eration of primary care ophthalmologists. This could share some modules with ophthalmic surgical training, but would concentrate on developing areas such as teaching skills, epidemiology, population based research and management skills to a higher level than is usually attained in ophthalmic surgical training. It is difficult to guess what effect the impending changes in the way clinical servic...

Nagihan UĞURLU*, Fatma YÜLEK, Şule Berk ERGUN, Mehmet Doğan AŞIK, Semra IŞIKOĞLU, Emine AKÇAY Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey Department of Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine, Institute of Science, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey Department of Biochemistry, Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Yı...

A software system of the medical computer teaching simulator for ophthalmology with virtual reality and its implementation are considered in the paper. The simulator is oriented for professional skills training of medical university students.

Most of us who have been pediatric ophthalmologists for many years cannot help but notice the significant trends that have occurred in the number of residents choosing this field to practice. In 1994, 42 of 43 fellowship positions were filled. In 1997, only two fellowship positions were not filled. However, by 1999, the match rate slipped to the current level with 11 of 38 fellowships remaining...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the balance between the sexes of published ophthalmic material at the editorial, reviewer, and author levels. DESIGN Cross-sectional study of 3 journals, American Journal of Ophthalmology, Archives of Ophthalmology, and Ophthalmology, for 1969, 1979, 1989, 1999, and 2009. The data were compared with ophthalmologist-in-training and physician profile in major contributing ...

This article describes a low vision rehabilitation program operating within a hospital-based outpatient rehabilitation clinic. The program uses a team approach combining ophthalmology and occupational therapy services. Patients are referred to the program by their primary care physician for a low vision evaluation completed jointly by the ophthalmologist and occupational therapist. The ophthalm...

Ophthalmology is a medical profession with tradition in teaching that has developed throughout history. Although ophthalmologists are generally considered to only prescribe contact lenses, and they handle more than half of eye-related enhancements, diagnoses, treatments. The training qualified carried out under the traditional settings, where there supervisor student, based on use animal eyes o...