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A new technique for teaching the fundal reflex test and fundoscopy: ‘screen casting’ with the Arclight direct ophthalmoscope attached to the camera of a mobile phone

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, NHS Tayside, Dundee, UK

    B. Staniszewski & O. Kousha

  2. School of Medicine, University of Makerere, Kampala, Uganda

    I. Atukunda

  3. Global Health Team, School of Medicine, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, UK

    O. Kousha & A. Blaikie

  4. College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda

    G. F. Kitema

  5. Department of Ophthalmology, NHS Fife, Dunfermline, UK

    A. Blaikie

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AB designed the study and gathered the data. BS drafted the manuscript. AB, BS, IA, GFK and OK helped with the study design. All authors critically appraised the manuscript for scientific content.

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AB is seconded to the University of St. Andrews from NHS Fife. The University owns a social enterprise subsidiary company, for which AB acts as an unpaid adviser. The social enterprise business sells the Arclight devices to users in high-resource countries with all profits being used to fund distribution and education exercises of the device in low-income countries via the Global Health Implementation team at the University of St. Andrews. The other authors have no conflict of interest to declare.

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Staniszewski, B., Atukunda, I., Kousha, O. et al. A new technique for teaching the fundal reflex test and fundoscopy: ‘screen casting’ with the Arclight direct ophthalmoscope attached to the camera of a mobile phone. Eye (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-023-02858-5

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