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Basic Ophthalmology for Medical Students and Primary Care Residents American Academy of Ophthalmology, Cynthia A. Bradford
Publisher: American Academy of Ophthalmology

Publisher: Amer Academy of Ophthalmology (January, 1999). Basic Ophthalmology for Medical Students and Primary Care Residents. I practiced internal medicine in New York City, first at a small community hospital where I predominantly worked with residents and medical students and mostly taught principles of outpatient medicine, ambulatory care and interviewing . €�We hope to identify individuals who are at risk of developing Despite receiving annual physical exams from their primary care provider, some of our patients have not received a full eye exam since childhood. During med school, in the third and fourth year, For an idea of what they do during that residency, you can find a broad outline of the curriculum for a three-year family practice residency at Penn Medicine on its website. Compare this to the clinical training medical students must have before they can become board certified in family practice, general internal medicine or pediatrics (the three primary care specialties in medicine). Provisioning ophthalmic services at primary-care entails refractive error correction (myopia, hypermetropia, astigmatism, and presbyopia), cataract – detection, management and referral for surgical intervention, managing chronic disease complications such as diabetic Measurement of visual acuity; Treatment for basic eye infections such as conjunctivitis, blepharitis; Detection of eye conditions such as pterygium, cataract, glaucoma, retinopathy for further referral. Other medical sub-specialties offer more attractive reimbursements to doctors, he says. The two Dartmouth Medical School students are promoting visual health among uninsured adults by implementing a vision screening and referral program at the Good Neighbor Health Clinic (GNHC). The typical medical student graduates with $150,000 to $200,000 debt.