TALK 4:Humanising healthcare: sharing real life patient stories about vision impairment and depression with eye care students [Abstract]

Nollett, Claire, Ryan, Barbara and Latham, Keziah 2025. TALK 4:Humanising healthcare: sharing real life patient stories about vision impairment and depression with eye care students [Abstract]. Presented at: Women in Vision Conference, Bristol, UK, 22 November 2024. BMJ Open Ophthalmology. BMJ Publishing Group, 10.1136/bmjoo-2025-WVUK.4

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Background Untreated depression is common in people with vision impairment (VI): eyecare practitioners are well placed to identify depression and refer for support. To help eyecare students understand and address depression, a creative educational resource package was produced. Patients with VI shared their personal stories in short films, thus ‘humanising healthcare’ and providing a patient perspective. The first deliveries of the resource were evaluated for impact. Methods Four short films of patients with VI, alongside a video of patient views on practitioners discussing mental health and a role play of screening for depression were produced. These were accompanied by written information and reflection points. Students and educators completed an evaluation survey after delivery. Students’ free-text comments were evaluated using content analysis and Likert responses from the educator survey are reported as counts. Results Eight educators and 234 students completed the survey. Students most frequently reported the impact was an increased awareness of patients’ perspectives and experiences (n=110), and for what they might do differently, the most common responses were to communicate about mental health (n=85) and refer, signpost or offer support (n=57). All educators found the resources useful/very useful (n=8) and their confidence in teaching the impact of low vision on mental health increased a little (n=1) or a lot (n=7). Conclusions Videos featuring the patient perspective can be valuable to eyecare students in terms of increasing their awareness of the impact of VI on mental wellbeing and influencing their intention to communicate about mental health and offer support.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Other)
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Optometry and Vision Sciences Research Institutes & Centres > Centre for Trials Research (CNTRR)
Publisher:	BMJ Publishing Group
Funders:	AHRC
Last Modified:	22 Aug 2025 15:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/180595

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