Procedural skills;: learning of procedural skills in ophthalmology through directly observed procedural skills (dops) or traditional methods; a randomized controlled trial

Objective: To compare the effectiveness of Directly Observed ProceduralSkills (DOPS) and Traditional Method of Learning of Procedural Skills in Ophthalmology atundergraduate Level. Setting: Armed Forces Institute of Ophthalmology Rawalpindi. Period:Nov 2015 to June 2016. Study Design: It is an interventional study and is based on randomizedpre and post-test comparison of DOPS with Traditional method of teaching & learning proceduralskills. Methods: After obtaining informed consent; a batch of 40 students were equally assignedto interventional and non interventional study groups through stratified randomization. TheObjective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCEs) was used as data collection instrument aftervalidation. Pre and post test were taken from both groups before and after intervention. Thedata were analyzed using SPSS version 20. Results: By comparison of means of post test oftwo groups it was found that Post test torch examination traditional group had a mean of 5.35and post test mean of DOPS group was 6.80 with a p value <0.05 which was significant. Posttest Fundoscopy had a mean of 4.70 in traditional group and post test mean DOPS group was6.50 with p value < 0.05. Conclusion: There is significant difference between the two groupsand the students in DOPS group performed better than their counterparts in traditional group.