New Delhi: Orbis has unveiled the Digital Training Hub (DTH) at Dr. Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital, Delhi. The DTH provides access to simulation training, tele-mentorship, hands-on training, and more to accelerate ophthalmic care capacity.
Equipped with a wet lab, artificial eyes, and virtual reality set up, the DTH operates with an experienced faculty at the helm. It combines digitisation, simulation, tele-mentorship, tele-education, and telemedicine with in-person hands-on training to enhance the capacity of ophthalmologists, ophthalmologists-in-training, and ophthalmic nurses.
The DTH offers sandwich fellowships, observerships, hospital based training, to provide training in clinical and surgical skills, problem solving, crisis management, etc., through a blended learning approach. The Remote Surgical Mentorships provide an opportunity to seek mentorship from global experts during live ophthalmic surgeries. The simulation training enables training on glaucoma, cataract, strabismus, diabetic retinopathy, etc. using artificial eyes. Orbis’s tele-medicine platform – Cybersight – also plays a key role in delivering courses, webinars, facilitating virtual case discussion, and connecting ophthalmic professionals with experts from across the globe.
“Setting up the digital training hub builds training capacity of eye health professionals in glaucoma and is a major stride to improve access to quality eye care in the region, reaching the underserved,” said Dr Umang Mathur, Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital.
“Orbis is working towards delivering the skills, resources, and knowledge needed to deliver accessible and quality eye care. The DTH is the next step in fostering a cadre of trained ophthalmic professionals and advancing our fight against avoidable blindness,” said Derek Hodkey, President and CEO, Orbis International.
