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IYEYASU, Josie Naomi; CASTRO, Stella Maris da Costa e; SABBATINI, Renato Marcos Endrizzi  e  CARVALHO, Keila Monteiro de. The development and evaluation of a distance learning system in ophthalmology. Rev. Bras. Educ. Med. [online]. 2013, vol.37, n.01, pp.96-102. ISSN 1981-5271.

Introduction: Web-based e-learning is a teaching tool increasingly used in many medical schools and specialist fields, including ophthalmology. Aims: this pilot study aimed to develop internet-based course-based clinical cases and to evaluate the effectiveness of this method within a graduate medical education group. Methods: this was an interventional randomized study. First, a website was built using a distance learning platform. Sixteen first-year ophthalmology residents were then divided into two randomized groups: one experimental group, which was submitted to the intervention (use of the e-learning site) and another control group, which was not submitted to the intervention. The students answered a printed clinical case and their scores were compared. Results: there was no statistically significant difference between the groups. Conclusion: We were able to successfully develop the e-learning site and the respective clinical cases. Despite the fact that there was no statistically significant difference between the access and the non access group, the study was a pioneer in our department, since a clinical case online program had never previously been developed.

Palavras-chave : Internet; Distance learning; Computer Simulation; Strabismus.

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