Medical Schools' Ophthalmology Course: An Appraisal by Ophthalmology Residents.
academic
assessment
course
curriculum
ophthalmology
opinions
residents
specialty
Journal
International journal of general medicine
ISSN: 1178-7074
Titre abrégé: Int J Gen Med
Pays: New Zealand
ID NLM: 101515487
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2021
2021
Historique:
received:
05
08
2021
accepted:
18
10
2021
entrez:
25
11
2021
pubmed:
26
11
2021
medline:
26
11
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
To investigate the perception and satisfaction of ophthalmology residents with the currently provided ophthalmology curricula to medical students. A cross-sectional survey involving first to fourth year ophthalmology residents (N = 106) from all regions of Saudi Arabia was conducted between December 2018 and February 2019. An online questionnaire explored opinions about the ophthalmology course regarding three dimensions. Firstly, adequacy in covering essential parts of the specialty; secondly, improvements required; and thirdly, effectiveness. A score (0-21) was calculated, indicating the overall suitability of the ophthalmology course. In addition, factors of good overall suitability (score ≥10) were analyzed. Regarding adequacy, respondents opined that the ophthalmology course did not reasonably cover the basic part (35.8%), clinical part (61.3%), common disease (26.4%), and emergencies (39.6%). Concerning improvements required, more than 80% of the participants expressed that the course required to be improved for all its features, including duration (80.2%), objectives (85.8%), content (82.1%), organization (83.0%), and supervision (81.1%). As to effectiveness, half of them deemed the course unhelpful in familiarizing general practitioners with common ophthalmic diseases and emergencies. Overall, the ophthalmology course was generally deemed suitable (score ≥10) for only 27.4% of the participants, with no differences across gender, level, or region. Ophthalmology residents perceived multiple deficits in the current Saudi ophthalmology teaching course. Significant improvements in ophthalmologic curricula are required, besides coping with unprecedented technological advancement in the ophthalmological field.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34819744
doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S330044
pii: 330044
pmc: PMC8607127
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
8365-8372Informations de copyright
© 2021 Al-Najmi et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors report no conflicts of interest for this work.
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