PROCEDURAL SKILLS; LEARNING OF PROCEDURAL SKILLS IN OPHTHALMOLOGY THROUGH DIRECTLY OBSERVED PROCEDURAL SKILLS (DOPS) OR TRADITIONAL METHODS; A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL.

ul Haq, Inam; Jamil, Brekhna; Durrani, Misbah

Objective: To compare the effectiveness of Directly Observed Procedural Skills (DOPS) and Traditional Method of Learning of Procedural Skills in Ophthalmology at undergraduate Level. Setting: Armed Forces Institute of Ophthalmology Rawalpindi. Period: Nov 2015 to June 2016. Study Design: It is an interventional study and is based on randomized pre and post-test comparison of DOPS with Traditional method of teaching & learning procedural skills. Methods: After obtaining informed consent; a batch of 40 students were equally assigned to interventional and non interventional study groups through stratified randomization. The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCEs) was used as data collection instrument after validation. Pre and post test were taken from both groups before and after intervention. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 20. Results: By comparison of means of post test of two groups it was found that Post test torch examination traditional group had a mean of 5.35 and post test mean of DOPS group was 6.80 with a p value <0.05 which was significant. Post test Fundoscopy had a mean of 4.70 in traditional group and post test mean DOPS group was 6.50 with p value < 0.05. Conclusion: There is significant difference between the two groups and the students in DOPS group performed better than their counterparts in traditional group.

MEDICAL education; DRUG efficacy

Professional Medical Journal, 2018, Vol 25, Issue 8, p1207

1024-8919

Academic Journal

10.29309/tpmj/2018.25.08.75