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How can undergraduate ophthalmology teaching be improved?

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Author	Ah-Kee, Elliott Khan, Aamir Asif
Copyright Year	2015
Description	Journal: Advances in medical education and practice How can undergraduate ophthalmology teaching be improved? Elliott Yann Ah-kee,1 Aamir Asif Khan2 1Department of Surgery, Monklands Hospital, Monkscourt Ave, Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, 2Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UKWe read with high interest the article by Shah,1 which describes strategies for curriculum changes to increase exposure to smaller specialties, including dermatology, psychiatry, and radiology. To this list of specialties, we would also like to add ophthalmology. In a survey of UK medical schools, Baylis et al2 found that undergraduate ophthalmology attachments were not compulsory and sometimes only limited to 7 days. Moreover, medical schools were gradually reducing the amount of exposure to ophthalmology within the curriculum.Read the original articleÂ
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Ending Page	470
Page Count	2
Starting Page	469
ISSN	11797258
e-ISSN	11797258
DOI	10.2147/amep.s87654
Journal	Advances in medical education and practice
Volume Number	ume 6
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2015-06-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Journal: Advances in medical education and practice Ophthalmology Bioinformatics Biomedical Research
Content Type	Text
Subject	Education

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