Preliminary Survey of Wearable Display Glasses for Medical Students in Endoscopy Room

Aims Several attempts have been made to incorporate smart glasses in the medical field. We decided to use wearable display glasses for endoscopy, particularly in the position of an observer, to compare the students’ response between the conventional method and the new method.

Methods We surveyed 28 medical students about the use of the wearable display device. They wore wearable display glasses to observe endoscopic procedure and answered the prepared questionnaire. The collected answers to the surveys were analyzed for statistical correlation between each variable.

Results In the survey of medical students, awkwardness due to dizziness (dissatisfied and very dissatisfied: 21.5 %) and eye fatigue (25 %) were disadvantages, while concentration (satisfied and very satisfied: 57.2 %) and securing patient rights (71.4 %) were advantages. Students showed more positive reviews than negative reviews on new devices (32.1 % vs. 21.5 %).

Conclusions We investigated the advantages and disadvantages of viewing the endoscope image with a new wearable display glasses compared to the conventional method by the survey of user experiences. The results of this study revealed relatively positive responses from the medical students in the survey. If the new device compensates for some of the shortcomings, we estimate that the use in the endoscopy room will be feasible.

Citation: Lee KW, Lee HS, Lee JM et al. eP190 PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF WEARABLE DISPLAY GLASSES FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS IN ENDOSCOPY ROOM. Endoscopy 2021; 53: S159.

Publication History

Article published online:
19 March 2021