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Medical Schools’ Ophthalmology Course: An Appraisal by Ophthalmology Residents
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the perception and satisfaction of ophthalmology residents with the currently provided ophthalmology curricula to medical students. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey involving first to fourth year ophthalmology residents (N = 106) from all regions of Saudi Arabia was conduc...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8607127/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34819744 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S330044 |
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author | Al-Najmi, Yahya Abdulrahman Subki, Ahmed Hussein Alzaidi, Nazih Suwalih Butt, Nadeem Shafique Alsammahi, Alaa Abdulhamid Madani, Firas Mohamed Alsallum, Mohammed Saad Al-Harbi, Rakan Salah Alhibshi, Nizar Mohammed |
author_facet | Al-Najmi, Yahya Abdulrahman Subki, Ahmed Hussein Alzaidi, Nazih Suwalih Butt, Nadeem Shafique Alsammahi, Alaa Abdulhamid Madani, Firas Mohamed Alsallum, Mohammed Saad Al-Harbi, Rakan Salah Alhibshi, Nizar Mohammed |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To investigate the perception and satisfaction of ophthalmology residents with the currently provided ophthalmology curricula to medical students. METHODS: 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. RESULTS: 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. CONCLUSION: 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. |
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spelling | pubmed-86071272021-11-23 Medical Schools’ Ophthalmology Course: An Appraisal by Ophthalmology Residents Al-Najmi, Yahya Abdulrahman Subki, Ahmed Hussein Alzaidi, Nazih Suwalih Butt, Nadeem Shafique Alsammahi, Alaa Abdulhamid Madani, Firas Mohamed Alsallum, Mohammed Saad Al-Harbi, Rakan Salah Alhibshi, Nizar Mohammed Int J Gen Med Original Research OBJECTIVE: To investigate the perception and satisfaction of ophthalmology residents with the currently provided ophthalmology curricula to medical students. METHODS: 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. RESULTS: 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. CONCLUSION: 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. Dove 2021-11-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8607127/ /pubmed/34819744 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S330044 Text en © 2021 Al-Najmi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php). |
spellingShingle | Original Research Al-Najmi, Yahya Abdulrahman Subki, Ahmed Hussein Alzaidi, Nazih Suwalih Butt, Nadeem Shafique Alsammahi, Alaa Abdulhamid Madani, Firas Mohamed Alsallum, Mohammed Saad Al-Harbi, Rakan Salah Alhibshi, Nizar Mohammed Medical Schools’ Ophthalmology Course: An Appraisal by Ophthalmology Residents |
title | Medical Schools’ Ophthalmology Course: An Appraisal by Ophthalmology Residents |
title_full | Medical Schools’ Ophthalmology Course: An Appraisal by Ophthalmology Residents |
title_fullStr | Medical Schools’ Ophthalmology Course: An Appraisal by Ophthalmology Residents |
title_full_unstemmed | Medical Schools’ Ophthalmology Course: An Appraisal by Ophthalmology Residents |
title_short | Medical Schools’ Ophthalmology Course: An Appraisal by Ophthalmology Residents |
title_sort | medical schools’ ophthalmology course: an appraisal by ophthalmology residents |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8607127/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34819744 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S330044 |
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