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Comment
. 2021 Sep;35(9):2648-2650.
doi: 10.1038/s41433-020-01182-6. Epub 2020 Sep 14.

Comment on: Transforming ophthalmic education into virtual learning during COVID-19 pandemic: a global perspective

Nikolaos Tzoumas  1   2 , Toby Boote  3 , Jennie Higgs  3 , Heather Ellis  3 , Baljean Dhillon  3 , Peter Cackett  3
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Comment on: Transforming ophthalmic education into virtual learning during COVID-19 pandemic: a global perspective

Nikolaos Tzoumas et al. Eye (Lond). 2021 Sep.
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Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1. An example resource design for teaching glaucoma, integrating various sources of information to communicate essential clinical information effectively through use of visual information.
Clinical image courtesy of Jonathan Trobe, M.D., accessed at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acute_Angle_Closure-glaucoma.jpg, no changes made (CC BY 3.0).
Fig. 2
Fig. 2. Pretest and posttest comparison of mean percent of maximum possible scores (POMS) achieved in each key domain.
Error bars signify confidence intervals. POMS = [(observed − minimum)/(maximum − minimum)].
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