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Passing the Refraction Certificate as a Foundation doctor
3 April 2023
| Tsz Lun Ernest Wong, Samantha S Mann, Zaria Ali
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Ophthalmology, EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
Application for ophthalmic specialist training (OST) is competitive. This means you should consider making every effort to maximise your portfolio points, as it may have a significant contribution to your OST application ranking. The “Commitment to Specialty” section is the...
Building leaders for eye care in Africa: the COECSA-RCOphth VISION 2020 LINK
1 April 2015
| Nick Astbury, Denise Mabey, Josiah Onyango, Marcia Zondervan
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AMD, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Optometry, 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
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...
British Council for Prevention of Blindness has a new Chairman
9 November 2020
BCPB’s new Chairman Mr Michael Burdon FRCOphth FRCP is a consultant ophthalmologist at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham with a specialist interest in neuro-ophthalmology.
The only thing to fear is fear itself
1 February 2014
| Gwyn Samuel Williams
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AMD, Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Oculoplastics, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Orbit, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
There is a song by the Amateur Transplants called ‘Finals Fantasy’ which describes in humorous detail how stressful clinical exams can be. Having not done any viva or objectively structured clinical examination (OSCE) style exams for many years indeed I...
Skills training and setting up of nurse practitioners led intravitreal treatment (IVT) workshop at the RCOphth Congress
17 April 2023
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Awards, Conferences & Anniversaries, Company Profiles
The Medical Retina team at Great Western NHS Hospital, Swindon will be running a first of its kind skills training workshop at RCOphth Annual Congress, Birmingham on 24 May ’23.
VISION 6/6.2020 Day – A Celebration of International Partnerships
5 June 2020
Please join us for a day of online sessions celebrating international partnerships in eye health.
Simulated intravitreal injection training – the way forward
1 December 2018
| Niamh Stone, Srilakshmi Sharma
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Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Simulated surgical training is now recommended in the training curricula of all ophthalmologists in the United Kingdom [1]. Simulated training allows for familiarisation with a procedure, exercises the discipline of repetition, allows the resolution of technical difficulties and enables refinement...
‘The Way Forward’ champions clinicians as architects of patient-centred service redesign
1 April 2017
| Rod McNeil
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Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Oculoplastics, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Orbit, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous, AMD, Emergency Ophthalmology
The demographic time bomb poses the dilemma of how more healthcare can be delivered to the UK’s ageing population without commensurate growth in resources. The Way Forward Project provides a robust resource for clinical centres to better identify and implement...
International medical graduates in ophthalmology
4 December 2023
| Abdelrahman Obiedat
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Ophthalmology
IMGs in the NHS The General Medical Council (GMC) defines an international medical graduate (IMG) as someone who has obtained their primary medical qualification outside the European Economic Area (EEA) [1], meaning that an IMG is a medical doctor whose...
Preparing for modern ophthalmic surgical training as a trainee
9 December 2022
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Ophthalmology, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
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...