Welcome at Swiss Virtual Animal Pathology

The pedagogical challenge to the veterinary pathologist is integrating visually-based learning with in depth understanding of disease processes. To achieve this, the teaching of pathology within the curriculum of veterinary medicine or human medicine is divided into two major areas: General pathology deals with principles of disease processes as a basis for understanding the reactions of a multi-cellular organism to adverse effects from within the organism itself or from the environment. Organ specific pathology, building on the principles of general pathology, explains the malfunctions of individual organ systems and relates them to disease processes of a patient as a whole. Pathology is heavily image dependent, didactically best taught in a highly interactive manner. To meet the needs swiss students of veterinary medicine, and those of advanced students studying for European Board qualifications (European College of Veterinary Pathology, ECVP), we are developing this new integrated online e-learning platform in veterinary pathology. In the near future, we hope this will also serve a pan-european audience of veterinary pathologists.

The platform is divided into three sections: general pathology lectures and organ modules, a veterinary pathology trainer for student self study and an expert forum for communication. Integrated will be links to other platforms, such as OLAT and Pathobasiliensis (Human pathology). We hope this project will break new ground in the teaching of Veterinary Pathology and to this end we have assembled a highly qualified team of experts, committed to its successful implementation.