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. 2022 Oct 11;14(10):e30190.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.30190. eCollection 2022 Oct.

A Porcine-Based Task Trainer for the Instruction of Seidel's Test and Ocular Foreign Body Removal

Nickolas E Srica  1 , Ryan Walsh  1 , Joseph Sikon  1 , Lawrence Stack  1
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A Porcine-Based Task Trainer for the Instruction of Seidel's Test and Ocular Foreign Body Removal

Nickolas E Srica et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

Ophthalmologic emergencies account for tens of thousands of patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) each year. Studies continue to show that ophthalmology education in medical school is limited, and this leads to many resident physicians who lack confidence in their ophthalmological examination and procedural skills if opportunities to practice these skills are not deliberately sought out during their training. Medical simulation continues to be an excellent way for physicians to learn and master these anxiety-inducing procedures. We present a newly modified, innovative, and realistic porcine-based emergency ophthalmologic procedural task trainer with live television screen projection to further improve Emergency Medicine (EM) resident education on the performance of Seidel's test and ocular foreign body removal.

Keywords: emergency medicine training; emergency ophthalmology; medical simulation; ocular foreign body; open globe; seidel’s test; simulation trainer; trainer.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Enlarged image showing the full slit lamp setup, including digital single-lens reflex camera (far right), TTI Medical Accu-Beam® Digital SLR Adapter (arrow) and Accu-Beam® Universal C-mount Video Adapter (star), and HDMI cable connection from camera to television for the projection (square).
Figure 2
Figure 2. TTI Medical Accu-Beam® Digital SLR Adapter (arrow) and Accu-Beam® Universal C-mount Video Adapter (star).
Figure 3
Figure 3. Seidel’s test being performed on our task trainer with television screen projection of slit lamp.
Figure 4
Figure 4. Seidel’s test being performed on our task trainer with a television screen projection of slit lamp.
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