Crespi-Flores Vanessa Gonçalves, Minguini Nilza, Temporini Edméia Rita, Carvalho Keila Monteiro de
Faculty of Medical Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil.
Arq Bras Oftalmol. 2012 May-Jun;75(3):188-91. doi: 10.1590/s0004-27492012000300008.
To verify Ophthalmology resident's and supervisor's perceptions regarding learning and teaching strabismus surgery.
Descriptive Study.
1(st) and 2(nd) year residents. Each resident studied the standard strabismus surgery technique on a CD-ROM, then performed a rabbit rectus muscle recession and a strabismus surgery on a patient. A structured questionnaire was handed to the residents, and the authors made observations including variables referring to the surgical technique applied, self-evaluation of this technique and if appropriate training was given.
Thirty-eight questionnaires were analysed. All 1(st) year residents (R1) had had some difficulty remembering the surgery sequence and 69.6% of 2(nd) year residents (R2). Concerning the surgical material handling, 93.3% of R1 and 52.2% of R2 had had any difficulty. The residents reported that during the surgery in humans, 50% remembered the experimental stage and that this training completely fulfilled their needs for 47% and partially for other 47%.
Experimental surgery, more practice opportunities and resident's supervision may improve the teaching of strabismus surgery.
