INTERNATIONAL PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY & STRABISMUS
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Year One
Clinical Education
- Visual assessment in the pediatric patient
- Basic evaluation of decreased vision in the pediatric patient
- Basic anatomy and physiology of strabismus
- Sensory adaptations for binocular vision
- Exam techniques for strabismus
- Pseudostrabismus
- Basic etiologies of amblyopia
- Esotropia
- Exotropia
- Special strabismus patterns
- Vertical strabismus
- Non-surgical treatment of strabismus
- Childhood nystagmus
- ROP
- Pediatric cataract
- Ocular findings in child abuse
- Common hereditary ocular motility and lid motility syndromes
- Retinoblastoma
- Pediatric glaucoma
- Congenital globe anomalies
- Inherited metabolic disorders
- Mucopolysaccharoidoses
- Lipidoses
- Aminoacidurias
- Ocular findings in chromosomal abnormalities
Technical Education
- Perform assessment of vision in the neonate, infant, and child
- Perform and age-appropriate examination of extraocular muscle function including ductions and versions
- Perform basic exam and measurements of strabismus
- Use the following equipment in a clinical setting
- Stereoacuity testing
- Measure convergence/accommodation ratio
- Test binocularity and retinal correspondence
- Cycloplegic retinoscopy
- Anterior and posterior segment exam of the child
- Assessment of vision
- Teller cards
- Fixation preference
- Standard subjective acuity testing (older child)
- Induced tropia test
Year Two
Clinical Education
- Advanced examination in strabismus
- Advanced visual assessment in the pediatric patient
- Advanced strabismus
- Sensory adaptations in strabismus
- Basic binocular vision testing
- Complex amblyopia
- Complex esotropia
- Complex exotropia
- Complex strabismus patterns
- Complex vertical strabismus
- Uncommon childhood nystagmus
- Advanced knowledge of ROP
- Uncommon types of pediatric cataract
- Uncommon hereditary ocular anomalies and syndromes
- Retinoblastoma
- Dyslexia and its relationship to vision
- Evaluation and differential diagnosis of decreased vision in the infant
- Congenital cause of blindness in the infant
- Congenital infections affecting the eye in the infant
- Common causes of pediatric uveitis
- Childhood tumors
Technical Education
- Advanced extraocular motility exam (e.g. myasthenia, multiple cranial neuropathies, etc…)
- Apply Hering’s and Sherrington’s laws in basic and advanced situations
- Perform advance masurements of strabismus (e.g. double Maddox rods, etc…)
- Assess vision in the non-verbal patient
- Perform pre-operative assessment of the strabismus patient
- Perform post-operative assessment of the strabismus patient including be able to discuss common post-operative complications
- Assist/Perform the following surgeries in routine strabismus patients
- Recession
- Resection
- Muscle weakening (e.g. tenotomy) and strengthening (e.g. tuck)
- Transposition
- Use of adjustable sutures
- Identify and manage common intra-surgical complication of strabismus surgery
Year Three
Clinical Education
- Advanced strabismus evaluation
- Complex evaluation of visual development including electrophysiology
- Applied knowledge of strabismus anatomy and physiology
- Advanced sensory adaptations to strabismus
- Complicated treatment of amblyopia
- Complex esotropia
- Complex exotropia
- Complex pattern strabismus
- Complex vertical strabismus
- Strabismus associated with systemic disease (TAO, myasthenia gravis, etc…)
- Complex childhood nystagmus
- Complex evaluation and treatment of ROP and its sequelae
- Duane’s Syndrome and other inherited oculomotor syndromes
- Complex retinoblastoma
- Rare genetic syndromes
- Advanced principles of binocular vision and amblyopia
- Complex pediatric retinal disease
- Surgical techniques in pediatric cataract
- Evaluation and treatment of pediatric eyelid disorders
- Pediatric orbital disease
Technical Education
- Perform preoperative work-up, including indications and contraindications, for complex strabismus patients (re-operations, thyroid orbitopathy, etc…)
- Assist/Perform complex strabismus procedures (e.g. cyclorotary muscles, combinations of vertical and horizontal muscles, second operations, thyroid eye disease, etc…)
- Use adjustable sutures in complex cases
- Describe and manage complex complications of strabismus surgery (e.g. globe perforation, endophthalmities, etc…)