Summary of Royal College of Pathologist’s endorsed validation protocol for digital primary diagnosis
| Phase | Overview |
| Training | One-to-one formalised training in digital microscope use Observed practice with feedback |
| Validation training cases | Training set of approximately 20 challenging and informative cases relevant to the pathologist's scope of work Participant views digital slides, makes notes on diagnosis and immediately checks corresponding glass slides, noting any difference in opinion Allows identification and mitigation of pitfalls |
| Validation—live reporting | All cases scanned prospectively Diagnosis made on digital slides with reconciliation with glass slides prior to sign-out Pathologist aims to complete approximately 2 months whole time equivalent workload in this way Difficulties reported and discussed Library of problematic cases assembled and viewed with group |
| Summary and recommendations | Validation document produced with each pathologist documenting concordance/discordance Recommendations made for scope of digital practice/further training |