Evidence for commonly used teaching, learning and assessment methods in contact lens clinical skills education

Craig Woods, Shehzad Naroo, Fabrizio Zeri, May Bakkar, Fakhruddin Barodawala, Vicki Evans, Daddi Fadel, Lavanya Kalikivayi, Madalena Lira, Vinod Maseedupally, Sonia Trave Huarte, Frank Eperjesi

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Abstract

Introduction: Evidence based practice is now an important part of healthcare education. The aim of this narrative literature review was to determine what evidence exists on the efficacy of commonly used teaching and learning and assessment methods in the realm of contact lens skills education (CLE) in order to provide insights into best practice. A summary of the global regulation and provision of postgraduate learning and continuing professional development in CLE is included. Method: An expert panel of educators was recruited and completed a literature review of current evidence of teaching and learning and assessment methods in healthcare training, with an emphasis on health care, general optometry and CLE. Results: No direct evidence of benefit of teaching and learning and assessment methods in CLE were found. There was evidence for the benefit of some teaching and learning and assessment methods in other disciplines that could be transferable to CLE and could help students meet the intended learning outcomes. There was evidence that the following teaching and learning methods helped health-care and general optometry students meet the intended learning outcomes; clinical teaching and learning, flipped classrooms, clinical skills videos and clerkships. For assessment these methods were; essays, case presentations, objective structured clinical examinations, self-assessment and formative assessment. There was no evidence that the following teaching and learning methods helped health-care and general optometry students meet the intended learning outcomes; journal clubs and case discussions. Nor was any evidence found for the following assessment methods; multiple-choice questions, oral examinations, objective structured practical examinations, holistic assessment, and summative assessment. Conclusion: Investigation into the efficacy of common teaching and learning and assessment methods in CLE are required and would be beneficial for the entire community of contact lens educators, and other disciplines that wish to adapt this approach of evidence-based teaching.

Original languageEnglish
Article number101821
Number of pages10
JournalContact lens & anterior eye : the journal of the British Contact Lens Association
Volume46
Issue number2
Early online date16 Feb 2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2023

Bibliographical note

Copyright © 2023 British Contact Lens Association. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. The version of record can be found here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clae.2023.101821

Keywords

  • Contact lens
  • Group work
  • Blended learning
  • Case-based learning
  • Evidence-based teaching
  • Clinical training

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