Category Archives: For Residents & Fellows

ASCRS Post-Refractive IOL Calculators
Nov 18th, 2019

IOL power calculation in eyes that have undergone LASIK/PRK/RK. This website provide three calculator tools. IOL Caolculator for Eyes with Prior Myopic LASIK/PRK IOL Calculator for Eye with Prior Hyperopic LASIK/PRK IOL Calculator for Eyes with Prior RK Access Details Access the ASCRS post-refractive calculators through the website: http://iolcalc.ascrs.org/

U of T Med: Heal Thyself
Oct 5th, 2019

U of T Med is an alumni magazine like no other. Bold, ambitious and lively, we dive into medicine’s most pressing topics. Heal Thyself is the U of T Med publication from Summer 2017 addressing the topic of physician mental health. This issue features: Can We Talk About Physician Mental Health? Who Heals the Healer? […]

Podcast Review: Assessment, feedback and the alchemy of learning
Sep 16th, 2019

Key Literature in Medical Education (KeyLIME) is a weekly podcast produced by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.  Articles that are important, innovative, or will impact your educational practice are discussed, bringing you the main points in under half an hour. In episode 191, Creating a risky recipe for learning, host Dr. […]

“Little” things make BIG differences: Recognizing and Managing Disruptive Behaviour in the Clinical Environment
Jul 30th, 2019

“Little” things make BIG differences is an online module, and has been accredited as a Section 3: Self-Assessment Program.  The program designed to help practicing physicians, residents, administrators, and other team members build knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to better recognize and manage issues of disruptive behavior in their team based settings. Premise of the […]

CJO’s Inaugural Visual Abstract
Jun 27th, 2019

The CJO’s inaugural visual abstract provides a graphical summary of the following article from the June issue: Comparison of 2 regimens of loteprednol etabonate and bromfenac for cataract surgery. The article is also featured in the CJO’s first Resident Perspectives digest, which highlights a handful of articles from each issue with summaries written by members of the CJO’s Resident Advisory Council. […]

Clinical – Pathological Correlation in Ophthalmology
Jun 14th, 2019

The MUHC-McGill University Ophthalmic Pathology Review Course brings an update of the non-neoplastic and neoplastic diseases of the eye and the ocular adnexa. The three-day course will review the most important ocular diseases in a clinical pathological manner. The course is designed to bring the pathological features to the clinical diagnosis and integrating the tissue […]

Post-LASIK IOL calculations
May 15th, 2019

Ms. PRK tells me she isn’t overly worried about her refractive outcome following cataract surgery. But, she’s also had previous refractive which certainly causes me to raise a red flag! This is a patient who clearly cares (or at least previously cared!) about refraction! I’m reflecting on the Toronto Cataract Course 2019 that took place […]

The Doctor’s Life Podcast
May 3rd, 2019

The Doctor’s Life Podcast is a weekly podcast featuring discussions with fellow doctors and scientists on how to achieve success in clinical medicine and non-clinical careers while staying healthy in mind, body and spirit and balancing living a rich, purposeful life. Hosted by Physician Development Coach and Founder of the Physician Vitality Institute, Dianne Ansari-Winn, […]

Finessing your Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) Skills
Apr 29th, 2019

Just recently, an ophthalmology resident that was nearing the end of their pediatrics rotation said to me, “All the ROP babies we have screened together have no ROP or ROP not requiring treatment. I’m afraid that when I go into practice I might not be confident enough to call Type I ROP. What should I […]