Department of Ophthalmology, Chonnam National University Medical School and Hospital, 42 Jebongro, Dong-gu, Gwangju, 61469, Republic of Korea.
Department of Education, College of Education, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Sci Rep. 2021 Mar 15;11(1):5891. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-85265-8.
To study the usefulness of virtual reality (VR)-based training for diagnosing strabismus. Fourteen residents in ophthalmology performed at least 30 VR training sessions to diagnose esotropia and exotropia. Examinations of real patients with esotropia or exotropia before and after the VR training were video-recorded and presented to a strabismus expert to assess accuracy and performance scores for measuring the deviation angle and diagnosing strabismus with anonymization. A feedback survey regarding the usefulness and ease of use of the VR application was conducted for participants. The mean age of the 14 ophthalmology residents (10 men and 4 women), was 29.7 years. Before VR training, participants showed a mean accuracy score of 14.50 ± 5.45 and a performance score of 9.64 ± 4.67 for measuring the deviation angle and diagnosing strabismus in real patients with strabismus. After VR training, they showed a significantly improved accuracy score of 22.14 ± 4.37 (p = 0.012) and a performance score of 15.50 ± 1.99 (p = 0.011). According to the survey, most participants agreed on the usefulness of VR applications. This study suggests that VR-based training improved ophthalmology residents' clinical diagnostic skills for strabismus in a short period.
研究基于虚拟现实 (VR) 的斜视诊断培训的实用性。14 名眼科住院医师至少进行了 30 次 VR 培训，以诊断内斜视和外斜视。在 VR 培训前后，对患有内斜视或外斜视的真实患者进行了视频记录，并呈现给斜视专家，以评估测量斜视角度和诊断斜视的准确性和绩效评分，并进行匿名处理。参与者对 VR 应用程序的实用性和易用性进行了反馈调查。14 名眼科住院医师（10 名男性和 4 名女性）的平均年龄为 29.7 岁。在 VR 培训之前，参与者在测量斜视患者的斜视角度和诊断斜视方面的准确性评分为 14.50±5.45，绩效评分为 9.64±4.67。在 VR 培训之后，他们的准确性评分显著提高到 22.14±4.37（p=0.012），绩效评分提高到 15.50±1.99（p=0.011）。根据调查，大多数参与者都认为 VR 应用程序有用。这项研究表明，基于 VR 的培训可以在短时间内提高眼科住院医师的斜视临床诊断技能。
