A low cost surrogate eye model for corneal foreign body removal.
Cornea
Curriculum
Emergency medicine
Foreign body
Intraocular
Medical education
Ophthalmology
Simulation
Journal
BMC ophthalmology
ISSN: 1471-2415
Titre abrégé: BMC Ophthalmol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 100967802
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 Feb 2020
07 Feb 2020
Historique:
received:
23
08
2019
accepted:
07
01
2020
entrez:
8
2
2020
pubmed:
8
2
2020
medline:
19
12
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Patients commonly present to the Emergency Department with a corneal foreign body (FB). There is currently a lack of adequate training for junior doctors in the management of this condition. Our self-made surrogate eye model aims to address this void in our junior doctors' knowledge. Participants were guided through a hands-on session with a slit-lamp using our eye model, which is made of a hemispherical agar embedded with pencil lead fragments simulating as FBs. Using a 7-point Likert scale, all participants completed a questionnaire both before and after training, for: (1) knowledge in corneal FB removal, (2) confidence in corneal FB removal, and (3) effectiveness of the model. Out of 73 participants, 82.2% (60/73) had no prior experience in corneal FBs removal. After the training session, their knowledge improved from a median score of 2 (interquartile range [IQR] 1 to 3) to 5 (IQR 5 to 6), with improvement in confidence levels from 2 (IQR 1 to 2) to 5 (IQR 4 to 6). The effectiveness of our eye model scored a median of 6 (IQR 5 to 7). Our surrogate eye model is low-cost, quick and easy to reproduce. After use, our learners expressed greater confidence in managing the removal of corneal FBs and use of slit lamp. With a recent focus in patient safety and quality, teaching this procedure via simulation is a safe way of bridging the gap between traditional didactic teaching and the clinical environment.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Patients commonly present to the Emergency Department with a corneal foreign body (FB). There is currently a lack of adequate training for junior doctors in the management of this condition. Our self-made surrogate eye model aims to address this void in our junior doctors' knowledge.
METHODS
METHODS
Participants were guided through a hands-on session with a slit-lamp using our eye model, which is made of a hemispherical agar embedded with pencil lead fragments simulating as FBs. Using a 7-point Likert scale, all participants completed a questionnaire both before and after training, for: (1) knowledge in corneal FB removal, (2) confidence in corneal FB removal, and (3) effectiveness of the model.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Out of 73 participants, 82.2% (60/73) had no prior experience in corneal FBs removal. After the training session, their knowledge improved from a median score of 2 (interquartile range [IQR] 1 to 3) to 5 (IQR 5 to 6), with improvement in confidence levels from 2 (IQR 1 to 2) to 5 (IQR 4 to 6). The effectiveness of our eye model scored a median of 6 (IQR 5 to 7).
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Our surrogate eye model is low-cost, quick and easy to reproduce. After use, our learners expressed greater confidence in managing the removal of corneal FBs and use of slit lamp. With a recent focus in patient safety and quality, teaching this procedure via simulation is a safe way of bridging the gap between traditional didactic teaching and the clinical environment.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32028904
doi: 10.1186/s12886-020-1310-z
pii: 10.1186/s12886-020-1310-z
pmc: PMC7006147
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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