Original articleAssessment of a Tele-education System to Enhance Retinopathy of Prematurity Training by International Ophthalmologists-in-Training in Mexico
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Methods
The Weill Cornell Medical College Human Studies Committee approved this as a prospective study for the analysis of retinal images and approved the educational material used in this study. Administration of the tele-education system was also reviewed by the Weill Cornell Medical College Human Studies Committee and was granted an exemption because it was considered research in an established or commonly accepted educational setting involving normal educational practices such as research on the
Results
Table S2 (available at www.aaojournal.org) summarizes key characteristics of the 58 ophthalmologists-in-training who participated in the study. Twenty-nine of 58 trainees (50%) were randomized to the intervention group, and of the 26 trainees who completed the ROP tele-education system, 6 (23%) were postgraduate year (PGY)–1 residents, 8 (31%) were PGY-2 residents, 7 (27%) were PGY-3 residents, and 5 (19%) were retina fellows. Twenty-nine of 58 trainees (50%) were randomized to the control
Discussion
The key findings of this study are as follows: (1) a tele-education system for ROP can improve the diagnostic accuracy of ROP by ophthalmologists-in-training from a middle-income nation; (2) intragrader agreement, as determined by the kappa statistic, improved for identification of plus disease, zone, stage, and category of ROP after completion of the tele-education system; and (3) the trainees completing the tele-education system felt that their understanding of the diagnosis of ROP improved
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Financial Disclosure(s): R.S., M.C.R., S.O., K.E.J., R.V.P.C., M.F.C.: Support – National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, MD) grant no. P30 EY010572.
J.P.C., S.O., M.F.C.: Support – National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, MD) grant no. R01 EY19474
M.F.C.: Support – National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, MD) grant no. R21 EY022387
M.F.C., R.S.: Support – grant no. T32 EY23211; Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute grant no. TL1TR000129 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
S.N.P., J.P.C., R.S., M.C.R., S.O., K.E.J., R.V.P.C., M.F.C.: unrestricted departmental funding – Research to Prevent Blindness, New York, NY
R.V.P.C., K.E.J.: iNsight Foundation, New York, NY; The Bernadotte Foundation for Children's Eyecare, New York, NY; Novartis Excellence in Ophthalmic Vision Award.
M.F.C.: Scientific advisory board – Clarity Medical Systems (Pleasanton, CA); Consultant – Novartis (Basel, Switzerland).
R.V.P.C.: Scientific advisory board – Visunex Medical Systems (Fremont, CA).
The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH. No funding organizations had any role in the design or conduct of this research.
Author Contributions:
Conception and design: Patel, Jonas, Ostmo, Chiang, Chan
Analysis and interpretation: Patel, Swan, Ryan, Jonas, Ostmo, Campbell, Chiang, Chan
Data collection: Patel, Martinez-Castellanos, Berrones-Medina, Swan, Ryan, Jonas, Ostmo, Campbell, Chiang, Chan
Obtained funding: Not applicable
Overall responsibility: Patel, Martinez-Castellanos, Berrones-Medina, Swan, Ryan, Jonas, Ostmo, Campbell, Chiang, Chan
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Members of the GEN-ROP Research Consortium: University of Illinois at Chicago (Chicago, IL): R.V. Paul Chan, MD, Karyn E. Jonas, RN. Oregon Health & Science University (Portland, OR): Michael F. Chiang, MD, Susan Ostmo, MS, J. Peter Campbell, MD, MPH. Weill Cornell Medical College (New York, NY): Vivien Yap, MD, Alexander D. Port, MD, Samir N. Patel, MD. Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto, ON, Canada): Leslie D. Mackeen, CRA. Asociacion para Evitar la Ceguera en Mexico (APEC) (Mexico City, Mexico): Maria Ana Martinez-Castellanos, MD, Samantha Salinas-Longoria, MD, Rafael Romero, MD, Andrea Arriola, MD. Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (Taoyuan, Taiwan): Wei-Chi Wu, MD. Ospital ng Makati (Makati City, Philippines): Rachelle Go Ang Sam Anzures, MD. Altino Ventura Foundation (Recife, Brazil): Camila V. Ventura, MD.
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Members of the i-ROP Research Consortium: Oregon Health & Science University (Portland, OR): Michael F. Chiang, MD, Susan Ostmo, MS, Kemal Sonmez, PhD, Sang Jin Kim, MD, PhD, J. Peter Campbell, MD, MPH. University of Illinois at Chicago (Chicago, IL): R.V. Paul Chan, MD, Karyn Jonas, RN. Weill Cornell Medical College (New York, NY): Anton Orlin, MD. Columbia University (New York, NY): Jason Horowitz, MD, Osode Coki, RN, Cheryl-Ann Eccles, RN, Leora Sarna, RN. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute (Miami, FL): Audina Berrocal, MD, Catherin Negron, BA. William Beaumont Hospital (Royal Oak, MI): Kimberly Denser, MD, Kristi Cumming, RN, Tammy Osentoski, RN, Tammy Check, RN, Mary Zajechowski, RN. Children's Hospital Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA): Thomas Lee, MD, Evan Kruger, BA, Kathryn McGovern, MPH. Cedars Sinai Hospital (Los Angeles, CA): Charles Simmons, MD, Raghu Murthy, MD, Sharon Galvis, NNP. LA Biomedical Research Institute (Los Angeles, CA): Jerome Rotter, MD, Ida Chen, PhD, Xiaohui Li, MD, Kent Taylor, PhD, Kaye Roll, RN. Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, MA): Jayashree Kalpathy-Cramer, PhD. Northeastern University (Boston, MA): Deniz Erdogmus, PhD, Stratis Ionnidis, PhD. Asociacion para Evitar la Ceguera en Mexico (APEC) (Mexico City, Mexico): Maria Ana Martinez-Castellanos, MD, Samantha Salinas-Longoria, MD, Rafael Romero, MD, Andrea Arriola, MD, Francisco Olguin-Manriquez, MD, Miroslava Meraz-Gutierrez, MD, Carlos M. Dulanto-Reinoso, MD, Cristina Montero-Mendoza, MD.