Abstract

Study Design- A single centre retrospective study.

Purpose- To see if innovative flow diagrams of Supranuclear Gaze Palsies help to improve the understanding of Optometry students.

Methods- The topic Supranuclear Gaze Palsies was taught in the standard way and a written test was taken. The same topic was taught as before with the aid of original flow diagrams and a separate written test taken.

Results- Simple mean comparisons on the average test scores in the two examination treatment conditions were conducted. A one-tailed t-test revealed that the students scored significantly higher marks after the novel teaching technique.
Mfirst (SD) = 17.1 (1.26) vs. Msecond (SD) = 20.7 (1.68);
t(29) = – 12.54, p < 0.001

Conclusion- This inventive technique should be used to teach Optometry students this particular topic. It could also be adapted to teach other topics as well.