Maipas Sotirios, Liossi Sofia, Konstantinidou Anastasia, Mouliou Marlen, Lazaris Andreas C, Papageorgiou Effie, Kavantzas Nikolaos
Master Program "Environment and Health. Management of Environmental Health Effects," School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
1st Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens General Hospital "Laikon," Athens, Greece.
Environ Health Insights. 2023 Nov 8;17:11786302231211085. doi: 10.1177/11786302231211085. eCollection 2023.
Xenobiotics, radiation, and other environmental health risk factors leave their mark on human organs. This can be demonstrated through the use of pathology museum specimens. Upon completing two semesters of postgraduate studies in environmental health, a tour of the Museum of Pathology is offered to postgraduate students at Athens Medical School who are being trained in environmental health. A structured questionnaire is employed to assess the specimens' impact on several aspects: improving students' observational skills, reinforcing the taught material, acquiring new relevant knowledge, and cultivate the social-cognitive ability of empathy. Additionally, students are asked to evaluate the necessity of preserving metadata associated mainly with the social context of the specimens. This research-educational initiative, a component of an ongoing larger project, underscores the significant educational and research value of museum specimens pertaining to environmental health. Furthermore, effectively utilizing such exhibits can enrich the museum experience for visitors and increase public awareness of environmental health issues.
外源性物质、辐射及其他环境卫生风险因素会在人体器官上留下痕迹。这可以通过病理博物馆标本得以证明。在完成环境卫生专业的两个学期研究生课程后，雅典医学院接受环境卫生培训的研究生会被安排参观病理博物馆。使用一份结构化问卷来评估标本在几个方面的影响：提高学生的观察技能、强化所学内容、获取新的相关知识以及培养同理心的社会认知能力。此外，还要求学生评估保存主要与标本社会背景相关的元数据的必要性。这一研究教育举措是一个正在进行的更大项目的一部分，凸显了与环境卫生相关的博物馆标本的重大教育和研究价值。此外，有效利用此类展品可以丰富参观者的博物馆体验，并提高公众对环境卫生问题的认识。
