Ophthalmic ophthalmology

A novel preclinical course in ophthalmology and ophthalmic virtual surgery.

Ophthalmology and Virtual Surgery, introduces preclinical medical students to ophthalmology through multiple diverse approaches. The course’s multifaceted method of instruction is innovative because it accommodates different learning styles, allows flexibility of schedule, and helps students to learn interactively with virtual surgery technology to consolidate concepts of anatomy, pathology, an...

The delivery of ophthalmic care: the practitioner, community ophthalmic teams, and contract ophthalmology.

VALUE BASED OPHTHALMOLOGY Quality of life and systemic comorbidities in patients with ophthalmic disease

Aim: To ascertain the effect of serious systemic comorbidities upon the quality of life of patients with ophthalmic diseases. Methods: Time tradeoff utility values were obtained in consecutive ophthalmic patients who presented with ocular disease. Multivariate analysis was undertaken to evaluate whether the systemic comorbidities of diabetes mellitus, heart disease, cancer, cerebrovascular acci...

ABC of Ophthalmology. Ophthalmic services in the NHS. Ophthalmologists and opticians.

t * 11 I O E I I groups: those with medical qualifications and those withoutophthalmologists and opticians respectively. Ao H L A Consultants in ophthalmology have to possess surgical qualifications. N T C O Most eye disorders, however, do not need purely surgical treatment, and H/>N T-OL A E T many are part of diseases of a general medical or neurological nature. The ( l L " E TI1 0 . | consul...

International Council of Ophthalmology: Refocusing Ophthalmic Education in the Asia-Pacific Region and Beyond.

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," ...