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Paediatric ophthalmology training in Africa through the Juba-Bournemouth VISION 2020 LINK
1 December 2018
| Ben Parkin, Narman Puvanachandra, Henrietta Holmes-Smith, Margaret Njuguna, Lucy Njambi Njeri, Joseph Monday, Marcia Zondervan
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EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - General
One of the aims of the College of Ophthalmology of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa (COECSA) is to provide specialist ophthalmic training for practising ophthalmologists from its 11 member countries. A number of initiatives are enabling more ophthalmologists to undertake...
300 MCQs for the Duke Elder Ophthalmology Exam
3 April 2024
| Shi Pei Loo
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EYE - General
The Duke Elder undergraduate prize examination is held by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists annually for undergraduate medical students. It is a competitive examination covering clinical ophthalmology as well as the ocular basic sciences, optics, statistics and socio-economic medicine. For...
OP-ED: How and why local healthcare providers can expand their services
17 March 2023
Staffing shortages, financial constraints, and an ongoing rise in demand: none of these factors remove the need for high-quality healthcare, yet combined they threaten its realisation.
New AOP members elected to join Hospital Optometrists Committee
The appointment of Lucy Andrews and Claire Melvin confirmed at the AOP’s Hospital and Specialty Optometrists Conference.Student Ophthalmology Review Day: SORD
16 November 2023
by Josephine A Bates, FY2 Doctor, North Devon District Hospital, Barnstaple, UK. Opening its doors to medical students across the country once again, the Royal College of Ophthalmologists hosted the Student Ophthalmology Review Day (SORD) with a fantastic turnout. Dr...
Registration live for 100% Ophthalmology 2025
19 September 2024
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ophthalmology, events, conferences, industry, 100%, 100% Optical, 100% ophthalmology, London, meetings
Organisers of 100% Optical have announced that visitor registrations for 100% Ophthalmology 2025 are now live for the show set to take place at London’s ExCeL from 1–3 March. Featuring as a co-located event with 100% Optical, 100% Ophthalmology, a...
Medical Ophthalmological Society (MOSUK) Meeting 2024
7 February 2024
by Nima Ghadiri, Medical Ophthalmology Consultant and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Liverpool. Diseases at the interface between ophthalmology and systemic medicine are like chameleons, masterful in their ability to adapt and often challenging to diagnose. These conditions don't always present...
Junior doctors in emergency departments lack confidence when managing ophthalmic emergencies
30 January 2025
| James Kirkpatrick
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EYE - Cornea
This systematic review assessed the confidence of doctors in the UK working in emergency departments (EDs) to manage ophthalmic emergencies, with secondary outcomes looking at doctor’s confidence in performing fundoscopy and using the slit-lamp, and training received in the ED....
My top five eye-related webinars during lockdown
12 August 2020
| Yarrow Scantling-Birch
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EYE - General
1. Alcon Experience Academy The Alcon Experience Academy ran a non-promotional educational series from 12 May to 23 June 2020. Being mildly biased as a junior trainee, this has to be rated by far the best series due to its...
My Top Five: Eye-related webinars during lockdown
12 August 2020
| Yarrow Scantling-Birch
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EYE - General
1. Alcon Experience Academy The Alcon Experience Academy ran a non-promotional educational series from 12 May to 23 June 2020. Being mildly biased as a junior trainee, this has to be rated by far the best series due to its...
Take this waltz
My last weekend on-call was the busiest I can remember for a very long time. We were just completely swamped with patients. The weather was not too good that Saturday and it felt like every second inhabitant of our ocean...2024
1 April 2024
| Baljean Dhillon (Prof), David Lockington
Welcome to our Spring Special of 2024! The year is well underway and I can feel change is in the air. It’s the Chinese year of the dragon, generally regarded as a good sign, plus it’s 40 years on from...
