Consider the following resources as you navigate the road to retirement.

Physician Retirement Readiness Study – May 31, 2019 https://invested.mdm.ca/e-books-and-whitepapers/md-physician-retirement-readiness-study

Physician Financial Literacy Study – January 10, 2020 https://invested.mdm.ca/e-books-and-whitepapers/md-physician-financial-literacy-study

Closing or Leaving a Practice
https://www.cmpa-acpm.ca/en/advice-publications/browse-articles/2020/closing-or-leaving-a-practice-tips-for-primary-care-physicians

How to Manage Your Medical Records
https://www.cmpa-acpm.ca/en/advice-publications/browse-articles/2003/a-matter-of-records-retention-and-transfer-of-clinical-records

Life After Medicine – A Resource Center designed for retiring and retired physicians. aftermedicine.com

The REFER, ESCALATE and ACHIEVE in NI-IPP (REACH) Compendium was built on current scientific evidence and was developed for general ophthalmologists and specialists to help you achieve the best care for your patients who require treatment escalation beyond corticosteroids by explaining WHY, HOW, and WHEN to refer, treat, and collaboratively manage patients with NI-IPP.

Learning Objectives

The REACH compendium was developed as a learning resource to ensure:

• Accurate and timely referral of patients with suspected non-anterior NIU eligible for treatment escalation.
• Appropriate treatment escalation
• Ongoing collaboration between GO and specialists, post-non-corticosteroid systemic immunomodulatory therapy

Target Audience

This program is developed for general ophthalmologists and specialists who treat patients with non-infectious Intermediate, Posterior, and Panuveitis (NI-IPP).

CPD Credits

The REACH compendium is a non-accredited, continuing professional development program developed by an international scientific committee.  It was also reviewed and adapted by a Canadian Scientific Committee to meet the needs of the Canadian ophthalmology audience:

Access Details

Please visit the REACH microsite to access the REACH compendium and view other related-resources (i.e. Case studies, Patient Referral Tools, Clinical Perspective Videos.)

COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the ways in which we learn and exchange ideas. There are many impressive innovations in didactic teaching with almost all major conferences and meetings being shifted to online platforms. However, surgical education is not as easy to transform into online formats due to the inherent complexities in delivering these ideas virtually. Identifying and sharing surgical educational resources is of great priority to ophthalmologists. Prism Eye Institute is one such resource that every surgeon and surgeon-in-training should explore. These are available online, free of charge. Delivered every 1-2 weeks and accredited, they are delivered in a fun and interactive manner. They serve as good reviews for experienced surgeons and excellent learning tools for surgeons in training. Past topics include challenging cataract cases, navigating intraoperative complications, glaucoma cases, and many more. These rounds can be accessed online by registering at:

Prism Eye Round https://www.prismeyeinstitute.com/webinars/

Recommended by Zainab Khan, MD, FRCSC
Practice Resource Centre Committee Member, Canadian Ophthalmological Society

Launch weekend for Global Education and Research Society of Ophthalmology GERSO (Global Education and Research Society of Ophthalmology) announce the launch of the GERSO Educational Series . This free digital training is provided by a Global faculty of leading ophthalmologists.

The 2-part training will take part on:

Date: Saturday 26th September and Sunday 27th September

Time: 1.30 & 5.30 pm GMT. 9:30am – 1:30pm EDT .

Registration:

Registration is FREE and you can register here: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=qq7ofgjab&oeidk=a07eh96e05r5b568ba7

Access Details:

For more details visit the GERSO.ORG website.

Section 3 Accredited Self-Assessment Programs

Join us for accredited on-demand learning activities featuring two symposia from the 2020 COS virtual Annual Meeting. Earn section 3 credits by participating in these two self-assessment programs:

• Retina Infinity War: Is Bone-dry Our Endgame and,
• AMD/DME Special Report: Fluid for Thought

Access the programs here: http://www.cos2020symposia.com/

To meet the criteria for accreditation, you will be asked to complete a pre-test and a post-test. In addition, you will be asked to complete an evaluation survey following the activity. Certificates of Participation will be available for download. Under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, you may claim a maximum of 1.5 hours each for the completion of the two learning activities (a total of 3 hours).

Access details

Participate in these two self-assessment programs through the following link http://www.cos2020symposia.com/

The 2020 COS Annual Meeting & Exhibition took place online as a virtual meeting from June 26 – 28, 2020. Through the links below you can access legacy materials from the conference, content that remains relevant to your practice. Review session recordings, ePosters, Surgical Videos, and browse recorded paper presentations. Earn Section 3 Credits through the two accredited Self-Assessment Programs developed from the two recorded co-developed symposia: Retina Infinity War: Is Bone-Dry Our Endgame and AMD/DME Special Report: Fluid for Thought.

Section 3 Accredited Self-Assessment Programs – Visit the website

Earn section 3 credits by participating in these two self-assessment programs based on the recorded co-developed symposia:

• Retina Infinity War: Is Bone-dry Our Endgame
• AMD/DME Special Report: Fluid for Thought

ePosters and Surgical Videos – Visit the website

Claim Section 2 credits. Review ePosters and document your key learnings through the bulk online reading/scanning with transcript, which you can submit to claim credits in MAINPORT.

Paper Presentations – Visit the website

Browse paper abstracts, review voice narrated video paper presentations highlighting innovative research in ophthalmology. Claim Section 2 credits for viewing under Scanning in MAINPORT.

Session Recordings – Visit the COS YouTube Channel

Gain cutting-edge knowledge with on-demand viewing of the recorded subspecialty sessions from the 2020 COS Annual Meeting including: Global and Public Health Ophthalmology, Cataract Surgery, Retina, Glaucoma, Neuro-ophthalmology, Cornea and Refractive Surgery, Resident’s and Young Ophthalmologists and Paediatric Ophthalmology. Claim Section 2 credits for viewing under Scanning in MAINPORT.

August 11, 2020

COVID-19 and the Ophthalmology Match
David A. Quillen, MD – Hershey, Pennsylvania
R. Michael Siatkowski, MD – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Steven Feldon, MD, MBA – Rochester, New York, on behalf of the Association of University Professors of
Ophthalmology

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted ophthalmology and medical education profoundly. In an effort to reduce the transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, the American Academy of Ophthalmology issued a statement on March 18, 2020,urging all ophthalmologists immediately to cease providing any treatment other than urgent or emergent care.1 This recommendations endorsed by every major ophthalmology organization in the United States resulted in a 79% reduction in care, the highest decline of any medical or surgical discipline.2 Concurrently, the Association of American Medical Colleges recommended that medical schools pause all medical student clinical rotations and suggested that medical students not be involved in any direct patient care.3 The disruption was unprecedented. Medical students were unable to complete core clerkship and specialty electives at a critical time in their training. Imposed travel restrictions limited their ability to pursue rotations away from their home institutions (“away rotations”), global health experiences, and academic meetings. Social distancing requirements interrupted research activities and prevented some medical students from completing the United States Medical Licensing Examinations (USMLEs).

Read the Full Editorial, COVID-19 and the Ophthalmology Match Editorial here.

About Podcast : EyeTalks Radio delivers strategies and techniques for success in the field of ophthalmic practice management through rich content and periodic interviews with subject matter experts on topics of interest to those who run the business side of ophthalmology

Frequency: 2 episodes / quarter

Join the conversation to the ASOA EyeTalks radio podcast here.

The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) is the US counterpart to the Canadian Ophthalmological Society, and is the world’s largest association of eye physicians and surgeons. As one of the leading global eye health organizations, they have published a number of excellent resources related to global ophthalmology, including:

Global Ophthalmology Guide – The AAO’s Global Ophthalmology Guide is an interactive database of articles, training opportunities, and other interesting resources that span a large range of global ophthalmic topics.

Epidemiology and Biostatistics for the Global Ophthalmologist – Epidemiology and Biostatistics for the Global Ophthalmologist is an easy-to-browse adaptation from the book of the same name by Alfred Sommer, MD, MHS. The resource is targeted towards ophthalmologists in practice or training who desire a fundamental understanding of epidemiology, statistics, and interpretation of ophthalmic research literature.

Readers can expect to:

• Review key concepts in epidemiology along with their applications to international ophthalmology.
• Describe common types of statistics found in ophthalmic literature.
• Review examples of outstanding clinical research.

Ethics in Global Ophthalmology – In global clinical care and research, ophthalmologists must always act in the best interests of patients and the local community by maintaining high ethical standards. This collection of content reviews the ethical role of trainees and risk management in a global setting, and the numerable ethical challenges in global practice: appropriate supervision, competence, informed consent, perioperative care, patient vulnerability and privacy, and potential conflicts of interest. Please note that you must be logged in to the AAO website to access this content.

Volunteer Work in Global Ophthalmology – Volunteering abroad is undergoing a sea change. Gone are the days of simply flying overseas to an under-resourced community, performing hundreds of cataract surgeries, and returning home to your practice. Most communities now have their own health systems in place with local physicians who can perform procedures at a lower cost than in the past. This resource is designed to help ophthalmologists increase their knowledgebase and efficacy as volunteers in eye health on the global stage.