This four-day intensive course, aimed at ophthalmologists and trainees, will review the clinical essentials of each subspecialty in ophthalmology. It will be a clinically oriented review concentrating on the epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management of ophthalmologic disease; and will help prepare course participants for OKAPS, ABO, and maintenance of certification examinations. The course will cover the important clinical principles of ophthalmology and update any changes to traditional clinical protocols. It will be a review of the accepted clinical practice and will not cover research-related topics. Basic scientific mechanisms and research therapies will not be covered.
At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:
Identify and describe fundamentals of clinical ophthalmology and all its subspecialties
Integrate the epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management of ophthalmic disease
Integrate the latest guidelines for management of ocular disease into clinical practice
Review for knowledge assessments at all levels (OKAPs, Board Examinations, Maintenance of Certification (MOC)