Sandy Zhou Wenting1, Margaret Million Samin2, Srinivasan Sanjay2, Kumari Neelam3, Khalil Shibli2, Su Chang2, Jason Cheng4. 1. Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore. 2. Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore, Singapore. 3. Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore, Singapore; Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore. 4. Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore, Singapore. Electronic address: cheng.jason@alexandrahealth.com.sg.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To compare medical students' preference of smart phone television display (SPTD) to a slit-lamp teaching telescope (SLTT) in undergraduate clinical ophthalmology education. METHODS: This is a randomized, crossover, comparative study. Pairs of medical students were randomly assigned to 2 teaching sessions using either SPTD first followed by SLTT or in reverse order. Students were asked to give feedback on the 2 teaching devices by answering 6 questions using a numeric rating score from 1 to 10. All participating students were sent the results of the study 1 month after the completion of the study and were asked to reflect upon the outcome. RESULTS:Thirty-eight students were recruited. The overall satisfaction scores were significantly higher for SPTD than SLTT (8.6 ± 1.4 vs 7.5 ± 1.0, p < 0.01). The students preferred SPTD compared with SLTT in terms of "visualization" (8.5 ± 1.4 vs 7.0 ± 1.3, p < 0.01), "ocular sign description" (8.4 ± 1.3 vs 7.2 ± 1.2, p < 0.01), "ocular anatomy understanding" (8.3 ± 1.2 vs 7.6 ± 1.2, p < 0.01), and "confidence in identifying clinical signs" (8.4 ± 1.2 vs 7.5 ± 1.2, p < 0.01). A larger proportion of the students gave higher scores to SPTD compared with SLTT in all questions. All students who responded to the follow-up questionnaire (n = 14) agreed with our interpretation of the data and would support the use of SPTD in undergraduate clinical ophthalmology teaching. CONCLUSIONS: Our study has demonstrated that the utility of SPTD as a teaching aid can significantly increase the satisfaction of undergraduate medical students during their ophthalmology attachment. It offers specific practical advantages in teaching medical students over the traditional SLTT.
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OBJECTIVE: To compare medical students' preference of smart phone television display (SPTD) to a slit-lamp teaching telescope (SLTT) in undergraduate clinical ophthalmology education. METHODS: This is a randomized, crossover, comparative study. Pairs of medical students were randomly assigned to 2 teaching sessions using either SPTD first followed by SLTT or in reverse order. Students were asked to give feedback on the 2 teaching devices by answering 6 questions using a numeric rating score from 1 to 10. All participating students were sent the results of the study 1 month after the completion of the study and were asked to reflect upon the outcome. RESULTS: Thirty-eight students were recruited. The overall satisfaction scores were significantly higher for SPTD than SLTT (8.6 ± 1.4 vs 7.5 ± 1.0, p < 0.01). The students preferred SPTD compared with SLTT in terms of "visualization" (8.5 ± 1.4 vs 7.0 ± 1.3, p < 0.01), "ocular sign description" (8.4 ± 1.3 vs 7.2 ± 1.2, p < 0.01), "ocular anatomy understanding" (8.3 ± 1.2 vs 7.6 ± 1.2, p < 0.01), and "confidence in identifying clinical signs" (8.4 ± 1.2 vs 7.5 ± 1.2, p < 0.01). A larger proportion of the students gave higher scores to SPTD compared with SLTT in all questions. All students who responded to the follow-up questionnaire (n = 14) agreed with our interpretation of the data and would support the use of SPTD in undergraduate clinical ophthalmology teaching. CONCLUSIONS: Our study has demonstrated that the utility of SPTD as a teaching aid can significantly increase the satisfaction of undergraduate medical students during their ophthalmology attachment. It offers specific practical advantages in teaching medical students over the traditional SLTT.
Authors: Yahya Abdulrahman Al-Najmi; Ahmed Hussein Subki; Nazih Suwalih Alzaidi; Nadeem Shafique Butt; Alaa Abdulhamid Alsammahi; Firas Mohamed Madani; Mohammed Saad Alsallum; Rakan Salah Al-Harbi; Nizar Mohammed Alhibshi Journal: Int J Gen Med Date: 2021-11-17