BACKGROUND Few objective standards are available to assess the educational effectiveness of ophthalmology residency programs. As a possible measure, we evaluated the first-time failure (FTF) rate in the examinations of the American Board of Ophthalmology, defined as a first-attempt failure in the written examination or a first-attempt failure in the oral examination after having passed the writ...

Matthew P. Fahrenkopf, MD, Joshua J. Nelson, MD, Mitchell Eichhorn, MD, Julie Conway, MD and Adam Hassan, MD aMichigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids; bGrand Rapids Medical Education Partners Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Residency, Grand Rapids, Mich; cHelen DeVos Children’s Hospital Pediatric Ophthalmology, Grand Rapids, Mich, and dEye Plastic & Facial Cosmetic ...

BACKGROUND This cross-sectional survey assessed the adequacy of ophthalmology teaching in undergraduate medical education and evaluated the comfort level of family medicine residents in diagnosing and managing common ophthalmic conditions. METHODS Postgraduate year 1 and 2 family medicine residents at the University of Western Ontario were recruited for this study. The main outcome measures w...

The study aimed to gauge ophthalmology resident doctors' perception of their teaching programs and various methods used in it and to formulate a well structured program for teaching ophthalmology. Closed ended and open-ended questionnaires were used for survey of ophthalmology residents in West Maharashtra, India. Sixty-seven out of 69 residents of seven residency programs completed the questio...

Objective To investigate if there is knowledge improvement over the Residency years, as well students’ satisfaction about progress test. Finally, to describe implementation of online test in some Ophthalmological programs Brazil. Methods It was an observational cross-section study. The participants were all Ophthalmology residents who accepted join They did and answered demographic questionnair...

Abstract Background Fellowship program Web sites are a crucial source of information for prospective pediatric ophthalmology applicants, especially in light the restrictions on in-person interactions due to coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Objective This study examined all fellowship availability and presented recruitment training content. Methods A full list strabismus (POAS) programs were c...