Fazekas Balazs, Moledina Malik, Singhania Nehal, Tambe Katya
Ophthalmology - Oculoplastics, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, GBR.
Ophthalmology, Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, GBR.
Cureus. 2025 Mar 27;17(3):e81271. doi: 10.7759/cureus.81271. eCollection 2025 Mar.
Purpose This survey aims to explore the attitudes of ophthalmologist oculoplastic surgeons in the United Kingdom (UK) towards specific advances in artificial intelligence (AI). Methods A web-based anonymised survey was distributed to oculoplastic surgeons in the UK between October 2023 and March 2024. The survey evaluated attitudes towards specific AI advances using a five-point scale. Questions were designed to ascertain understanding, application, as well as attitudes towards anticipated future developments, barriers and challenges of AI within the current oculoplastic clinical landscape. Results In total, 77 survey responses were analysed from oculoplastic surgeons practising around the UK. The majority of the responses were from oculoplastic consultants (64%, 44/69), with other responses from oculoplastic fellows (12%, 8/69), ophthalmology consultants (10%, 7/69), speciality training surgeons (6%, 4/69) and other ophthalmology clinicians (9%). The responses highlighted that there is a widespread level of subjective understanding of the topic of AI, a low level of current AI in clinical practice and an anticipation that AI will have a noticeable impact in the next one to five years (45%, 29/64) or five to 10 years (36%, 23/64) in the UK. Specific applications of applications of AI are also discussed in further detail. Conclusions Oculoplastic surgeons feel that AI will have an imminent role in this speciality, but there is a low level of self-rated knowledge and low current use of AI in clinical practice. Given the potential of this technology, further resources need to be invested into equipping Oculoplastic surgeons to feel more prepared for this technological revolution.
目的 本次调查旨在探究英国眼科整形医生对人工智能（AI）特定进展的态度。方法 2023年10月至2024年3月期间，向英国的眼科整形医生发放了一份基于网络的匿名调查问卷。该调查采用五点量表评估对AI特定进展的态度。问题旨在确定在当前眼科整形临床环境中对AI的理解、应用，以及对预期未来发展、障碍和挑战的态度。结果 共分析了来自英国各地执业的眼科整形医生的77份调查问卷回复。大多数回复来自眼科整形顾问（64%，44/69），其他回复来自眼科整形专科住院医生（12%，8/69）、眼科顾问（10%，7/69）、专科培训外科医生（6%，4/69）和其他眼科临床医生（9%）。回复表明，对AI主题存在广泛的主观理解，临床实践中当前AI应用水平较低，并且预计AI将在未来一到五年（45%，29/64）或五到十年（36%，23/64）对英国产生显著影响。还进一步详细讨论了AI的具体应用。结论 眼科整形医生认为AI将在该专业中发挥重要作用，但自我评估的知识水平较低，且临床实践中AI的当前使用程度较低。鉴于这项技术的潜力，需要投入更多资源，使眼科整形医生为这场技术革命做好更充分的准备。
