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They include national societies in India, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Philippines, Portugal, Romania, South Africa, and the United States, as well as the Pan American Association of Ophthalmology and South East Asia Glaucoma Interest Group (SEAGIG). We appreciate this positive response to the request from ICO Director for Advocacy Hugh Taylor, MD, (www.icoph.org/news/ifos0609training.html) and hope other societies will do the same. We are sending the IFOS Representative who will make each presentation an ICO/IFOS USB flash drive (which you plug into a USB port on a computer) with slides and a variety of resources for improving training. You can download the presentations and resources at www.icoph.org/training/resources.html. We know that many societies are already deeply involved in initiatives to improve training, and we would like to report on those in the ICO Leader Letter. Please let me know about your efforts to enhance training so that we can share them with others. You can do that by replying to this letter. - Bruce Spivey, MD, ICO President 2. Societies Define Clinical Practice Guidelines
The Chinese Ophthalmological Society (COS) made its Preferred Practice Patterns and Process of Care Practice Guidelines available to members in a bound text at its third International Ophthalmology Congress in September in Beijing. The COS developed the Guidelines over the course of two years based on the American Academy of Ophthalmology Preferred Practice Patterns and ICO International Clinical Guidelines, as described at www.icoph.org/guide/china.html. The COS Guidelines will be implemented first in hospitals and eye departments in the large cities in China. We are organizing a follow-up study to evaluate their use and ultimate impact on practice patterns. The Korean Ophthalmological Society is also very interested in practice guidelines, and we are working with one of the teaching hospitals in Seoul to conduct an evaluation of current clinical practice patterns in South Korea as a first step. Plans are also being defined for adaptation of the ICO Clinical Guidelines in India. There will be symposia and workshops on defining clinical practice guidelines at the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology Congress in Cancun, Mexico at the end of May next year (apaocancun.org.mx) and at the European Ophthalmological Society (SOE) congress in Vienna in June (www.soe2007.org). If you are interested in adapting the ICO Guidelines for use in your country, please contact me at guidelines@icoph.org. - Rich Abbott, MD, ICO Director for Guidelines 3. 20 International Clinical Guidelines Available as PDFs
Download the complete set of 20 Guidelines as a PDF file from www.icoph.org/pdf/ICOClinicalGuidelines.pdf (348 KB). To download individual Guidelines as PDFs or review them on the ICO Web site, see the list at www.icoph.org/guide/guidelist.html. We are working on new Guidelines on childhood glaucomas, optic neuritis, ptosis, thyroid ophthalmopathy, oncherocerciasis and HIV. If you would be interested in contributing to any of these Guidelines, please let me know at guidelines@icoph.org. - Rich Abbott, MD, ICO Director for Guidelines 4. Naumann Award Nomination Deadline Is November 15
A reminder that November 15 is the deadline for members of IFOS to submit nominations for the G.O.H. Naumann Award for Leadership in Global Eye Care to supranational ophthalmologic societies. The Council established the Naumann Award in February to honor Fritz Naumann, MD, who served as ICO President from 1998 to 2006. It will be given each year to an ophthalmologist who, acting as a leader of a national or supranational ophthalmologic society that is a member of IFOS, has made a significant contribution to global eye care. The emphasis is not on clinical or scientific achievements but on development of educational programs or other initiatives that can serve as models for other societies. Members of the Council and its Advisory Committee are not eligible for the Award. Please send a summary of the achievements of the nominee and his or her CV to leadership@icoph.org. The ICO will pay travel and hotel expenses for the Awardee to participate in the Council meeting in March in Cape Town, South Africa. The Awardee will be asked to report to the Council on the initiative that he or she has led and how it may be implemented by other societies. For more, see: www.icoph.org/ic/naumannaward.html. Thank you for your nominations. - Akef El Maghraby, MD, ICO Vice President 5. ICOFoundation Thanks Donors
The ICOFoundation is deeply appreciative of both corporate and individual donors who have helped it contribute to ICO programs that support ophthalmic education, advocate for quality eye care and advance scientific ophthalmology. Follow the links below to learn more about ICOFoundation support for:
Donors are recognized in the most recent ICOFoundation annual report, which can be downloaded from www.icofoundation.org/pdf/ICOFoundationReport.pdf (PDF - 1.1 MB). The Donor Honor Roll is also on the ICOFoundation Web site at www.icofoundation.org/contribute, where you can also find information on how to contribute. - Bradley R. Straatsma, MD, JD, ICOFoundation President 6. Future World Ophthalmology Congresses 
Please mark your calendar and plan to attend the next World Ophthalmology Congress (the XXXI International Congress of Ophthalmology) on June 28 to July 2, 2008 in Hong Kong. By that time, 150 years will have passed since the first International Congress in Brussels in 1857! For more information, see the Congress Web site at www.woc2008hongkong.org or send e-mail to info@woc2008hongkong.org. The 2010 World Ophthalmology Congress and XXXII International Congress of Ophthalmology will be June 6 - 10, 2010 in Berlin. There is a preliminary Web site at www.woc2010.de. Chicago will be the site of the 2012 World Congress/XXXIII International Congress of Ophthalmology, a joint meeting with the American Academy of Ophthalmology on November 10 - 13, 2012. The 2014 World Ophthalmology Congress will be in the Asia Pacific region, and the ICO will consider proposals from potential hosts when it meets in Cape Town, South Africa in March. The 2016 Congress will be in Europe or Africa, and the ICO will select a host in 2008. - Jean-Jacques De Laey, MD, ICO Secretary General 7. Next ICO and IFOS Meetings
Other future ICO/IFOS Meetings: www.icoph.org/lead/icomeet.html. 8. Coming in the October ICO Leader Letter: Resources for Medical Student Education 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. Comments, Change of Address, Privacy Policy, Subscribe and Unsubscribe Send comments and suggestions for the Leader Letter to leader@icoph.org. You are subscribed as [contact-Email]. Change your address by sending e-mail to: leader@icoph.org. We do not share e-mail addresses with anyone else. Check our privacy policy at: www.icoph.org/ic/privacy.html. To subscribe to the Leader Letter, visit www.icoph.org/news/subscribe.html. To unsubscribe, reply to this e-mail and type "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) as the subject, click on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of this page, or send an e-mail to leader@icoph.org. You can read this ICO Leader Letter online at www.icoph.org/news/leader0610.html. For previous issues, go to www.icoph.org/news/letters.html. Copyright © 2006 International Council of Ophthalmology. All rights reserved.  International Council of OphthalmologyHome | News | About ICO/IFOS | ICOFoundation | Contact | Find |
