Does access to a portable ophthalmoscope improve skill acquisition in direct ophthalmoscopy? A method comparison study in undergraduate medical education [PDF]
BMC Medical Education, 2019 Background Direct ophthalmoscopy (DO) is an essential skill for medical graduates but there are multiple barriers to learning this. Medical students and junior doctors typically lack confidence in DO.
J. A. Gilmour-White +6 more
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Needs assessment for direct ophthalmoscopy training in neurology residency [PDF]
BMC Medical EducationBackground Assessment of the ocular fundus, traditionally by direct ophthalmoscopy (DO), is essential to evaluate many neurologic diseases. However, the status of DO training in neurology residencies is unknown.
Jasmeet Saroya +6 more
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'Ring scotoma of ophthalmologists': a direct ophthalmoscopy view. [PDF]
BMJ Case Rep, 2020 Use of direct ophthalmoscopy and missing peripheral retinal disorders is a global health problem which should be addressed soon. As an ophthalmologist at a tertiary centre, we see a lot of cases of retinal detachment with cause being at periphery like horseshoe tear/lattice and retinitis lesions.
Reddy S, Rani PK.
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Comparison of smartphone ophthalmoscopy vs conventional direct ophthalmoscopy as a teaching tool for medical students: the COSMOS study [PDF]
Clinical Ophthalmology, 2019 Yeji Kim, Daniel L Chao Department of Ophthalmology, Shiley Eye Institute, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA Purpose: To investigate the utility of smartphone ophthalmology for medical students for learning fundoscopy compared with direct ...
Kim Y, Chao DL
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The Use of Peer Optic Nerve Photographs for Teaching Direct Ophthalmoscopy [PDF]
Ophthalmology, 2013 OBJECTIVE: To use a novel teaching exercise to encourage students to practice ophthalmoscopy and to measure the learning effect both subjectively and objectively. DESIGN: Comparative case series.
Janet Riddle, Ali R Djalilian
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Comparison of conventional and wide field direct ophthalmoscopy on medical students’ self-confidence for fundus examination: a 1-year follow-up [PDF]
BMC Medical Education, 2021 Background Fundus examination is an easy, quick and effective way to diagnose sight- and life-threatening diseases. However, medical students and physicians report lack of proficiency and self-confidence in perform fundoscopy.
Gabriel Ayub +3 more
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Voluntary Flutter Presenting During Ophthalmoscopy: A Case Report [PDF]
Case Reports in Ophthalmology, 2022 Voluntary flutter (sometimes known as “voluntary nystagmus”) is a conjugate saccadic oscillation of the eyes that occurs in some healthy individuals. It has no relation to pathological nystagmus, which can manifest in infancy or become acquired later in ...
Nikita Thomas +2 more
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Evaluation of medical student performance and satisfaction of simulator-based direct ophthalmoscopy training using a new refractive adjustment fundoscopic examination simulator—ICEyeModel: a comparative randomised crossover study [PDF]
BMC Medical EducationBackground The use of simulators for ophthalmology training is growing globally. However, all developed simulators have certain limits based on different circumstances.
Ratima Chokchaitanasin +2 more
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Ophthalmoscopy simulation: advances in training and practice for medical students and young ophthalmologists [PDF]
Advances in Medical Education and Practice, 2017 Lucas Holderegger Ricci,1 Caroline Amaral Ferraz2 1Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Laureate International Universities, São Paulo (SP), Brazil; 2Department of Ophthalmology, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), S ...
Ricci LH, Ferraz CA
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Fundoscopy in the smartphone age: current ophthalmoscopy methods in neurology
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2023 The observation of the human retina in vivo began in 1851 after the invention of the first ophthalmoscope by the German physicist Hermann von Helmholtz.
Richard Henrik Corr
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