Abstract
PURPOSE: To evaluate the Piaui Federal University graduating medical students’ knowledge in basic ophthalmology, in order to promote curricular changes in this course. METHODS: Students that had already passed the ophthalmology course were asked to answer a standard questionnaire containing 10 multiple choice questions about some ophthalmology topics considered important in the general Doctor’s graduation, such as blinding prevention and ophthalmic emergencies. The students were also asked if they would feel secure and comfortable if they had to manage an [...]
Highlights
Students that had already passed the ophthalmology course were asked to answer a standard questionnaire containing 10 multiple choice questions about some ophthalmology topics considered important in the general Doctor's graduation, such as blinding prevention and ophthalmic emergencies.The students were asked if they would feel secure and comfortable if they had to manage an ophthalmologic urgency, and if not, why was that so
As for the Blindness prevention questions, the correct answer index was 71%, where just 60,40% of the students could identify the characteristics fundoscopic changes seen in hypertensive retinopathy
The data shows that Piaui Federal University medical students do not feel capable to perform the first management in ophthalmologic urgencies
Summary
Purpose: To evaluate the Piaui Federal University graduating medical students' knowledge in basic ophthalmology, in order to promote curricular changes in this course.
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