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Ophthalmology education in Australian medical schools: a survey of Australian junior medical officers
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Howie, AR and Abell, RG and Darian-Smith, E and Allen, PL and McCartney, PJ and Vote, BJ, Ophthalmology education in Australian medical schools: a survey of Australian junior medical officers, Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 42, (9) pp. 902-904. ISSN 1442-9071 (2014) [Letter or Note in Journal]
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Abstract
Ophthalmic presentations to the emergency department are common, and junior doctors who are often the first to review these patients may be required to determine whether an ophthalmology referral is required.1, 2 In addition, at least 3% (estimated range 3–19%) of all primary care consultations involve eye‐related conditions,1, 3 and ocular manifestations of systemic disease are common. The average time spent learning ophthalmology in Australian medical schools takes up less than 2% of university curricula,3, 4 underrepresentative when considering the frequency of ophthalmology‐related presentations in all clinical settings.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Letter or Note in Journal |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Ophthalmology, education, medical schools, junior medical officer |
| Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
| Research Group: | Ophthalmology and optometry |
| Research Field: | Ophthalmology |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Clinical health |
| Objective Field: | Clinical health not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Howie, AR (Mr Allister Howie) |
| UTAS Author: | Darian-Smith, E (Dr Erica Darian-Smith) |
| UTAS Author: | Allen, PL (Dr Penny Allen) |
| UTAS Author: | McCartney, PJ (Dr Paul McCartney) |
| ID Code: | 89891 |
| Year Published: | 2014 |
| Deposited By: | Rural Clinical School |
| Deposited On: | 2014-03-18 |
| Last Modified: | 2020-01-02 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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