Direct ophthalmoscopy should be taught to undergraduate medical students--No.

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Addressing the 'forgotten art of fundoscopy': evaluation of a novel teaching ophthalmoscope.Eye (London, England) · 2016
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2. The Underutilized Ocular Fundus in Emergency Departments: Current Progress and Future Prospect of Imaging and Artificial Intelligence for Patient Care.Ophthalmology science · 2026
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3. Curriculum Innovations: Implementation of a Targeted Longitudinal Rotation to Enhance Direct Ophthalmoscopy Learning for Neurology Residents.Neurology. Education · 2025
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4. Direct Ophthalmoscopy… Soon to be Forgotten?The Ulster medical journal · 2019
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5. Comparison of smartphone ophthalmoscopy vs conventional direct ophthalmoscopy as a teaching tool for medical students: the COSMOS study.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2019
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6. Smart phone ophthalmoscopy: a potential replacement for the direct ophthalmoscope.Eye (London, England) · 2018
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7. Direct ophthalmoscopy should be taught to undergraduate medical students.Eye (London, England) · 2016
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8. Direct ophthalmoscopy should be taught within the context of its limitations.Eye (London, England) · 2016
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9. Response to: 'Direct ophthalmoscopy should be taught to undergraduate medical students'.Eye (London, England) · 2016
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10. Direct ophthalmoscopy should be taught to undergraduate medical students.Eye (London, England) · 2016
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11. Comment on: 'Direct ophthalmoscopy should be taught to undergraduate medical students'.Eye (London, England) · 2016
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12. Student attitudes regarding the educational value and welfare implications in the use of model eyes and live dogs in teaching practical fundus examination: evaluation of responses from 40 students.Open veterinary journal · 2016
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13. Direct ophthalmoscopy on YouTube: analysis of instructional YouTube videos' content and approach to visualization.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2016
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Authors and funding

2 authors.

Funding

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Abstract

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