Title of article
Ophthalmology Education in the Post-Coronavirus Disease 2019 Era
Author/Authors
Zarei‑Ghanavati, Mehran Eye Research Center - Farabi Eye Hospital - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , P. T‑H Liu, George School of Medicine - Anglia Ruskin University - Chelmsford, Essex, UK , Naveed, Hasan Sussex Eye Hospital - Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals - NHS Trust - Brighton, UK , Diab, Rawya A Sussex Eye Hospital - Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals - NHS Trust - Brighton, UK - Sudan Eye Centre - Khartoum, Sudan , Liu, Christopher Sussex Eye Hospital - Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals - NHS Trust - Brighton, UK
Pages
3
From page
307
To page
309
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19) has significantly disrupted ophthalmic services, worldwide. Elective surgery has been suspended, and outpatient visits dramatically decreased
to reduce transmission of COVID‑19, enhance health system
capacity, and preserve equipment. Moreover, local educational
meetings including case presentations, grand rounds, and
journal clubs are more or less cancelled altogether. Most
medical students are instructed by their universities to not
attend their clinical workplace attachments.
These sequelae will have unprecedented consequences on
the education and training of medical students, residents,
and fellows for the foreseeable future. Thus, it is paramount
that solutions should be discussed to overcome challenges in ophthalmology training.
Keywords
Ophthalmology Education , Post-Coronavirus Disease , COVID‑19
Journal title
Journal of Current Ophthalmology
Serial Year
2020
Record number
2714930
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