Abstract :
Students of histology are often unaware of how the tissue sections they use are made. This separation from
reality becomes even greater when digital microscopy is used for teaching. We describe the making and use of a
short, 12 minute, film demonstrating the preparation of tissue sections for histology and histopathology. The aim
of this film is to demonstrate the basics of the techniques used in histological tissue section preparation rather
than an instructional video. The film is freely available on the University of Bristol You tube site
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PafHxS5bq9A) and has had over 42,000 hits worldwide since it was
uploaded in April 2013 including over 18,000 in the last year. The film has received many favourable comments
from viewers.
Keyword :
Histology, tissue processing, film, teaching