Ophthalmology education in pediatric residency training programs

Evaluation of an Ophthalmoscopy Simulator to Teach Funduscopy Skills to Pediatric Residents

“…The results of our pre-intervention survey suggest similar levels of background direct funduscopy training and confidence amongst our postgraduate trainees as that reported previously in other international, US and Canadian centers. 2,[4][5][6][7] In 2007, Wu et al 14 found that internists, residents and medical students reported the lowest selfconfidence in performing a nondilated funduscopic examination among all physical examination skills. After 2 years, Noble et al 4 reported that 64% of Canadian medical school graduates described a lack of exposure to ophthalmology in their undergraduate medical curriculum.…”

“…4 Not surprisingly, most primary care physicians view their undergraduate ophthalmology medical education as inadequate, which may translate into a lack of confidence in performing funduscopic assessments. 2,4,[6][7][8] A number of different teaching methods have been used to train and evaluate students in direct ophthalmoscopy examination skills in the past, but their effectiveness is limited. Previous techniques have included practice on fellow students, and funduscopic examination on patients with verbal confirmation of pathologic findings.…”