Novice and Novel Ecosystem in Pathology Education. A Critical Review of the Evidence Running title: Novice and Novel ecosystem in pathology education.

Abstract

Introduction: Pathology is a branch of life science concerning the explanation for the origin and nature of disease and tissues examination and the study and diagnosis of the disease. A dental student has built the capability to spot pathological disease.Material and Methods: A questionnaire was prepared which consisted of 10 questions relating to the novice and novel ecosystem in pathology education. The type of questions was close ended. Results: 82.7% of the respondents have attended pathology classes to date while 17.3% have not attended and of the respondents have faced difficulties in understanding the topics in pathology. The chi-square test was analysed for the question association between gender and the respondents who have asked teachers to explain in case of difficulties. Th P value= 0.032 [p > 0.05] Conclusion: From this study, it is seen that nearly 82.69% have attended pathology class till date in Saveetha dental college which shows us that the students have good interests in the subject and have taken good records of the classes and have been motivated by their staff to perform in classes too.