Postgraduate medical education (PGME) is currently transitioning to a competency-based framework. This model clarifies the desired outcome of residency training - competence. However, since the popularization of Ericsson's work on the effect of time and deliberate practice on performance level, his findings have been applied in some areas of residency training. Though this may be grounded in a ...

It is a pleasure to introduce Josh Dunaief, the recipient of this year’s Cogan Award. Like many senior colleagues who have been accorded the honor of introducing the Cogan Lecturer, I had the good fortune of knowing Dr. Cogan and of being enlightened by several of his published manuscripts as well as by his classic treatises, Neurology of the Ocular Muscles and Neurology of the Visual System, t...

Objective: To characterize operating room practices among ophthalmologists in Connecticut pertaining to the use of the AAO surgical checklist and implant timeouts. Methods: Ophthalmologists in Connecticut were emailed an anonymous web-based 15-question survey to inquire about their practice settings, knowledge of the AAO checklist, surgical errors, use of surgical checklists and implant timeout...

The aim of the study was to analyze the resident learning process of phacoemulsification cataract surgery and to assess the resident phacoemulsification learning curve. This prospective study comprised 86 consecutive cases of phacoemulsification performed using standard technique by eight residents over a one-year period at Clinical Department of Ophthalmology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hos...

We have completed 50 glorious years at Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, with surmountable contribution in ophthalmic practice. Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre has the world’s largest residency training program with over 150 residents in training including 109 junior residents, 53 senior residents, 20 postdoctoral students...

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E JLU Iven though he was no longer alive when I started an ophthalmology residency, Jonas Friedenwald was partly responsible for my acceptance as a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Neurological Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. The head of the Institute at the time was Louis Flexner, who had been a collaborator and friend of Friedenwald's at Johns Hopkins in the 1940's. In our ...

BACKGROUND Virtual simulators have been widely implemented in medical and surgical training, including ophthalmology. The increasing number of published articles in this field mandates a review of the available results to assess current technology and explore future opportunities. METHOD A PubMed search was conducted and a total of 10 articles were reviewed. RESULTS Virtual simulators have ...

BACKGROUND The Wilmer General Eye Services (GES) at the Johns Hopkins Hospital is the clinic where residents provide supervised comprehensive medical and surgical care to ophthalmology patients. The clinic schedule and supervision structure allows for a progressive increase in trainee responsibility, with graduated autonomy and longitudinal continuity of care over the three years of ophthalmolo...

corneal, cataract, and refractive surgery. Dr. Lindstrom graduated from Wayzata High School in Wayzata, Minnesota and attended the University of Minnesota, where he graduated magna cum laude from the College of Liberal Arts in 1971. He obtained his Doctor of Medicine in August 1972, as well as a Bachelor of Science. He then performed 6 months of full-time research at the University of Minnesota...