PURPOSE The integration of swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) into the operating microscope enables real-time, tissue-level three-dimensional (3D) imaging to aid in ophthalmic microsurgery. In this prospective randomized controlled study, we evaluated the impact of SS microscope-integrated OCT (MI-OCT) on ophthalmology residents' performance of ophthalmic microsurgical maneuvers...

background: academic medicine is in a state of dramatic transformation. for this reason strategic thinking is the most essential part of educational planning. the main purpose of the present study was developing the strategic educational planning of ophthalmology in iran from 2007 to 2010 methods: a qualitative investigation using focus group discussion has been implemented successfully for dev...

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...

BACKGROUND The 2-year internship period for medical graduates began in South Africa in 2005 and has never been formally evaluated. OBJECTIVE This study assessed the perceptions of community service medical officers (COSMOs) working at district hospitals (DHs) in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) to determine whether the 2-year internship programme had adequately prepared them for community service (CS). ...

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...