BACKGROUND South Africa has a 32-year history of training ophthalmic nurse practitioners (ONPs). The role and required skills and competencies of ONPs are not well documented in the international literature and are also absent from South African publications, including South African Nursing Council publications. AIM This study aims to inform curriculum development and human resource planning ...

Optotypes are signs of different sizes, systematically placed on the visual acuity chart. The human eye has a spatial resolution of 1' of arc (Snellen). Optotypes in the basic row on all charts subtend 5' of arc and their detail 1' of arc, from the testing distance. The disadvantage of all classical charts is the irregular progresssion of optotype sizes in adjacent rows. This was solved by logM...

iran enjoys a glorious history in medicine, ophthalmology and optics and has introduced several great physicians and ophthalmologists to the world. the history of ophthalmology dates back to 6000 years ago; unfortunately we have no manuscripts or petrographies from those eras. the oldest document about ophthalmic diseases can be found in avesta. furthermore, as early as 1600 years ago, genta sh...

Unspecified Posted at the Zurich Open Repository and Archive, University of Zurich ZORA URL: http://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-101903 Published Version Originally published at: Neuburger, M; Grosswendt, J; Lautebach, S; Maier, P; Birnbaum, F; Böhringer, D; Funk, J; Jordan, J F; Reinhard, T (2014). Dynamic Contour Tonometry, Tono-Pen XL®, and Goldmann Applanation Tonometry in Comparison to Intracameral...

Originally received: April 24, 2016. Final revision: July 18, 2016. Accepted: July 20, 2016. Available online: September 2, 2016. Manuscript no. 2016-858. 1 Department of Ophthalmology, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. 2 Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. 3 Einhorn Clinical Research Center, New York Eye and ...

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Eskisehir Osmangazi University Medical Faculty 2 Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Eskisehir Osmangazi University Medical Faculty 3 Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Eskisehir Osmangazi University Medical Faculty 4 Medical Doctor, Department of Ophthalmology, Aksaray State Hospital 5 Medical Doctor, Department of Ophthalm...

purpose: nowadays despite attempts having made by the medical society, health and therapeutic personnel as well as advancements in the therapeutic technology, yet the rate of non-satisfaction and actions by patients continue to increase. the aim of this study was to investigate malpractice complaints against ophthalmologists referred to the state of legal medicine organization.  methods: this i...

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...