Refractive surgery training during residency – do not be afraid of the dark

Refractive errors are a fairly common eye condition worldwide, and the ophthalmologist should be capable of offering the patient both nonsurgical and surgical solutions to their refractive conditions. Nevertheless, currently, refractive surgery training during residency is poor at best. This paper e...

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Autores principales: Balparda, Kepa, Díaz, Ana María, Londoño, Ana María
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2014
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Perspectives
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4242702/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25429199
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S72549
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description Refractive errors are a fairly common eye condition worldwide, and the ophthalmologist should be capable of offering the patient both nonsurgical and surgical solutions to their refractive conditions. Nevertheless, currently, refractive surgery training during residency is poor at best. This paper explores recent evidence to suggest that postsurgical results of patients operated on by residents are not inferior to those operated on by experienced staff. It points out the urgent need to improve the current approach to refractive surgery training.
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spelling pubmed-42427022014-11-26 Refractive surgery training during residency – do not be afraid of the dark Balparda, Kepa Díaz, Ana María Londoño, Ana María Clin Ophthalmol Perspectives Refractive errors are a fairly common eye condition worldwide, and the ophthalmologist should be capable of offering the patient both nonsurgical and surgical solutions to their refractive conditions. Nevertheless, currently, refractive surgery training during residency is poor at best. This paper explores recent evidence to suggest that postsurgical results of patients operated on by residents are not inferior to those operated on by experienced staff. It points out the urgent need to improve the current approach to refractive surgery training. Dove Medical Press 2014-11-19 /pmc/articles/PMC4242702/ /pubmed/25429199 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S72549 Text en © 2014 Balparda et al. This work is published by Dove Medical Press Limited, and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License The full terms of the License are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed.
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Refractive surgery training during residency – do not be afraid of the dark
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title_short Refractive surgery training during residency – do not be afraid of the dark
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4242702/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25429199
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTH.S72549
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