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Trainees archive for 2020

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Will COVID-19 impact the selection of ophthalmology as a career choice by medical students?

10 December 2020 | Dalia Abdulhussein | EYE - General

The COVID-19 pandemic has had profound effects on medical education and has called for large shifts in the medical curriculum. Clinical attachments were suspended at the height of the pandemic and examinations were cancelled or were moved to an online...

OCT scan showing bilateral macular oedema.

Cancer associated retinopathy

7 December 2020 | Abdul Muhyemin Tarin | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General

Abdul Muhyemin Tarin reviews the presentation, pathophysiology and management of this paraneoplastic syndrome. Case presentation A 60-year-old hypermetropic female patient presented with several months’ history of painless blurred vision. Visual acuity (VA) was 6/24 and 6/9-1 in right and left...

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Keep calm and cut the carbon – improving sustainability in ophthalmology

7 December 2020 | S Vamshi Merugumala | EYE - General

As I dump my tenth pair of gloves into a non-recyclable clinical waste bin; dispose of another handful of plastic minims; or print another wad of single-sided discharge paperwork after a cataract surgery, the inconvenient truth of how these seemingly...

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The fragile p-value

5 October 2020 | Abdus Samad Ansari | EYE - General

Abdus Samad Ansari explores the limitation of the p-value and the application of the fragility index in clinical trials. Clinical trials and tribulations? The restoration of vision or more purely the gift of sight is an aspect of care that...

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‘Getting a head start’: ways medical students can boost their chances of entering ophthalmology training

5 October 2020 | Charles O’Donovan | EYE - General

Ophthalmology is one of the most competitive medical specialities in the UK, with 3.74 applicants per place in 2018 [1]. Given the competitive nature of this highly specialised field, medical students who are interested in pursuing a career in ophthalmology...

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The paediatric cataract: an overview of the diagnosis and management

5 August 2020 | Samuel Augustus Fernando Aryee, Rhys Jonathon Dumont Jones | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - General

In this second article (see first article here), Samuel Aryee and Rhys Dumont Jones review the challenges involved in managing this condition. Examination and diagnosis Cataracts in children can appear in a variety of forms, each presenting in a different...

Hari Kaneshayogan

How the other half live – ophthalmology training around the world

5 August 2020 | Hari Kaneshayogan | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - Cornea, EYE - General

Ophthalmology speciality training is currently seven years in the UK without an additional fellowship. UK trainees are privileged to have a training programme that is held in high esteem across the world, but did you ever wonder what other trainees...

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Radiation retinopathy

5 June 2020 | Pakinee Pooprasert, Annie SeeWah Tung | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General

The authors review the current treatment options for this condition. Radiation retinopathy (RR) occurs as a complication after exposure to any type of radiation (external beam, plaque brachytherapy and stereotactic radiosurgery) in the orbital or adnexal region. These include nasopharyngeal...

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Optimising an acute eye service in the current COVID-19 crisis

5 June 2020 | Patrick Hughes, Julia Sieberer, Inderpaul S Sian | EYE - General

With the current global pandemic of COVID-19 we have all had to redesign and reorganise our normal working practices. Non-urgent hospital work has been postponed to allow redistribution of resources, redeployment of hospital staff and to reduce the risk of...

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Thermal injury and false eyelashes

1 April 2020 | Siddarth Nardeosingh, Annie SeeWah Tung | EYE - General

The authors provide a case of cyanoacrylate glue causing a thermal burn on the eyelid and explain how this type of burn should be managed. The use of false lashes as well as the techniques used to apply them come...

Lens development illustration

The paediatric cataract: an overview of the embryology and pathophysiology

5 February 2020 | Samuel Augustus Fernando Aryee | EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - General

In the first of the two articles (see Part 2 here) on paediatric cataracts, Samuel Aryee reviews the aetiology of this condition. Cataracts arise from opacification of the natural transparent lens, which can cause partial or total blindness. Although the...

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The orthoptic report – what does it all mean?

5 February 2020 | Laura Darley | EYE - Orbit, EYE - General

An orthoptist report may well look like a piece of Japanese Shodo, however, it does in fact contain some extremely useful information. This piece will briefly explain some of the common brush strokes seen on a report. There is some...

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