PMID- 28774521 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20171102 LR - 20171102 IS - 1715-3360 (Electronic) IS - 0008-4182 (Linking) VI - 52 IP - 4 DP - 2017 Aug TI - A comparison of undergraduate clinical ophthalmology learning methods: smart phone television display versus slit-lamp teaching telescope. PG - 385-391 LID - S0008-4182(16)30300-3 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jcjo.2016.11.032 [doi] AB - 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. CI - Copyright (c) 2017 Canadian Ophthalmological Society. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Wenting, Sandy Zhou AU - Wenting SZ AD - Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore. FAU - Samin, Margaret Million AU - Samin MM AD - Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore, Singapore. FAU - Sanjay, Srinivasan AU - Sanjay S AD - Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore, Singapore. FAU - Neelam, Kumari AU - Neelam K AD - Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore, Singapore; Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore. FAU - Shibli, Khalil AU - Shibli K AD - Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore, Singapore. FAU - Chang, Su AU - Chang S AD - Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore, Singapore. FAU - Cheng, Jason AU - Cheng J AD - Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore, Singapore. Electronic address: cheng.jason@alexandrahealth.com.sg. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial DEP - 20170113 PL - England TA - Can J Ophthalmol JT - Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie JID - 0045312 SB - IM MH - Cross-Over Studies MH - *Curriculum MH - Education, Medical, Undergraduate/*methods MH - Educational Measurement MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Ophthalmology/*education MH - Prospective Studies MH - *Smartphone MH - Surveys and Questionnaires MH - *Teaching MH - *Telescopes MH - *Television MH - Young Adult EDAT- 2017/08/05 06:00 MHDA- 2017/11/03 06:00 CRDT- 2017/08/05 06:00 PHST- 2016/04/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/11/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/08/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/08/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/11/03 06:00 [medline] AID - S0008-4182(16)30300-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jcjo.2016.11.032 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Can J Ophthalmol. 2017 Aug;52(4):385-391. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2016.11.032. Epub 2017 Jan 13.