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...

Excellence is a talent or quality, which is unusually good and so surpasses ordinary standards. Ophthalmology in India today has reached a level that is considered to be on par with the best in the world. Moreover, a lot of the credit for this goes to the founding ophthalmology institutes in India that have been imparting quality training and education to ophthalmology trainees over the years. ...

purpose : round-the-clock on-demand availability and corneal cloudiness are the two major problems with animal eyes for surgical practice. the purpose of this investigation is to assess the usability of long-term deep freezing for the preservation of enucleated sheep eyes and the adjunctive role of intracameral cryoprotective agent on corneal clarity. methods : thirty-two enucleated fresh sheep...

I nterest in neuro-ophthalmology in France dates back to the 19th century with the publications by an ophthalmologist, Henri Parinaud, a collaborator of Jean-Martin Charcot in Paris. At that time, a physiologist, Claude Bernard, and a neurologist, Eugène Devic, participated in the description of various neuro-ophthalmologic syndromes. In the 1930s, academic neurologists in Paris, including Pier...

This editorial pays tribute to the first 2 women who became regularly trained ophthalmologists in late 19thcentury America. After the graduation of Elizabeth Blackwell from Geneva Medical College in 1849 and the establishment of the Women’s Medical College in Philadelphia the following year, a gradual trickle of female physicians entered the ranks of the medical profession in the United States....

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...

OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy of the diabetic retinopathy (DR) screening with digital camera by endocrinologists with that by specialist and resident ophthalmologists in terms of sensitivity, specificity, and level of "loss of chance." RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS In a cross-sectional study, 500 adult diabetic patients (1,000 eyes) underwent three-field retinal photography with a digital f...