Abstract Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate regional disparities in access EyeSi surgical simulation training among U.S. ophthalmology residency programs. Methods Access determined from sales data (2021) provided by VRMagic. Key demographic metrics the primary counties programs were retrieved Census Bureau Database (2019) and PolicyMap (2021). Demographic metrics, Veterans Affairs (V...

Dear Editor: Since the American Board of Ophthalmology introduced surgical skills as a seventh competency to complement the 6 core competencies of residency education as endorsed by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, there has been a push to create explicit methods to assess resident surgical performance. Here we describe the results of a reliability study of the Subjecti...

The paradigm introduced by William Halsted for surgical residency training has been considered the most appropriate educational system to acquire the knowledge and surgical skills required to become a competent general surgeon. Hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) surgery is considered an important part of general surgery training because of its high prevalence and complexity. Nowadays, we are faced ...

Abstract Objective The accelerated involvement of private equity (PE) in ophthalmology has many potential implications for the future field. aim this study was to evaluate trainee perspectives on PE's impact ophthalmology. Methods An electronic survey sent trainees via an online research newsletter. assessed career goals and PE its across a variety attributes. Results A total 41 United States-b...

background and purpose: as the leaders of educational organizations, universities use various models and approaches in evaluating their activities. however, excellence model for evaluation of educational services can demonstrate the distinction of this evaluation procedure. the aim of this study is to investigate the status of training quality of ophthalmologic residents in khatam-ol-anbia hosp...

OBJECTIVE To assess the level of perceived satisfaction with the current Iranian ophthalmology curriculum in ensuring that residents acquire required competencies in various ophthalmology fields. METHODS A closed-ended questionnaire was circulated to 100 residents or recently graduated ophthalmologists in Iran to measure their level of satisfaction about clinical conferences, journal clubs, s...

doi:10.1136/inp.d1810 Natasha Mitchell graduated from University College Dublin in 1998. She worked in small animal practice in the UK and Australia before undertaking a residency at an ophthalmology referral practice in Herefordshire in 2006. She now runs her own referral veterinary ophthalmology business in Limerick, Ireland. She holds the RCVS certificate in veterinary ophthalmology and is c...

We report our experience at the University of Florida in which residents and fellows served as the inspection team for a College of American Pathologists (CAP) self-inspection. We aimed to determine whether the CAP self-inspection could serve as a learning opportunity for pathology residents and fellows. To prepare for the inspection, we provided a series of 4 lunchtime seminars covering numero...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to evaluate the needs of internal medicine residents rotating through the emergency department (ED). METHODS A survey was distributed to 100 internal medicine residents (post-graduate years 2 and 3) from two different residency programs before the start of their emergency medicine (EM) rotation. Residents ranked the level of importance and the level of pre...

The International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) is a global organization with a regional focus. Working in partnership with supranational and ICO member societies, the ICO is building a "World Alliance for Sight" to improve access to the highest-quality eye care worldwide. Designed to preserve and restore vision on an international scale, the ICO initiative, "Refocusing Ophthalmic Education," ...