Medical Student Ophthalmic Knowledge Proficiency after Completing a Clinical Elective or an Online Course

• Published in: Journal of academic ophthalmology (2017) Vol. 12; no. 2; pp. e255 - e266
• Main Authors: Abou-Hanna, Jacob J., Yousif, Jonah E., Kaplan, Ariane D., Musch, David C., Trobe, Jonathan D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 333 Seventh Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10001, USA Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc 01.07.2020
• Subjects: clinical elective; clinical rotation; online course; ophthalmology medical education; Research Article; online course; ophthalmology medical education; clinical rotation; clinical elective

Abstract Background  As more information is being packed into medical school curricula, mainstream medical topics legitimately receive more attention than specialty topics such as ophthalmology. However, general practitioners, as gatekeepers of specialty care, must attain competency in ophthalmology...