A workshop on an innovative project “Creation of a Digital Database of Micromorphological Specimens and Its Application in the Teaching of Pathological Anatomy through the Development of Innovative Modules and an AI-Based Doctoral Programme”  was held at Tbilisi State Medical University. The project is led by Professor Rima Beriashvili, Head of the Department of Pathological Anatomy of TSMU. The project is being implemented within the framework of the World Bank-supported project “Innovation, Inclusion and Quality – Georgia I2Q”, with funding from the Competitive Innovation Fund (CIF). The partner institution of the project is Medical University of Graz (Austria).

Professor Rima Beriashvili, project researchers Aleko Kharebashvili, Nino Tevzadze and Manana Jikurishvili, together with Gernot Fiala, representative of the Medical University of Graz, discussed the principal directions of the project, including:

• The role of artificial intelligence in medicine and pathological anatomy.

• Modernization of laboratory infrastructure through the introduction of a digital slide scanner.

• Digitization of archival and current case specimens and the creation of a database tailored to the needs of the educational process.

• Development of a web-based platform hosting interactive digital slides for self-learning.

• Integration of innovative components into the teaching process through the development of modern assessment and self-assessment algorithms.

Artificial intelligence technologies will be integrated into undergraduate medical education, as well as into the professional training of pathology residents and the continuing medical education of practicing pathologists.

The workshop was attended by Aleksandre Buachidze, Chancellor of Tbilisi State Medical University, Tamar Sanikidze, Executive Director of the “Innovation, Inclusion and Quality – Georgia I2Q” project and Professor Sophia Bakhtadze, Vice-Rector of TSMU.