Eye Diseases Surgery Educational intention, cataract, glaucoma
Conditions
Interventions
Intense simulation-based surgical training
Conventional Standard Training Alone
Sponsors
LSHTM
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: OLIMPICS Trial (SICS): Inclusion Criteria ¿ Less than one complete SICS procedure performed ¿ Parts of less than ten separate SICS procedures performed ¿ Trainee ophthalmologist in year one or two of MMed course of collaborating Institution. ¿ Agree to be randomly allocated to ¿Intervention¿ or ¿Control¿ training groups ¿ Agree to, and sign agreement not discuss, or share in any way, any of the details of the educational intervention for the first three months ¿ Agree to baseline assessment, assessment at three, twelve and fifteen months; Agree to monitor, anonymise, and report all surgical outcomes of all patients operated during the fifteen month period (month 0 to 15) ¿ Good English language skills OLIMPICS Trial (SICS): Exclusion Criteria ¿ One or more complete SICS procedures performed ¿ Performed parts of ten or more separate SICS procedures
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: GLASS Trial (Trabeculectomy): Inclusion Criteria ¿ Less than one complete surgical trabeculectomy procedure performed ¿ Parts of less than five surgical trabeculectomy procedures performed ¿ Trainee ophthalmologist in year three or four of MMed course of collaborating Institution ¿ Agree to be randomly allocated to ¿Intervention¿ or ¿Control¿ training groups ¿ Agree, and sign agreement to not discuss, or share in any way, and of the details of the educational intervention for the first three months ¿ Agree to baseline assessment, assessment at three, twelve and fifteen months; Agree to monitor, anonymise, and report all surgical outcomes of all patients operated during the fifteen month period (month 0 to 15) ¿ Good English language skills GLASS Trial (Trabeculectomy): Exclusion Criteria ¿ One or more trabeculectomy procedures performed ¿ Performed parts of five or more separate trabeculectomy procedures
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| mean global competency assessment score, using the ophthalmic simulation surgical competency assessment rubric (OSSCAR) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| mean global competency assessment score, using the ophthalmic simulation surgical competency assessment rubric (OSSCAR);mean global competency assessment score, using the ophthalmic simulation surgical competency assessment rubric (OSSCAR);mean global competency assessment score, using the ophthalmology surgical competency assessment rubric (OSCAR);mean global competency assessment score, using the ophthalmology surgical competency assessment rubric (OSCAR);Numbers and visual outcomes of surgeries | — |
Countries
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Contacts
Public ContactPatricia Henley
Quality & Governance Manager
Outcome results
None listed