VITREORETINAL DISEASES
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Year One
Clinical Education
- Retinal anatomy and physiology – basic
- Fundamentals of fluorescein angiography
- Principles of laser photocoagulation
- Basic principles of common retinal detachments
- Posterior vitreous detachments
- Macular function
- Common macular diseases
- Common types of retinal and choroidal trauma
- Common retinal vascular disease
- Basic HIV-related eye disease
- Retinitis pigmentosa
- Non-HIV Retinal Infectious Disease
Technical Education
- Direct ophthalmoscopy
- Indirect ophthalmoscopy
- Slit lamp exam on the posterior segment
- Simple fundus drawing
- Interpret basic fluorescein angiography
Year Two
Clinical Education
- Advanced fluorescein angiography and ICG
- Advanced retinal detachment
- Uncommon macular diseases
- Laser photocoagulation and its use in retinal diseases
- Major studies in retina
- DRS Study
- DVS study
- ETDRS study
- MPS Study
- DCCT Trial
- BVOS Study
- CVOS study
- UKPDS
- AREDS I and II
- VIP Study
- TAP Study
- ANCHOR Study
- MARINA Study
- EVS Study
- Peripheral retina pathology
- Choroidal pathology
- Detachment
- Effusion
- Retinoschisis
- ROP fundamentals
- ROP screening
- Advanced Retinal vascular disease
- CRAO
- CRVO
- BRAO
- BRVO
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Hypertensive retinopathy
- Peripheral retinal vascular occlusive diseases
- Acquired retinal vascular disease
- Ocular ischemic syndrome
- Sickle cell retinopathy
- Advanced HIV-related diseases
- Common and uncommon macular disorders
- ARMD
- Other macular choroidal neovascularization
- Myopic Degeneration
- Macular dystrophies
- ERM
- Macular holes
- CME
- Central serous choroidopathy
- Optic pits
- RPE detachments
- Retinal electrophysiology
- Hereditary retinal and choroidal dystrophies
- Medication toxicities in the retina
- Retinal detachment repair techniques
- Laser for diabetic retinopathy
- Surgical vitrectomy
- Fundamentals of special retinal surgical techniques
- Posterior endophthalmitis
Technical Education
- Scleral depression
- Contact lens based posterior segment examination
- Interpret FA and ICG angiography
- Use and interpret Ocular Coherence Tomography (OCT)
- Posterior segment laser
- Focal photocoagulation
- Laser retinopexy
- Pan-retinal photocoagulation
- Macular grid laser in diabetes
- Intravitreal injections of drugs
- Use and interpret ocular imaging techniques
- Ocular coherence tomography (OCT)
- Retinal electrophysiology
- Fundus autofluorescence
- B-scan echography
- Retinal nerve fiber analysis
- Cryotherapy
- Observe scleral buckle surgery
- Observe pars plana vitrectomy (PPV)
Year Three
Clinical Education
- Practical applications of retinal anatomy and physiology (ie. surgical anatomy)
- Advanced concepts of FA and ICG
- Complex retinal detachments (including recurrent, PVR, giant tears, tumors etc…)
- Complex macular disease
- Complex laser treatments
- Rare peripheral retinal diseases
- Complications of retinal photocoagulation
- Complex retinal vascular disease
- Combined vascular obstruction
- Advanced diabetic retinopathy
- Peripheral occlusive disease
- Eales disease
- Uncommon manifestations of macular disease
- Uncommon ARMD and mimics
- Uncommon macular dystrophies
- Refractory CME
- Recurrent central serous choroidopathy
- APMPEE
- MEWDS
- Serpiginous
- AZOOR
- Triangular syndrome
- Polypoidal choroidopathy
- Complex techniques for retinal detachment repair
- Complex repair of retinal pathology
- Macular hole repair
- ERM peel
- Vitrectomy for PVR
- Use of heavy liquids and gases
- Uncommon and complex cases of endophthalmitis
Technical Education
- Perform Indirect ophthalmoscopy with scleral depression in complex cases
- Use panfundoscopic lenses for advance examination of the posterior segment
- Interpret and apply ICG and FA in complex cases
- Complex posterior segment photocoagulation
- Perform and interpret complex B-scan echography
- Complex laser or cryotherapy
- Assist in scleral buckling
- Assist in pars plana vitrectomy
