Ownership of direct ophthalmoscopes by medical students
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Medical Education
- Vol. 26 (1) , 48-50
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2923.1992.tb00122.x
Abstract
In September 1986 the Department of Education and Science withdrew the equipment grant for clinical medical students. This coincided with a reduction of 50% in the level of ownership of direct ophthalmoscopes amongst a group of 51 medical students who commenced their medical studies after September 1986 (no longer eligible for the equipment grant), when compared with a group of 63 students (in the same clinical year) who started the medical course before 1 September 1986 and who were hence still able to claim the equipment grant. The majority of non-owners gave lack of finance as the reason for non-ownership. Owners of ophthalmoscopes performed ophthalmoscopy more frequently than non-owners, but the difference did not reach statistical significance.Keywords
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