purpose: to assess various aspects of integrating a virtual reality (vr) simulator in the training of ophthalmology residents methods: in this qualitative study, some aspects of the vr eyesi simulator as a health technology were assessed. data was collected using a multiple-choice questionnaire and several deep interviews addressed to users and administrators of simulator training. face and con...

Hiroshi Murata, Linda M. Zangwill, Yuri Fujino, Masato Matsuura, Atsuya Miki, Kazunori Hirasawa, Masaki Tanito, Shiro Mizoue, Kazuhiko Mori, Katsuyoshi Suzuki, Takehiro Yamashita, Kenji Kashiwagi, Nobuyuki Shoji, and Ryo Asaoka Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan Shiley Eye Institute Hamilton Glaucoma Center, University of California, San D...

Gholam A Peyman is an outstanding and brilliant mentor, educator, scientist, and surgeon. Dr Peyman was born in Shiraz, Iran and upon finishing high school, moved t o G e r m a n y. H e completed medical school, a residency in ophthalmology a n d a f e l l o w s h i p program in vitreoretinal diseases. After finishing his fellowship, Dr Peyman sought further training in the US. During Dr Peyman...

Authors Hans E. Grossniklaus MD, MBA, FCAP* Departments of Ophthalmology and Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia Paul T. Finger MD Department of Ophthalmology, The New York Eye Cancer Center, New York, New York J. William Harbour MD Department of Ophthalmology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri Tero Kivëla MD Departments of Ophthalmology ...

1. ACGME Outcome Project. General competencies. Available at: http://www.acgme.org/outcome/comp/compFull.asp. Accessed October 10, 2005. 2. Cremers SL, Ciolino JB, Ferrufino-Ponce ZK, Henderson BA. Objective Assessment of Skills in Intraocular Surgery (OASIS). Ophthalmology 2005;112:1236–41. 3. Cremers SL, Lora AN, Ferrufino-Ponce ZK. Global Rating Assessment of Skills in Intraocular Surgery (G...

1. Chairman and Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology, Shiley Eye Institute and Hamilton Glaucoma Center and Department of Ophthalmology, UC San Diego, California, US; 2. Professor of Ophthalmology, West Virginia University, West Virginia, US; 3. Grace and Emery Beardsley Professor and Chair, USC Department of Ophthalmology; Director, USC Roski Eye Institute, Associate Dean for Strategic Pla...

David was my first Ph.D. student, joining my newly established lab in 1966 at the Hebrew University— Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem. He was accepted at that time to the Medical School, after spending 1 year as a student in another Faculty. David was born in Morocco and immigrated to Israel with his family in 1956. The family settled in a small village and David had to commute daily to att...

In this issue of IOVS, Ambati and Cahoon 1 provide thoughtful suggestions for increasing the number and success of medical doctors (MDs) who run active research programs. My own observations over the past 2 decades concur with those of Ambati and Cahoon: our current Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) has failed to provide sufficient numbers of physician/scientists to assure that importan...