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Slit lamp handling & recognition of pathologies

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Eyesi Slit Lamp courseware

From device handling to clinical cases

The Eyesi Slit Lamp curriculum consists of four tiers, which focus on different key aspects of slit lamp examinations. The beginners’ courses allow trainees to become acquainted with slit lamp handling and illumination techniques. The advanced courses introduce a range of clinical pictures and standard grading systems. Trainees proceed through the curriculum by completing the courses of a tier successively.

Abstract training scenarios

Tier A: Device handling & illumination techniques

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.

Examining the healthy eye

Tier B: Recognizing anatomical structures

By examining healthy eyes of patients of different gender, age, and ethnicity, trainees learn to visualize anatomical features and get familiar with variations of normal eyes. Basic examination training aims at gaining routine in examining patients' eyelids, conjunctiva, and cornea. Visual clues guide trainees through the tasks of the procedure, for example, with green and red marks indicating whether the examination area is in focus. Moreover, trainees can retract the eyelids to examine the upper and lower bulbar conjunctiva.

Database of virtual patients

Tier C: Findings & diagnoses

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.

Clinical cases

Tier D: Diagnoses & therapy

The clinical cases feature detailed patient histories and support trainees in developing diagnostic skills. By means of multiple-choice forms, their findings specifications, diagnoses, and therapeutic decisions are evaluated by the training system. The clinical cases of the Eyesi Slit Lamp courseware are based on real patient cases and have been developed in cooperation with university eye clinics.

Findings tiles

Medical background

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.