Primary health eye care knowledge among general practitioners working in the Cape Town Metropole

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dc.contributor.authorVan Zyl, L
dc.contributor.authorFernandes, N
dc.contributor.authorRogers, G
dc.contributor.authorDu Toit, N
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-12T08:42:10Z
dc.date.available2016-05-12T08:42:10Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.updated2016-05-12T08:15:17Z
dc.description.abstractAim: The main purpose of this study was to determine whether general practitioners (GPs) in the Cape Town metropole have sufficient knowledge to diagnose and treat primary care ophthalmic conditions correctly, and to assess their own perceptions of their levels of knowledge. Secondary objectives included identifying the need for courses to improve the ophthalmic knowledge of GPs and assessing whether there is a need to revise the undergraduate curriculum in ophthalmology in general. Method: A cross-sectional survey was done. A questionnaire of 10 primary care level ophthalmology questions, including a self-assessment section, was sent to each of 140 randomly chosen GPs in Cape Town. Results: A response rate of 79.2% was obtained. Respondents included graduates from all eight medical schools in South Africa. Most of the responding GPs were practising for more than 10 years (78.2%). The mean test score was 52.5% (standard deviation [SD]: 22.2). The mean self-rating was 51.9% (SD: 14.5). There was no statistically significant difference between the test score and the self-rating score (p = 0.5840). Responding GPs felt that there is a need for ophthalmology up-skilling courses and 99.9% of them would attend such courses. Also, 82% of GPs felt that primary care doctors, not optometrists, should deliver primary eye care. Conclusion: GPs appear to lack sufficient knowledge to manage primary health eye care problems, presumably due to a lack of adequate training in the field. Clinical up-skilling courses are needed to improve core knowledge in ophthalmology.en_ZA
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20786204.2011.10874060
dc.identifier.apacitationVan Zyl, L., Fernandes, N., Rogers, G., & Du Toit, N. (2011). Primary health eye care knowledge among general practitioners working in the Cape Town Metropole. <i>South African Family Practice</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19628en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationVan Zyl, L, N Fernandes, G Rogers, and N Du Toit "Primary health eye care knowledge among general practitioners working in the Cape Town Metropole." <i>South African Family Practice</i> (2011) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19628en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVan Zyl, L. M., Fernandes, N., Rogers, G., & Du Toit, N. (2011). Primary health eye care knowledge among general practitioners working in the Cape Town metropole. South African Family Practice, 53(1), 52-55.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1726-426Xen_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Van Zyl, L AU - Fernandes, N AU - Rogers, G AU - Du Toit, N AB - Aim: The main purpose of this study was to determine whether general practitioners (GPs) in the Cape Town metropole have sufficient knowledge to diagnose and treat primary care ophthalmic conditions correctly, and to assess their own perceptions of their levels of knowledge. Secondary objectives included identifying the need for courses to improve the ophthalmic knowledge of GPs and assessing whether there is a need to revise the undergraduate curriculum in ophthalmology in general. Method: A cross-sectional survey was done. A questionnaire of 10 primary care level ophthalmology questions, including a self-assessment section, was sent to each of 140 randomly chosen GPs in Cape Town. Results: A response rate of 79.2% was obtained. Respondents included graduates from all eight medical schools in South Africa. Most of the responding GPs were practising for more than 10 years (78.2%). The mean test score was 52.5% (standard deviation [SD]: 22.2). The mean self-rating was 51.9% (SD: 14.5). There was no statistically significant difference between the test score and the self-rating score (p = 0.5840). Responding GPs felt that there is a need for ophthalmology up-skilling courses and 99.9% of them would attend such courses. Also, 82% of GPs felt that primary care doctors, not optometrists, should deliver primary eye care. Conclusion: GPs appear to lack sufficient knowledge to manage primary health eye care problems, presumably due to a lack of adequate training in the field. Clinical up-skilling courses are needed to improve core knowledge in ophthalmology. DA - 2011 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Family Practice LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 SM - 1726-426X T1 - Primary health eye care knowledge among general practitioners working in the Cape Town Metropole TI - Primary health eye care knowledge among general practitioners working in the Cape Town Metropole UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19628 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/19628
dc.identifier.urihttp://safampract.co.za/index.php/safpj/article/viewArticle/1591
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationVan Zyl L, Fernandes N, Rogers G, Du Toit N. Primary health eye care knowledge among general practitioners working in the Cape Town Metropole. South African Family Practice. 2011; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19628.en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherSouth African Academy of Family Practiceen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDivision of Ophthalmologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en_ZA
dc.sourceSouth African Family Practiceen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://www.safpj.co.za/index.php/safpj
dc.subject.othersurvey
dc.subject.otherophthalmology
dc.subject.othergeneral practitioners
dc.titlePrimary health eye care knowledge among general practitioners working in the Cape Town Metropoleen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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