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ICO Programs, Initiatives and Services

Listed on the following pages are the primary ICO programs, initiatives and services, along with addresses on the ICO Web site where you can find out more, including how to contact those responsible for each activity.

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You can also download a listing of ICO Programs and Iniatives as a PDF file (203 KB).

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• World Ophthalmology Congress
  
  
• ICO International Basic and Clinical Assessments for Ophthalmologists
  
  
• ICO International Fellowshipidency programs in Nigeria with broadband Internet connections.

  This pilot project in Nigeria is intended to provide a model and inspiration for initiatives to enhance residency training elsewhere in West Africa and around the world.

  Courses for Directors of Residency Programs

  The ICO is sponsoring five regional courses for ophthalmology residency program directors in 2006 and 2007:

  • March 23 – 24, 2006 in Lima, Peru for residency directors from Peru, Bolivia and other nearby countries
  • June 15 – 16, 2006 in Cairo for directors from Egypt and neighboring countries
  • February 27 - 28 in Lahore, Pakistan, in conjunction with the Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress
  • July 2007 in Buenos Aires, for residency directors from Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay
  • September 1 - 2 in Brazilia, Brazil, co-sponsored by the Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia.

  All courses are organized in cooperation with national and supranational ophthalmologic societies, with support from the American Academy of Ophthalmology and U.S. Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology.

  Topics covered include curriculum development, teaching in outpatient areas, surgical instruction and assessment of residents’ knowledge and skills.

  The first course for residency program directors was organized in Mexico City in 2004 by Council Member Enrique Graue, MD, and has served as a model for the others.

  Atlas of Ophthalmology

  The ICO has endorsed the Atlas of Ophthalmology, an online multimedia database edited by Robert Machemer, MD, (Durham, USA) and Georg Michelson, MD, (Erlangen, Germany).

  A helpful learning tool for ophthalmologists and students worldwide, the Atlas makes photographs related to more than 1000 ophthalmic diagnoses available through the Internet free of charge.

  
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