Comparison of Hands-on Versus Online Learning About Ocular Ultrasound

Samsung Medical Center32 enrolled

Overview

In patients who visit an emergency room with ocular symptoms, point-of-care ultrasound can quickly identify several emergency diseases. While training of eye ultrasound skills is useful for emergency physicians, hands-on education is risky in pandemic situation such as coronavirus disease 19 (COVID19). As a solution to this, non-face-to-face education via online has been on the rise. The investigators hypothesized that even an online education is enough to perform basic eye ultrasound by emergency physician.

Since the eye is an superficial organ, it has excellent access to ultrasound. Also, the eye has a liquid-filled structure (vitreous body), it is suitable for obtaining some important findings with bedside ultrasound. In patients who visit an emergency room with ocular symptoms, point-of-care ultrasound can quickly identify several emergency diseases. While training of eye ultrasound skills is useful for emergency physicians, hands-on education is risky in pandemic situation such as COVID19. As a solution to this, non-face-to-face education via online has been on the rise. The investigators hypothesized that even an online education is enough to perform basic eye ultrasound by emergency physician.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Emergencies

Interventions

online groupOTHER

In terms of teaching ultrasound, video lectures will be conducted rather than hands-on, which is the traditional method.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 50 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria for doctors: * Those who have received basic ultrasound education but have not received ocular ultrasound education * Residents and interns working in the emergency room * Those who voluntarily agree to participate in the research through the recruitment announcement Inclusion Criteria for standard patients: * Adults over 18 years of age without eye-related symptoms * Those who do not have unusual findings in the eye when scanning by ultrasound * Those who voluntarily agree to participate in the research through the recruitment announcement Exclusion Criteria for standard patients: * Those with a history of ophthalmic diseases * Those who have a history of ophthalmic surgery such as lens implantation

Locations (1)

Samsung Medical Center

Seoul, South Korea

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

scan score

We make our own guideline to evaluate ocular ultrasound scans. The ocular ultrasound images performed participants are evaluated according to the guideline. We compare the scores of the hands-on group and the online group to see if there is a significant difference between the two groups.

Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year

Secondary Outcomes

Optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD)

Two ultrasound experts measure the standard patient's ONSD and use it as a reference value. The course of ocular ultrasound scanning involves measuring ONSD. We compare the measured ONSD of the hands-on group and the online group to see if there is a significant difference between the two groups.

Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year

Central Contacts

Hee Yoon, MD., PhD.

CONTACT

+821099335581 wildhi.yoon@samsung.com

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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