Each time a trainee detects a pathological finding, it is highlighted, and a findings tile appears on the touch screen providing medical background information. All detected findings are stored in the trainee’s personal findings library, which is also accessible on the VRmNet web portal. Trainees can use the findings menu on the simulator to start cases associated with the specific finding.

To teach slit lamp handling and illumination techniques, the Eyesi Slit Lamp courseware starts with abstract scenarios. Trainees get to know the functions of the slit lamp controls, such as control lever and rotation arms. The beginners course also introduces the optical phenomena of reflection, refraction, scattering, and absorption and teaches how to use them on the slit lamp to visualize ocular structures. Further, basic handling courses teach how to use the fundoscopy and gonioscopy lenses with the slit lamp.

In tier C of the courseware, virtual patients present with pathologies of the anterior and posterior segment, ranging from infections of the eyelids to diseases of the chorioretinal complex. In learning mode, trainees are guided to recognize typical signs of specific pathologies and to use common grading schemes, for example, for cataracts. Each time a trainee detects a pathological finding, a tile with medical background information appears on the touch screen and is additionally stored in the trainee’s library. Finally, in exam mode, trainees must examine and diagnose virtual patients without educational support.