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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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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 |
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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. |
spellingShingle | Original Research 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 |
title | Training and professional profile of retinologists in Spain: Retina 2 project, Report 4 |
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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