Cara J Hamann, Alyssa Conrad
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retinoscopy one effective objective techniques evaluating refractive status especially noncooperative patients however presents slow learning curve often leads student frustration current covid19 pandemic need social isolation clinical education based simulation become relevant therefore implemented retinoscopy laboratories learning protocols reduce student stress learning time conducted study evaluate retinoscopy learning curve using new training protocol proposal one hundred trainees assessed four stages corresponding 08 12 16 20 hours training six different refractive defects used trying reproduce frequent conditions care time spent assessment considered additional training time analyze data used nonparametric statistics linear regression assess variables associated training time performance rate mean performance score 08 hrs 3249 1669 sd 12 hrs 5975 1880 sd 16 hrs 7083 1853 sd 20 hrs 8426 1318 sd performance 12 hrs significative higher 08 hrs training show significant differences performance rate 16 20 hrs found strong positive correlation performance training time retinoscopy r 09773 ci 02678 09995 p 00227 study showed increasing number hours practice positively correlates performance retinoscopy elaboration protocol standardization performance per hour also allowed us estimate minimum 134 hrs practice required achieve 60 performance using resulting formula possible determine number hours retinoscopy practice necessary reach certain level performance