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Moorfields corneal suturing and penetrating keratoplasty wet lab

17 January 2025
Corneal suturing is an essential skill for all ophthalmologists, but with reduced training opportunities is becoming increasingly difficult to master.The Moorfield’s corneal suturing and penetrating keratoplasty course, delivered by corneal surgeons at Moorfields, will provide hands on experience in corneal...

LSHTM: Skills for Eye Field Research

28 November 2024 -12 December 2024
This course takes place in November/December each year on Thursdays and Fridays over 3 weeks (5 teaching days and one day for the written assessment). All sessions are delivered face-to-face for the whole day (09:30 - 12:45 and 14:00 -...

LSHTM: Epidemiological Methods Applied to Eye Diseases

31 October 2024 -21 November 2024
This course takes place in October/November each year on Thursdays and Fridays over 3 weeks (5 full teaching days and one day for the written assessment). Morning is face-to-face teaching from 9:30 - 12:45 and the afternoon is self-directed learning...

Deep Dive Astigmatism: Master Astigmatism in Cataract Surgery

13 June 2024
Course Director: Milind Pande Faculty: Ashraf Armia, Laura Maubon, Mayank Nanavaty, Course Overview: Embark on a transformative journey through this dynamic course, tailored to empower ophthalmologists and cataract surgeons with the expertise needed to master astigmatism management in cataract surgery....

Developing a training model to strengthen diabetic retinopathy screening through a VISION 2020 LINK in India

1 February 2022 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - Imaging, EYE - General
I. Development of LINK Partnership A VISION 2020 LINK India was established by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in 2018 between the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust and...

Assessing the effectiveness of undergraduate ophthalmic assessments in the UK: A literature review

2 June 2025 | | EYE - General
During 2008–2009, 300,000 patients presented to hospital emergency departments in the UK with eye conditions. This rose by nearly 200,000 over the next decade. As the population ages, the prevalence of eye disease increases [1,2]. However, the stake ophthalmology holds...

Building research capacity through the VISION 2020 LINKS Programme

1 August 2017 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
The aim is to build capacity for research in the region covered by the College of Ophthalmology of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa (COECSA). The project will build research capacity in three ophthalmology training institutions by ‘training the trainers’ and...

Building leaders for eye care in Africa: the COECSA-RCOphth VISION 2020 LINK

1 April 2015 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
The VISION 2020 LINK [1] between the College of Ophthalmology of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa (COECSA) and the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth) has been building leaders of eye care in Africa since 2008, when a Memorandum of Understanding...

Advanced Glaucoma Surgery Course in Africa through the Juba-Bournemouth VISION 2020 LINK

1 October 2019 | | EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - General
In order to enhance specialist skills, particularly for South Sudan, the Juba-Bournemouth VISION 2020 LINK has been offering week-long intensive ophthalmic specialist training for the last three years, in collaboration with the University of Nairobi, the College of Ophthalmology of...

Ophthalmology Foundation: a promising new beginning

3 June 2021 | | EYE - General
The world’s leaders in ophthalmology have created the new Ophthalmology Foundation, to make prevention of blindness and maintenance of high quality vision accessible to people of all nations. Board of Directors President David EI Pyott explains their vision for the...

Preparing for modern ophthalmic surgical training as a trainee

9 December 2022 | EYE - General
As a trainee in ophthalmology, every day you are learning more and more about the specialty. In addition, you will most likely be exploring the vast array of subspecialties that ophthalmology has to offer, and would probably be trying to...

Four pillars: Exploring eye exigencies

2 June 2025 | | EYE - General
This series explores the four pillars of advanced clinical practice and here, Jem Ann Bautista explores the pillar of clinical practice. As day case theatre practitioners in one of London’s biggest and busiest centres, our team is trained to cater...