Avaliação do conhecimento sobre urgências oftalmológicas dos acadêmicos da Faculdade de Medicina da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas

Rached, Carolina Roman; Oliveira, Tiago Cena de; Sousa, Camila Lacerda Muniz de Melo; Escudeiro, Isabela Minozzi; Mori, Lilian Pagano; Ferreira, Fernanda Proa; Xavier, Juliana Cixi Barbosa; Milioni, Beatriz Helena de Moraes; Figueiredo, Renan Radaeli de; Paula, M Alves

doi:10.1590/s0034-72802012000200005

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“…The recognition of risk factors for non-preventable diseases are conducted by general doctors in the primary health care scenario, which are, in most of the places, represented by recently graduated physicians. However, studies showed that those doctors manifest a huge deficit in ophthalmology knowledge during medical school and insecurity to initially assist and/or refer ophthalmological cases, compromising the proper approach of the patients [24][25][26]. This problem is possibly correlated to the exclusion of ocular health as a mandatory subject in the Brazilian medical curriculum, and less than half have the option of undertaking an elective clerkship in ophthalmology, increasingly distancing the specialty from the reality of the general practitioner [27,28].…”

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Smartphone-Based Fundus Camera and Telemedicine: A Study in the Brazilian Amazon Forest

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Mota Lanzarin

et al. 2024

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Smartphone-based fundus camera and telemedicine are an opportunity for accessing ocular health inequalities in underresourced areas. The objective of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of retinal findings in a community in the Amazon and propose strategies to enhance ocular health. A cross-sectional study was conducted in a river side community. Retinal photos from the posterior pole and optic disc were captured using a portable fundus camera. All photos and data were analyzed remotely by a retina specialist. The final sample was 107 participants, aged 52±17. Retinal findings were detected in 37.4% (95%CI 28.7–46.8) of the sample, the three main retinal findings were epithelial changes (10.3%, 95%CI 5.6–17.1), chorioretinal scars (8.4%, 95%CI 4.2–14.8), and dry Age-related Macular Degeneration (7.5%, 95%CI 3.6–13.6). This study detected retinal alterations in similar prevalence of other underresourced areas. Telemedicine is an opportunity to address health inequities, especially in ophthalmology, through relatively low-cost portable devices, supporting clinical decisions in areas with low health access, however, maintaining assistance after implementation is a challenge. Enhancing medical education and training local non-specialized health professionals for risk assessment, device handling, and data base use is reasonable to ensure follow-up.

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Smartphone-Based Fundus Camera and Telemedicine: A Study in the Brazilian Amazon Forest

Sabage,

Mota Lanzarin

et al. 2024

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“…Em nível nacional, algumas pesquisas apontam falhas no conhecimento oftalmológico dos estudantes de medicina, o que acaba levando à insegurança durante o atendimento, quando formados. (1,5,6) Graubart et al desenvolveram instruções, endossados pela Associação Universitária de Professores em Oftalmologia (Association of University Professores in Ophthalmology -AUPO), juntamente com a American Academy of Ophthalmology, de conteúdos que possam ser utilizados nos currículos para estudantes de medicina. (7) Da mesma forma, o International Council of Ophthalmology criou um manual para alunos de medicina com assuntos que seriam os pontos-chave de aprendizado em sua formação curricular.…”

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