Orbis, an international non-profit dedicated to the treatment of avoidable blindness, has gone a step further in its quest to address the scourge of blindness and visual impairment and unveiled the Digital Training Hub at Dr. Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital, Delhi. The Digital Training Hub (DTH) provides access to simulation training, tele-mentorship, hands-on training, and more to accelerate ophthalmic care capacity.
Equipped with state-of-the-art wet lab, artificial eyes, and virtual reality set up, the DTH operates with an experienced faculty at the helm. It combines digitization, 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 Trainings, to provide training in clinical and surgical skills, problem solving, crisis management, etc., through a blended learning approach. The Remote Surgical Mentorships provide a unique 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.
“The Digital Training Hub by Orbis and Dr. Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital is a significant step towards leveraging technology and critical skill sets of eye health professionals to combat the blinding challenge posed by Glaucoma,” said Dr. Suneeta Dubey, Medical Director and Director Glaucoma Services and Quality Assurance, Dr. Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital.
“The Orbis and Dr. Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital partnership has been working tirelessly for over 20 years to overcome avoidable blindness and the DTH launch is yet another groundbreaking step in the partnership,” Dr Suma Ganesh, Chairperson, Pediatric Centre of Excellence & Director, Pediatric Ophthalmology, 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.
“The innovation of the DTH is equipping the ophthalmic professionals with critical skills to treat complex cases and deliver quality eye care and which then helps them enable access to eye health services in the communities,” said Dr. Rishi Raj Borah, Country Director – India, Orbis.
The Digital Training Hub is an effort towards enabling development through both virtual and hands – on training programs with expert faculty members with diverse areas of expertise.
