Open AccessA national curriculum for ophthalmology residency training
Author(s) -
Ashok K. Grover,
Santosh G Honavar,
Rajvardhan Azad,
Lalit Verma
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/ijo.ijo_327_18
Subject(s) - curriculum , medicine , residency training , work (physics) , medical education , ophthalmology , practice management , training (meteorology) , family medicine , pedagogy , engineering , psychology , mechanical engineering , continuing education , physics , meteorology
We present a residency curriculum for Ophthalmology in India. The document derives from a workshop by the All India Ophthalmological Society (AlOS) which adapted the International Council of Ophthalmology residency curriculum and refined and customized it based on inputs by the residency program directors who participated in the work shop. The curriculum describes the course content, lays down the minimum requirements of infrastructure and mandates diagnostic and therapeutic procedures required for optimal training. It emphasises professionalism, management, research methodology, community ophthalmology as integral to the curriculum. The proposed national ophthalmology residency curriculum for India incorporates the required knowledge and skills for effective and safe practice of ophthalmology and takes into account the specific needs of the country.