Evaluation of a digital simulator to train diagnostic skills in Ophthalmology
Direct Ophthalmoscopy is an important tool to detect pathologies e.g. on the optic nerve head. The training of the needed skills is made conventionally in most cases. In such the training sessions students examine each other after dilating one pupil. Examining of patients with pathologies is very important, but in many cases not very easy without any experience. Simulators are of growing impact to teach diagnostic or surgical skills. A digital simulator with virtual reality technology is used to teach the skills to unexperienced examiners. The head-eye-hand-coordination can be trained without any stress.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
78
A digital simulator is used to teach the skills of direct ophthalmoscopy
Total examined area
The area that was examined (light on retina) by participants was measured \[percent of total area\].
Time frame: 1 hour
Efficiency
Ratio of examination time (light in pupil) and total examined area \[ratio\]
Time frame: 1 hour
Learning effect
Total examined area results and efficiency ratios were compared between simulator case 1 and simulator case 5.
Time frame: 1 hour
Questionnaire
A questionnaire was used to measure the self-evaluation of the trained persons
Time frame: 1 hour
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