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Training and professional profile of retinologists in Spain: Retina 2 project, Report 4

BACKGROUND: Uniform postresidency systems to train medical specialists have not been developed in most European countries. Before developing a framework for such a system, we established the learning and professional profiles of Spanish ophthalmologists dedicated to medical retina and vitreoretina s...

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Autores principales: Pastor, J Carlos, Fernández, Itziar, Rojas, Jimena, Coco, Rosa, Sanabria, Maria R, Rodríguez-de la Rúa, Enrique, Sánchez, Diego, Valverde, Carmen, Sala-Puigdollers, Anna
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3090303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21573096
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S17100
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author Pastor, J Carlos
Fernández, Itziar
Rojas, Jimena
Coco, Rosa
Sanabria, Maria R
Rodríguez-de la Rúa, Enrique
Sánchez, Diego
Valverde, Carmen
Sala-Puigdollers, Anna
author_facet Pastor, J Carlos
Fernández, Itziar
Rojas, Jimena
Coco, Rosa
Sanabria, Maria R
Rodríguez-de la Rúa, Enrique
Sánchez, Diego
Valverde, Carmen
Sala-Puigdollers, Anna
author_sort Pastor, J Carlos
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description BACKGROUND: Uniform postresidency systems to train medical specialists have not been developed in most European countries. Before developing a framework for such a system, we established the learning and professional profiles of Spanish ophthalmologists dedicated to medical retina and vitreoretina subspecialties. METHODS: After identification of presumed subspecialists by experts from different autonomous regions, a self-administered questionnaire was mailed in 2006. A reminder was sent three weeks later. Postal mail was used. Nonresponder bias was determined. RESULTS: Of 492 possible retina subspecialists, 261 replied to the questionnaires. While about 86% received specific retinal training, standardized fellowship programs were uncommon for both medical retina and vitreoretina (around 10%). Of the responders, 24.5% performed only medical retina, 11.8% vitreoretina, and 63.6% both. Most (60.5%) practiced anterior segment surgery, and 78.7% declared skills in vitrectomy. CONCLUSION: We have developed a database of Spanish ophthalmologists dedicated to retinal pathologies and identified some characteristics of their professional profile. Although most of them have received specific retinal training, standardized mastership programs are still uncommon. These data will be useful in creating a standardized Retina Mastership, an important goal of the European Higher Education Area.
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spelling pubmed-30903032011-05-13 Training and professional profile of retinologists in Spain: Retina 2 project, Report 4 Pastor, J Carlos Fernández, Itziar Rojas, Jimena Coco, Rosa Sanabria, Maria R Rodríguez-de la Rúa, Enrique Sánchez, Diego Valverde, Carmen Sala-Puigdollers, Anna Clin Ophthalmol Original Research BACKGROUND: Uniform postresidency systems to train medical specialists have not been developed in most European countries. Before developing a framework for such a system, we established the learning and professional profiles of Spanish ophthalmologists dedicated to medical retina and vitreoretina subspecialties. METHODS: After identification of presumed subspecialists by experts from different autonomous regions, a self-administered questionnaire was mailed in 2006. A reminder was sent three weeks later. Postal mail was used. Nonresponder bias was determined. RESULTS: Of 492 possible retina subspecialists, 261 replied to the questionnaires. While about 86% received specific retinal training, standardized fellowship programs were uncommon for both medical retina and vitreoretina (around 10%). Of the responders, 24.5% performed only medical retina, 11.8% vitreoretina, and 63.6% both. Most (60.5%) practiced anterior segment surgery, and 78.7% declared skills in vitrectomy. CONCLUSION: We have developed a database of Spanish ophthalmologists dedicated to retinal pathologies and identified some characteristics of their professional profile. Although most of them have received specific retinal training, standardized mastership programs are still uncommon. These data will be useful in creating a standardized Retina Mastership, an important goal of the European Higher Education Area. Dove Medical Press 2011 2011-04-21 /pmc/articles/PMC3090303/ /pubmed/21573096 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S17100 Text en © 2011 Pastor et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd. This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Pastor, J Carlos
Fernández, Itziar
Rojas, Jimena
Coco, Rosa
Sanabria, Maria R
Rodríguez-de la Rúa, Enrique
Sánchez, Diego
Valverde, Carmen
Sala-Puigdollers, Anna
Training and professional profile of retinologists in Spain: Retina 2 project, Report 4
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title_full Training and professional profile of retinologists in Spain: Retina 2 project, Report 4
title_fullStr Training and professional profile of retinologists in Spain: Retina 2 project, Report 4
title_full_unstemmed Training and professional profile of retinologists in Spain: Retina 2 project, Report 4
title_short Training and professional profile of retinologists in Spain: Retina 2 project, Report 4
title_sort training and professional profile of retinologists in spain: retina 2 project, report 4
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3090303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21573096
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S17100
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