Concept and Uptake of Just A Minute Clinical Pearl: A Novel Tele-Ophthalmology Teaching Tool.

PURPOSE: To describe the concept and report the uptake of Just-A-Minute (JAM) clinical pearls, a novel tele-ophthalmology educational tool.

DESIGN: Analysis of a survey conducted among the recipients of JAM clinical pearls.

METHODS: One clinical pearl was disseminated daily to all ophthalmologists in the email database of L V Prasad Eye Institute from August 2016 to September 2017. A survey was circulated to the recipients and their responses were recorded and analyzed to evaluate the JAM pearls regarding qualification of the recipients, type of practice, regularity of accessing the pearls, type of pearl most sought, clarity of content, applicability to the clinic, relevance to practice, satisfaction with the format, and likelihood of recommendation.

RESULTS: There were a total of 14,311 recipients. The majority were in India (66.5%) followed by the United States (26.4%). There were 719 survey respondents (5%). Among these, 52.9% were postgraduate ophthalmologists in general practice, 38.3% were post-fellowship subspecialty practitioners, 5.8% were fellows, and 2.9% were residents. Private practitioners constituted 57.3% of all respondents. The pearls were accessed "always" by 53.7%, "very regularly" by 34.6%, and "intermittently" by 11.8% of respondents. The subspecialty most desired was cornea and anterior segment (48.7%). The JAM pearls were scored on a scale of 1 to 10 for clarity of content (9/10), applicability to the clinic (9/10), satisfaction with the format (9/10), and recommendation to a colleague (10/10).

CONCLUSIONS: JAM clinical pearls are a unique, beneficial mode of tele-education with easily understandable and clinically applicable concepts.