DR. DHARMESWARI THANGARAJU

Dr. ANJALI KHADIA, Dr.Fredrick Mouttapa, Dr.Veena Kannusamy, Dr. Isha Gupta

Abstract

Traditional medical education teaching focuses mainly on didactic rather than hands-on training. Students often take extra time to understand complex squint procedures. Simulation in medical education has been established as a safe and efficient adjunct to learning clinical skills. They offer learner-centered education, mastering specific knowledge about strabismus surgery. It offers an alternative to the traditional teaching and in turn help in improving one’s reasoning skill. In our model, we use a transparent plastic ball, dyanoplast, to simulate the eyeball and the extra ocular muscles respectively. We explain the commonly practiced strabismus procedures, like recession, resection, Faden’s procedure, Hangback sutures using our 3 D model. Our eye model is low cost, easy to construct, easy to detach and reattach the muscle insertions, which may further strengthen students’ understanding of complex squint surgeries and make learning more varied, interesting, and effective.