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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Academic Ophthalmology 2018; 10(01): e12-e15
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1626731
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Neuro-ophthalmology Training in Ophthalmology Residency Programs in the United States

Laura L. Wayman
1   Department of Ophthalmology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
,
John J. Chen
2   Department of Neurology and Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
,
Jacqueline A. Leavitt
3   Department of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
› Author Affiliations Funding This work was supported in part by an unrestricted grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, New York.
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27 March 2017

19 December 2017

Publication Date:
05 February 2018 (online)

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Abstract

Background The status of neuro-ophthalmology education in ophthalmology residency training in the United States is unknown. There are numerous articles in the literature detailing resident outcomes for surgical procedures; however, there are no articles detailing teaching of a nonprocedural specialty. There are no specific Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) requirements for neuro-ophthalmology training within ophthalmology residency. Each program determines the amount of neuro-ophthalmology training and level of training within ophthalmology residency. There are no publications that detail the extent of neuro-ophthalmology training during ophthalmology residency.

Objective To determine the status of neuro-ophthalmology education in ophthalmology residency training programs in the United States.

Methods A survey was sent in 2014 to residency directors and neuro-ophthalmologists of all ophthalmology residency programs who participated in the Ophthalmology Residency Matching Program in the United States to determine the amount of neuro-ophthalmology training that residents receive.

Results From a total of 113 ophthalmology residency programs in the United States utilizing the Ophthalmology Residency Matching Program, 104 surveys were returned (92% response rate). Duration of neuro-ophthalmology training ranged from 1 to 112 days, with an average of 34.5 days. Most rotations occurred within postgraduate year 2 or 3.

Conclusion This is the first evaluation of the amount of neuro-ophthalmology training within ophthalmology residencies participating in the matching program in the United States, which demonstrates large variability among the different programs. Future studies could ascertain if there is a correlation between resident satisfaction in neuro-ophthalmology training and the amount of training.

Keywords

neuro-ophthalmology - residency - education

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This article was presented at the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Meeting in 2016.


 

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