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REVIEW article

Front. Med.
Sec. Ophthalmology
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1468631

Non-technical factors on ophthalmology education：a narrative review

Provisionally accepted
Yang Jiang Yang Jiang *Hanyu Jiang Hanyu Jiang Zhikun Yang Zhikun Yang *Ying Li Ying Li Youxin Chen Youxin Chen
  • Peking Union Medical College Hospital (CAMS), Beijing, China

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    Ophthalmology education is increasingly influenced by non-technical factors. This paper examines the multifaceted influences on ophthalmology education, focusing on direct and indirect factors that have shaped the training and well-being of ophthalmology students and residents. A systematic search of PubMed and Embase was carried out, searching date was from inception to 01/07/2024. A total of 8232 articles were screened, of which 7976 were excluded following abstract review. After reading the remaining 256 articles in full, a further 228 were excluded. A total of 28 original articles were included in this systematic review. The non-technical factors that influenced ophthalmology education included various crisis, inadequate 2 curricular time, training resources, lack of training standardization and shortage of financial support and teaching resources. The review summarizes the influences on ophthalmology education of various non-technical factors, thereby helping educators improve the training methods.

    Keywords: Ophthalmology education, Non-technical factors, training, educators, Trainees

    Received: 22 Jul 2024; Accepted: 29 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Jiang, Jiang, Yang, Li and Chen. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Yang Jiang, Peking Union Medical College Hospital (CAMS), Beijing, China
    Zhikun Yang, Peking Union Medical College Hospital (CAMS), Beijing, China

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