From Access to Collaboration: Four African Pathologists Profile Their Use of the Internet and Social Media

Julia Royall; Micongwe Moses Isyagi; Yawale Iliyasu; Robert Lukande; Edda Vuhahula

doi:10.1016/j.cll.2017.10.005

From Access to Collaboration: Four African Pathologists Profile Their Use of the Internet and Social Media

Julia Royall, Micongwe Moses Isyagi, Yawale Iliyasu, Robert Lukande, Edda Vuhahula

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Abstract

The shared practice of pathology via the Internet holds great potential for pathologists in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and their global partners. Application of the Internet is constrained by issues of bandwidth, cost, and power. The penetration of mobile telephony and the arrival of smartphones have changed the use of Internet and social media in Africa and therefore the work of the 4 African pathologists featured in this article. As pathology in SSA struggles for visibility and usefulness, the Internet and its electronic applications provide a critical infrastructure as well as a podium for pathologists across the continent.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	53-66
Number of pages	14
Journal	Clinics in laboratory medicine
Volume	38
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cll.2017.10.005
State	Published - Mar 1 2018
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Africa
Internet
Pathology
Social media
Telepathology

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Clinical Biochemistry
Biochemistry, medical

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