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The interpretation and use of ultrasound biomicroscopy (part 1)

1 October 2016 | Rizwana Siddiqi, Pravin Pandey, Peter Antony Good | EYE - Cornea, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal

Ultrasound Biomicroscopy (UBM) has become increasingly important for the diagnosis of a variety of anterior segment pathologies. Most ophthalmologists are familiar with conventional B-scan ultrasonography techniques, which operate at lower sound frequencies (7.5 to 20MHz). UBM is an ultrasound technique...

The Makassar-Dundee VISION 2020 LINK: a tale of two cities and two trainees

1 October 2014 | Hendra Kusuma, Lai Ling Tan, Habibah Muhiddin, Marcia Zondervan | 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

A resident’s view from Makassar My name is Hendra Kusuma, a final year resident (registrar) in the ophthalmology department at Hasanuddin University in Makassar, Indonesia. We have had a VISION 2020 LINK with Dundee (coordinated at the UK end by...

Eyecare challenges in the Middle East: Priorities of a global ophthalmology task force

2 June 2025 | Fatma Shakarchi, Sila Bal, Joshua R Ehrlich, Marcia Zondervan, Mattan Arazi | EYE - General

Global ophthalmology is a rapidly evolving, multidisciplinary field that integrates clinical practice, research, and policy at national and international levels. One of its main objectives is to improve eyecare equity worldwide by preventing avoidable vision impairment. Since the launch of...

Burnout: ubiquitous and unavoidable?

3 August 2023 | Meriam Islam | EYE - General

Meriam Islam reminds us of the importance of ‘putting our oxygen mask on first’ and avoiding burnout while we progress through our careers. Burnout. It’s a term we hear a lot. What does it mean though? According to Merriam Webster,...

Blinking blepharitis has a lot to answer for…

1 October 2015 | Christine Purslow (Prof) | EYE - Cornea

Never ignore the small things’…someone once said. There is no doubt blepharitis is one of the most common eye conditions encountered daily, but with the typical pressures of a busy outpatient department, the management of more obvious, sight-threatening conditions necessarily...

Simulated ocular surgery – strabismus surgery

1 October 2015 | John Ferris | EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Orbit

See also Simulated ocular surgery and Simulated ocular surgery: pars plane vitrectomy and scleral buckling surgery Strabismus surgery requires a range of skills, distinct to those required for intraocular surgery. Even if a trainee does not plan to become a...

How to examine the visual system Part 2: Accommodation, pupils, fundoscopy and additional tests

1 August 2014 | Emma Linton, Apostolos Fotakakis | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal

Examining the visual system can be a tricky skill for medical students to master, yet it is a task that is frequently tested in examinations. This is the second of a two-part series of articles, which together aim to improve...

The Eye Health Network – an ‘optometry-first’ approach to eye care

1 April 2014 | Stephen McPherson, John Olson | EYE - Cornea

Historically, in NHS Grampian, ophthalmology and optometry worked separately, with even the process of optometry referral to hospital occurring only at the behest of the patient’s general practitioner (GP). Criteria for referral were not discussed and feedback after referral was...

My ophthalmic elective: focusing on myopia in Taiwan

3 June 2021 | Li Teng Kok, Antony Raharja | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - General

The authors describe their elective experience and delve further into high myopia, an emerging ophthalmic disease that is increasingly recognised in and outside Asia. The medical school elective programme presents an opportunity for students to conduct learning in their chosen...

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