*1* Post Graduate, Department of Ophthalmology, Rajah Muthiah medical college and hospital, Annamalainagar, Chidambaram. 2 Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Rajah Muthiah medical college and hospital, Annamalainagar, Chidambaram. 3 Professor and Head of the Department Department of Ophthalmology, Rajah Muthiah medical college and hospital, Annamalainagar, Chidambaram. 4 Associate Professo...

OBJECTIVES To determine the current state of kidney transplantation (KT) training in a country that is leader in organ donation and transplantation. MATERIAL AND METHODS We conducted an online survey by e-mail to 138 urology residents. The survey contained 5 sections: affiliation, training in KT, interest in KT, residents of transplant centers and residents of nontransplant centers. RESULTS...

The transition from residency to independent practice presents unique challenges for physicians. New attending physicians often have unmet learning needs in non-clinical domains. An attending physician is an independent medical practitioner, sometimes referred to as a staff physician or consultant. Peer mentorship has been explored as an alternative to traditional mentorship to meet the learnin...

BACKGROUND In Japan, since 2006, participation in a 1-year residency programme by all dentists who have passed the National Board Dental Examination has been mandatory. Therefore, a 'matching system' has become necessary for dental students in their final year to decide their desired residency facility, but the rate of matching in dental schools located in rural areas is still low. Aim : The pr...

1 Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama 930-0194, Japan 2Department of Ophthalmology, Marmara University School of Medicine, 34903 Istanbul, Turkey 3 Department of Ophthalmology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka 830-0011, Japan 4Department of Ophthalmology, Institute of Health Biosciences, University of To...

The corresponding author submitted this article [1] to the Journal of Ophthalmology although it was under review by BMC Ophthalmology. The article was subsequently accepted and published by the Journal of Ophthalmology [2] and then by BMC Ophthalmology [1]. As it has been brought to the attention of the Editor that duplicate submission and publication have taken place, the Editor has made the d...

Received: 1/5/09. Accepted: 30/6/09. 1 Ophthalmology Chair Professor, University of Castilla La Mancha. Alicante Ophthalmological Institute (VISSUM). Cooperative Research Network on Ophthalmology (RTICS). Albacete. Spain. 2 Associate Professor, University of Barcelona. Bellvitge University Hospital. Macula and Retina Institute. Teknon Medical Centre. Barcelona. Spain. 3 Section Chief, Ophthalmo...

purpose: to evaluate malpractice complaints against ophthalmologist referred to the iri. methods: this cross-sectional study was performed on medical council during years 2003 to 2008. spss software was used for analysis. results: during this period from 1869 cases of malpractice 115 (%6.1) have been related to the field of ophthalmology but in order to some problems we can’t analysis 24 files....

1Department of Ophthalmology, Ohashi Medical Center, Toho University, Tokyo 153-8515, Japan 2Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA 3Department of Ophthalmology, Mater Hospital, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland 4Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University, Seoul 110-744, Republic of Korea 5Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku Unive...