Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures - Education
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

[Virtual reality in ophthalmology]

9 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: The use of virtual reality (VR) has gained increasing interest for the acquirement of ophthalmosurgical skills outside the operating room and is thereby increasing patients' safety. The aim of this study was to evaluate trainees' ... Read more...

Performance of strabismic subjects using a validated surgical training module: a pilot study.

30 Jul 2009 PURPOSE: To compare the performance of patients with strabismus to that of age-matched controls in a validated surgical training module. METHODS: A prospective experimental study was conducted of 14 adult patients with strabismus since childhood and ... Read more...

Resident surgical practice patterns for vitreoretinal surgery in ophthalmic training programs in the United States.

30 Mar 2009 PURPOSE: To assess resident surgical experience in vitreoretinal surgery (VRS) in the United States. DESIGN: Anonymous electronic survey over 2 consecutive years. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 287 third-year ophthalmology residents from US residency ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures - Education'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Virtual reality in ophthalmology] 9 Aug 2009
• Performance of strabismic subjects using a validated surgical training module: a pilot study. 30 Jul 2009
• Eyetube. 29 Apr 2009
• Resident surgical practice patterns for vitreoretinal surgery in ophthalmic training programs in the United States. 30 Mar 2009
• Surgical simulation: why now? 27 Feb 2009
• Ophthalmology residency program leadership expectations of resident competency in retinal procedures and resident experience with retinal procedures. 30 Jan 2009
• Endoscopic endonasal surgery simulator as a training tool for ophthalmology residents. 30 Oct 2008
• Ophthalmic surgical training: a curriculum to enhance surgical simulation. 30 Oct 2008
• Should ophthalmologists teach surgery to optometrists? 29 Sep 2008
• Teaching and assessing competency in retinal lasers in ophthalmology residency. 29 Jun 2008
• Motion analysis as a tool for the evaluation of oculoplastic surgical skill: evaluation of oculoplastic surgical skill. 30 Jan 2008
• Assessing resident competency. 30 Jul 2007
• Assessing surgery skills. 30 Jul 2007
• Assessing resident competency. 30 Jul 2007
• Pterygium excision with conjunctival autograft: consultant versus trainee. 29 Apr 2007
• Resident surgical competency. 30 Mar 2007
• Virtual reality simulation. 30 Mar 2007
• [Internal limiting membrane staining using intravitreal brilliant blue G: good help for vitreo-retinal surgeon in training] 30 Jan 2007
• Entropion surgery. 30 Dec 2006
• Outcomes of autoconjunctival grafting for primary pterygia when performed by consultant compared with trainee ophthalmologists. 29 Nov 2006

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Technical information about 'Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures'

Definition: Surgery performed on the eye or any of its parts.

Descriptor UI: D013508

Alternative terms: Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; Procedure, Ophthalmologic Surgical; Procedures, Ophthalmologic Surgical; Ophthalmological Surgical Procedures; Ophthalmological Surgical Procedure; Procedure, Ophthalmological Surgical; Procedures, Ophthalmological Surgical; Surgical Procedure, Ophthalmological; Surgical Procedures, Ophthalmological; Surgical Procedures, Ophthalmologic; Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedure; Surgical Procedure, Ophthalmologic;

Related Mesh Headings: Ophthalmology;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; rehabilitation; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E04.540;

History Note: 98; use explode 1975-97

Technical Notes: GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics; consider also /surg with specific parts of the eye; also EYE DISEASES /surg or /surg with specific eye dis; DF: OPHTHALMOL SURG PROCEDURES