A systematic review identified 131 original studies describing 93 different ophthalmic simulation models, distributed across virtual reality, wet-lab, dry-lab and e-learning modalities.¶

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q3 i? The review included 131 original articles describing 93 different simulators, with 53 studies based on virtual reality tools, 47 on wet-lab models, 26 on dry-lab models and 5 on e-learning. → Lee Roxanne 2020

Evidence¶

Lee Roxanne 2020¶

Lee Roxanne, Raison Nicholas, Lau Wai Yan, Aydin Abdullatif, Dasgupta Prokar, Ahmed Kamran, Haldar Shreya. (2020). A systematic review of simulation-based training tools for technical and non-technical skills in ophthalmology. Eye. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-020-0832-1

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Systematic review results section reporting the final yield of the PRISMA search: 3989 articles were screened and "A total of 131 original articles were included in this systematic review". The abstract reports the modality breakdown: 53 virtual reality, 47 wet-lab, 26 dry-lab and 5 e-learning studies, covering 93 different simulators.

"A total of 131 original articles were included in this systematic review (Fig. 1). Details of findings are summarised in Tables 2–5 according to simulator type."

Discussion¶

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