Eye Diseases
Conditions
Interventions
Interprofessional Eye Health Education package
Usual class lectures and individual review of the primary eye care training material shared online.
Sponsors
None listed
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Final-year or senior undergraduate students (years 3 and 4) in the College of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Rwanda. 2) Enrolled in one of the specified programmes: nursing, medicine, midwifery, pharmacy or ophthalmology (ophthalmic clinical officers). 3) Able and willing to provide informed consent to participate in the study and its follow-up.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Students who are not in the target programmes (e.g. outside nursing, medicine, midwifery, pharmacy and ophthalmology) would not be eligible. 2) Students who are not in the specified senior years (e.g. earlier years) would not be invited. 3)Students who do not give informed consent (or withdraw consent) would not be included in the sample.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change in eye health knowledge among participating students, as measured by validated written assessments administered immediately before and after the interprofessional eye health education intervention. Change in eye health clinical skills (including the use of the Arclight package and performance of core eye examination tasks), as measured by Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) stations and structured rating scales administered pre- and post-intervention. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change in interprofessional attitudes and self-reported collaborative practice behaviours among students, as measured by standardised interprofessional education/collaboration questionnaires administered at baseline and post-intervention. Organisational outcomes in participating hospitals and clinics where trained students later work, including indicators of: (i) quality and completeness of eye examinations, (ii) team communication and collaboration around eye care, and (iii) frequency and appropriateness of internal referrals related to eye conditions. Patient-level outcomes associated with interprofessional eye health education, including rates of earlier detection of eye disease and initiation of appropriate treatment or referral within the participating facilities over the follow-up period. | — |
Countries
Rwanda
Contacts
Public ContactGatera Fiston Kitema
Lecturer University of Rwanda
Outcome results
None listed