Evaluation of otoscopy simulation as a training tool for real-time remote otoscopy.

<italic>Objective</italic>: Teleotoscopy requires the assistance of telehealth facilitators; but their training requirements remain to be determined. We evaluated the use of an otoscopy simulator to train facilitators to remote otoscopies sent via the Internet using a teleaudiology platform. <italic...

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Publicado en:International Journal of Audiology Vol. 57; no. 3; pp. 194 - 201
Autores principales: Venail, Frederic, Akkari, Mohamed, Merklen, Fanny, Samson, Jacques, Falinower, Sylvain, Cizeron, Gilles, Mondain, Michel, Puel, Jean-Luc, Mura, Thibault
Formato: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar2018
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          Venail, Frederic
          Akkari, Mohamed
          Merklen, Fanny
          Samson, Jacques
          Falinower, Sylvain
          Cizeron, Gilles
          Mondain, Michel
          Puel, Jean-Luc
          Mura, Thibault
        affil: Department of Otology and Neurotology, University Hospital of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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          Otoscopy Education
          Remote Consultation Education
          Computer Simulation Evaluation
          Ear Diseases Diagnosis
          Education, Audiology
          Evaluation Research
          Human
          Ear Anatomy and Histology
          Interrater Reliability
          Expert Clinicians
          Fisher's Exact Test
          kappa Statistic
          Paired T-Tests
          Two-Tailed Test
          Coefficient alpha
          Data Analysis Software
          Confidence Intervals
          France
          Students, Audiology
      ab: <italic>Objective</italic>: Teleotoscopy requires the assistance of telehealth facilitators; but their training requirements remain to be determined. We evaluated the use of an otoscopy simulator to train facilitators to remote otoscopies sent via the Internet using a teleaudiology platform. <italic>Design</italic>: Neurotologists experts were asked to identify images using the otoscopy simulator and to perform an identification task of significant anatomical landmarks. The experts were asked to repeat those tasks remotely, with the help of facilitators who either received basic training, or no training prior to the experiment. <italic>Study sample</italic>: Three experts, three trained facilitators and three untrained facilitators participated in this study. <italic>Results</italic>: The use of an otoscopy simulator in addition to remote otoscopy yielded a good inter- and intrarater agreement (κ between 0.81-1, and 0.80-0.87, respectively). The accuracy of diagnosis was high on-site (11.7% error) and remotely (0% error). The time required for landmark identification task was not increased when performed remotely with a trained facilitator versus on-site otoscopy (9.3 versus 9.2 s/landmark). Conversely, the lack of training of facilitators increased significantly this time (15.6 s/landmark, <italic>p</italic> < 0.001). <italic>Conclusion</italic>: An otoscopic simulator coupled to teleaudiology software can be used to efficiently train both experts and facilitators to perform remote otoscopy.
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