ICO Leader Letter:
ICO International Clinical Guidelines and International Congress of Ophthalmology

July 2004, Volume 1, Number 4

In This Issue:

1. Stimulating Continuing Education of Ophthalmologists (Fritz Naumann, MD)

2. Pilot Project To Encourage Use of Clinical Guidelines in China (Rich Abbott, MD)

3. Eighteen ICO Clinical Guidelines Available, Societies Invited To Submit Theirs (Rich Abbott, MD)

4. ICO Asks Societies to Publicize XXX International Congress in São Paulo (Rubens Belfort, MD)

5. Listing of Ophthalmologic Societies and Residencies on the Eye Site

6. ICO Will Publish "Directory of International Ophthalmology" (Bruce Spivey, MD)

7. More News

8. Request for other News and Resources

9. Forward the ICO Leader Letter to your Colleagues

10. Coming in the August ICO Leader Letter

11. Comments, Change of Address, Privacy Policy, Subscribe and Unsubscribe

1. Stimulating Continuing Education of Ophthalmologists

Dear Colleagues:

Fritz Naumann, MD

This Letter highlights two programs sponsored by the International Council of Ophthalmology that we hope will stimulate and support continuing education:

- ICO International Clinical Guidelines

- International Congress of Ophthalmology.

Please let me know about other continuing education resources for ophthalmologists available through the Internet that we may want to mention in the Leader Letter or link to on the ICO Eye Site. You can contact me at leader@icoph.org. Thank you.

– Fritz Naumann, MD, ICO President

2. Pilot Project To Encourage Use of Clinical Guidelines in China

Rich Abbott, MD

Professor Jialiang Zhao, of the Peking Union Medical College Hospital, is providing outstanding leadership for translation of 10 Guidelines and for teaching practicing ophthalmologists in China how to incorporate them into practice.

We would very much appreciate anything else that ophthalmologic leaders can do to inform ophthalmologists about the Guidelines.

Please send your comments to Task Force Chair Richard Parrish, MD, at medical@icoph.org. Thank you in advance for your feedback.

– Richard Abbott, MD, ICO Council Member and Guidelines Coordinator

3. Eighteen ICO Clinical Guidelines Available, Societies Invited To Submit Theirs

The Guidelines on cataract and macular degeneration have been updated since they were originally posted. Other subjects include: amblyopia, bacterial keratitis, diabetic retinopathy, dry eye, glaucoma and vitreous detachment.

More will be added in the coming year.

The Guidelines Committee welcomes the submission of national, supranational and subspecialty society clinical guidelines for review and possible addition to the ICO Web site. To submit your guidelines, contact me at guidelines@icoph.org.

– Richard Abbott, MD, ICO Council Member and Guidelines Coordinator

4. ICO Asks Societies to Publicize XXX International Congress in São Paulo

XXX International Congress Logo

To download a Congress logo, and for instructions on how to set up a link, see: www.icoph.org/congress.

The Congress is scheduled February 20 - 24, 2006 in São Paulo, Brazil, the week before Carnival. It is co-sponsored by the Council, Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology and the Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia.

Please mark your calendars and plan to join us in São Paulo!

– Rubens Belfort, MD, ICO Council Member and President of the XXX Congress

5. Listing of Ophthalmologic Societies and Residencies on the Eye Site

To facilitate and support communication and cooperation among ophthalmologic societies, the ICO maintains a database of information on national, supranational and international societies and residency programs.

You can search for information on any society or residency through the ICO's Eye Site at: www.icoph.org/soc/ifos.cfm.

6. ICO To Publish “Directory of International Ophthalmology”

Bruce Spivey, MD

We have sent a mailing to all societies listed in the database asking them to update their information by August 1.

Please check at www.icoph.org/soc/ifos.cfm to assure that our information on your society is accurate. If it is not, please contact your society or follow the directions at www.icoph.org/soc/update.cfm.

A user name and password is required to update the listings, and we can send that to an official society representative if you do not have it.

If you are a member of a society that is not listed, you can add it at www.icoph.org/soc/addsociety.cfm (no user name or password required).

Thank you for helping us to make the "Directory of International Ophthalmology" accurate and up-to-date.

If you have questions, contact me at spivey@icoph.org.

– Bruce Spivey, MD, ICO Secretary-General

7. More News

For more news of the ICO and international ophthalmology and resources for ophthalmologic leaders, see the ICO's Eye Site at www.icoph.org.

8. Request for Other News and Resources

Do you have other news of international ophthalmology or know resources (particularly on the Web) that would be valuable to society leaders? Please let us know at leader@icoph.org.

9. Forward the ICO Leader Letter to your Colleagues:

If there are other ophthalmologic leaders you think might be interested in seeing this ICO Leader Letter, please forward this issue to them by clicking on the following link or copying it and pasting it into a Web browser:

10. Coming in the August ICO Leader Letter:

Report on June course for directors of residency programs in Mexico

11. Comments, Change of Address, Privacy Policy, Subscribe and Unsubscribe

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