Optics for Residents with Dr V Penner A series of short youtube videos on various topics in optics intended for residents. Dr. Penner discusses approaches and answers to common optics questions.

Online Resource

One Retinoblastoma World website. The website lists the global centers that treat retinoblastoma, as well as their human and material resources/capacities.

Retinoblastoma is an aggressive eye cancer that affects 8,000 new babies and children worldwide each year. Early detection and coordinated, evidence-based care at expert treatment centers are key to saving lives and vision.

The October 2021 CJO is now available online. Here are some of the highlights: 

Resident Perspectives + visual abstract: Our residents have summarized 4 articles that are relevant to ophthalmology learners here in Canada and around the globe, including the article featured in our June visual abstract, Subclinical ocular inflammation in patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis.

Review and original research articles:

• The many faces of ocular syphilis: case-based update on recognition, diagnosis, and treatment [review]

• Incremental effect of topical and oral moxifloxacin administration with surgical intracameral prophylaxis  [original research]

•   Applications of iodine-125 plaque radiotherapy for residual or recurrent retinoblastoma  [original research]

• Natural history of incomplete retinal pigment epithelial and outer retinal atrophy in age-related macular degeneration  [original research]

Research letters and case reports:

• Enhancing medical professionals’ and students’ empathy for visually impaired patients using virtual reality [research letter]

• Conjunctival carriage of SARS-CoV-2 using serial sampling: risk factors and protective factors [research letter]
• Two cases of bilateral blindness from Klebsiella pneumoniae endogenous endophthalmitis [case report]
• Acute macular neuroretinopathy in a case of chronic lymphocytic leukemia [case report]
• Full-thickness macular hole repair with associated asteroid hyalosis [case report]

Follow the CJO on social media:

Twitter: @CanJOphth

Instagram: @cjo_jco

Facebook: CanJOphth

The Canadian Psychological Association has produced a series of Fact Sheets in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

English and French links are below.

As the health crisis driven by COVID-19 continues, many health care workers are having to cope with an increase or exacerbation of anxiety, burnout or other challenges related to increasingly difficult work conditions. We’re encouraging physicians to check in on their own health and the CMA has created a Pandemic Wellness Toolkit to help them get started. The toolkit has evidence-based wellness supports, including: 

• A wellness self-assessment tool 
• Access to peer support and counseling services 
• Resources to connect with peers, support your team and overcome challenges related to the pandemic 

Also, completing activities and accessing resources in the toolkit can count towards continuing professional development credits with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (Maintenance of Certification), the College of Family Physicians of Canada (Mainpro+) or the Collège des médecins du Québec (CMQ). 

COS is pleased to provide ophthalmologists with this 90-minute accredited on-demand learning activity featuring content from a co-developed symposia that was presented during the 2021 COS Annual Meeting: www.cos2021symposium.com/

Learning Objectives

At the end of this module, participants will be able to:

• Recognize the importance of setting IOP targets in patients with glaucoma
• Explain how to monitor progression through VF, OCT changes and other tools
• Identify adherence issues in patients and when to refer patients for surgical interventions
• Discuss the timing and order of surgical strategies, including considerations for post-surgical medical management

This module was co-developed by the Canadian Ophthalmological Society and Allergan, an AbbVie Company and was planned to achieve scientific integrity, objectivity, and balance.

This activity is an Accredited Self-Assessment Program (Section 3) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by the Canadian Ophthalmological Society. You may claim a maximum of 1.5 hours (credits are automatically calculated).

Access Details

Access the Section 3 accredited module through the following website:

If you’re an ophthalmologist treating keratoconus, or you’re simply interested in learning the lay of the land, then watching this Keratoconus Conversations roundtable is a must. Also, due to the on demand format, there are no excuses for not tuning in – you can’t miss it, and it’s entirely free of charge.

Four leading experts in keratoconus discuss the importance of diagnosing and treating keratoconus early, detection methods, assessment of disease progression, current treatment options and upcoming innovations

The talking points:

1. Importance of early keratoconus diagnosis and treatment, and the impact of missing keratoconus in the case of cataract surgery candidates.

2. Methods of detecting keratoconus.

3. The role of genetic testing for keratoconus in cataract and refractive surgery candidates.

4. Assessment of keratoconus progression, taking patients’ age into consideration.

5. Current treatment options.

6. The latest innovations in corneal cross-linking for keratoconus – differences around the world.

7. Post-operative care – objective and subjective evaluation of the success of the treatment.

8. Upcoming innovations experts are looking forward to trying, and the ultimate keratoconus wish-list.

If you’re an ophthalmologist treating keratoconus, or you’re simply interested in learning the lay of the land, then watching this Keratoconus Conversations roundtable is a must. Also, due to the on demand format, there are no excuses for not tuning in – you can’t miss it, and it’s entirely free of charge.

View Video Here:

This webinar was sponsored by: Avellino, Glaukos and Oculus

June 2021

Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19.

Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre – including this research content – immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company’s public news and information website.

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Description
This 12-month online series organized by The Ophthalmology Foundation will address the needs of anyone that is interested in teaching ophthalmologists in training and allied ophthalmic personnel. The series consists of 12 individual modules that will cover the foundational principles of instructing adult learners. Topics will include adult learning principles, principles and tools for assessment and online learning, teaching critical thinking, and more

Modules in This Series

Module 1: Applying Adult Learning Principles to Maximize Your Teaching
Module 2: Giving Effective Feedback to Enhance Any Teaching Activity
Module 3: Assessment Drives Learning: Principles & Tools to Embrace
Module 4: Teaching & Assessing in the Clinic
Module 5: Teaching & Assessing in the Operating Room
Module 6: Tips to Enhance Your Lectures
Module 7: Designing an Effective Flipped Classroom
Module 8: Fostering Critical Thinking
Module 9: Professionalism & Communication Skills: Teaching & Assessing
Module 10: Technology Assisted Teaching & Learning
Module 11: Creating Effective Continuing Professional Development Programs
Module 12: Generational Teaching: Tips to Increase Learning

Learning Objectives
By the end of the series, participants should be able to:

• Apply adult and generational learning principles to training.
• Give appropriate feedback to learners.
• Use appropriate tools and strategies to assess learners.
• Teach effectively in the clinic, operating room and in the classroom.
• Help learners develop critical thinking, professionalism and communication skills.
• Use technology for teaching and learning.
• Apply flipped classroom strategies.
• Develop continuing learning programs.

Course Format
This is a self-led series with 12 independent modules. Participants can choose to participate in the entire series, or choose to join the modules that will be most useful to them. Modules are self-paced. Each module in the series will be released consecutively on the first week of each month. Modules consist of a recorded asynchronous presentation with activities and assessment with a live (synchronous) meeting at the end of the month. Each module will offer a certificate and CME credits after completion of the mandatory activities. The estimated time to complete each module is 3-4 hours.

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