷。
回复率为47%。64%的受访者在其显微镜上安装了数码相机，但只有12%拥有任何类型的远程病理学设备。30%的人至少每年在会议的电子演示中使用数字图像，只有24%的人曾在诊断中使用过远程病理学。59%的人未接受过数字成像培训。58%的人认为照护职责的法医学影响是其使用的障碍。很大一部分病理学家（69%）对使用视频会议远程参加多学科团队会议感兴趣。
英国组织病理学家中存在一定水平的设备和通信基础设施，但培训水平非常低。在诊断环境中对使用远程病理学存在抵触情绪，但对在多学科团队会议中使用视频会议很感兴趣。
