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| June 15, 2010 |
VISION 2020 Progress and History - New Video
A five-minute video recognizing the midpoint of the VISION 2020 global initiative and VISION 2020's achievements thus far was shown at the WOC 2010 Opening Ceremony in Berlin.
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About the ICO Advocacy/Vision 2020 |
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| June 14, 2010 |
Adel Al Rushood Receives G.O.H. Naumann Award
Dr. Adel Al Rushood of Saudi Arabia is the recipient of the G.O.H. Naumann Award for Leadership and Global Eye Care for 2010.
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World Ophthalmology Congress |
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Europe Middle East |
| June 10, 2010 |
ICO Fellowship Alumni and Hosts Met in Berlin at the WOC
The ICO Fellowships program held a reception for all former and current ICO Hosts and Fellows at WOC 2010 in Berlin as a way to connect ICO fellows and hosts for networking, further education and career development.
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ICO International Fellowships |
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Europe |
| June 10, 2010 |
Congratulations to 2010 ICO Medal Awardees
The ICO recognizes our colleagues who were selected by the ICO Board to receive ICO Medals and Awards in 2010.
All of the ICO Medal awardees were honored at the Opening Ceremonies of the 2010 World Ophthalmology Congress (WOC) in Berlin.
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Leadership Research World Ophthalmology Congress |
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Europe |
| June 7, 2010 |
Improving the Practice-The ICO Task Force on Continuing Medical Education
"The ICO Task Force on continuing medical education (CME) is to assist in planning CME programs worldwide."
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| June 5, 2010 |
Physician Education Critical in Fight to Reduce Burden of Blindness
"The World Ophthalmic Education Colloquium (WOEC) highlights the importance of lifelong education and training."
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Education World Ophthalmology Congress |
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| May 23, 2010 |
Task Force on URE School Eye Health Program
Together with LIGHT FOR THE WORLD (LFTW) the ICO Task Force on Uncorrected Refractive Error (URE) is implementing a multi-dimensional school eye health program, which includes screening for eye health, service provision of spectacles, advocacy, systems strengthening and operational research to be carried out in Pakistan and Nigeria.
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Uncorrected Refractive Error |
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| May 23, 2010 |
Progress in the Fight Against Trachoma
Significant progress in the fight against Trachoma is shown in the recent WHO report, Trachoma: Global Magnitude of a Preventable Cause of Blindness, published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.
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Advocacy/Vision 2020 |
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| May 23, 2010 |
VISION 2020 Symposia at WOC 2010
Important VISION 2020 and advocacy discussions will be held at the World Ophthalmology Congress (WOC) 2010 in Berlin, June 5-9.
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Advocacy/Vision 2020 |
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| May 19, 2010 |
ICD-11 Task Force Presented Alpha Draft to WHO
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) has been revised every 10 years at the World Health Organization (WHO). The latest revision, ICD-10, was adopted by the World Health Assembly in 1990. In 2007, the WHO announced the 11th revision of the ICD.
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ICD-11 Standards for Eye Care and Vision |
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| April 30, 2010 |
ICO Residency Curriculum Recognized as "Best Practice"
The ICO's Principles and Guidelines of a Curriculum for Education of the Ophthalmic Specialist has been recognized as a "Best Practice" by the Residency Review Committee of the (U.S.) Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). It was also adopted by the European Board of Ophthalmology and others.
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Ophthalmology Residency Education |
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| April 30, 2010 |
CME Task Force Explores Accreditation for Ophthalmological Society Meetings
Heather Mack, MD, Chair of the Meeting Accreditation Sub-Committee, has produced a document proposing an ICO accreditation mechanism for national and supranational society meetings. It proposes reasonable standards and criteria for national societies seeking accreditation, for both developing and developed countries.
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Continuing Medical Education |
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| April 30, 2010 |
Dr. Moh'd Mah'd Moh'd Abu Dab'at wins Peter Watson Award for Outstanding ICO Examination Performance
Dr. Moh'd Mah'd Moh'd Abu Dab'at of Jordan is the first recipient of the Peter Watson Award, which carries with it a special certificate and the right to an ICO Fellowship.
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Education ICO Examinations World Ophthalmology Congress |
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| April 20, 2010 |
A Simplified Program to Monitor CME Activities
The ICO CME Task Force has created a document entitled: Continuing Professional Development: A Simplified Program to Monitor Individual CME Activities. This document is a template designed mainly for ophthalmologic societies in developing countries that wish to develop continuing medical education systems.
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Continuing Medical Education |
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| April 19, 2010 |
2010 Visiting Professors
The ICO CME Task Force has announced the plans for the 2010 Visiting Professors Program. The Task Force will support the visits of Francisco Contreras, MD and Felipe Chiriboga, MD to Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Joseph Colin, MD to Yaoundé, Cameroon; and Donald Tan, MD to a soon-to-be-announced location in Southeast Asia.
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Continuing Medical Education |
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| March 31, 2010 |
ICO and TOS Join Forces For Ophthalmic Education In Turkey
50 Ophthalmology specialists from various areas in Turkey and Azerbaijan participated in a two-day Residency Program Directors Course in Ankara.
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Ophthalmology Residency Education |
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| March 24, 2010 |
ICOpedia: Lecture and Video Center Now Available
The beta version of the “ICO´s Video and Lecture Center” is now available at icopedia.ophthalmologyblogs.org.
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E-Learning |
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| February 16, 2010 |
ICO Offers Research Primer, More Research Resources
The ICO Research Committee, lead by ICO Director for Research, Alfred Sommer, MD, has a new tool to assist beginning ophthalmic researchers: Clinical Research: A Primer for Ophthalmologists.
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Research |
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| January 15, 2010 |
ICO Advocacy Committee News
Since its inception, the ICO Advocacy Committee has worked in cooperation with national societies to advocate for the prevention of visual loss.
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Advocacy/Vision 2020 |
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| November 1, 2009 |
WORLD Session on Developing "Starfish" Organizations
Ori Brafman, Co-Author of The Starfish and the Spider, spoke on how “starfish” organizations tap into the power of a leaderless structure during a World Ophthalmology Roundtable on Leadership Development (WORLD) at the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology/American Academy of Ophthalmology Joint Meeting in San Francisco on October 2009.
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Leadership Development/WORLD Organizational Development |
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