What are our strengths?
What are the greatest strengths of international ophthalmology and the ICO/IFOS (e.g., broad scope of practice, experience with education)?
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29 Comments:
The greatest strength is the enormous talent pool of the membership in clinical skills, teaching, research, management, leadership,communication and clout with people that matter.This should be leveraged optimally to advance our profession and what it stands for.
26 April, 2006 10:44
- a strong academic and clinical background and connections.
- a larger group of membership
- a greater potential for making a difference through its link with National Ophthalmic Societies.
26 April, 2006 10:47
Our greatest strengths are our well organized system and our style which includes tackling problems with a wide task spectrum.
27 April, 2006 02:21
The greatest strength is the in-principle willingness amongst members to share their individual expertise ,to possibly benefit the needs of the different regions
27 April, 2006 06:27
The only shared, and recognized organizational entity that can speak to, and in the name, of ophthalmology around the world. As such, it has the potential for gathering expertise and information from diverse, relevant sources, and for using that talent and information to help establish policies, positions, educational opportunities and the like
27 April, 2006 08:05
Our greatest strenghts are wonderfully talented people, clear focus and achievable goals.
27 April, 2006 11:01
Global leadership, membership and perspective.
Formal relationship with multinational ophthalmology organizations and IFOS members.
Globalization of ophthalmology and science with the attendant opportunities.
28 April, 2006 10:01
ICO has the mission to carry the banner for dedication to preserve and restore vision for all people worldwide. Because the opthalmological society has various fields each comprising a subcommitte, we need ICO, a society which unifies these fields.
ICO has a number of excellent and talented ophthalmologists.
28 April, 2006 16:38
we are the only group that represents all the ophthalmologists in the world. Historically we have held the leadership position. Ophthalmologists are also essential in any realistic future system for eye care delivery. We also have a very creditable record of training
28 April, 2006 16:56
The strengths are
1. High-quality of ICO examination
2. Good leadership of previous
and new President.
3. Strong Educational resources
4. Enthusiastic,energetic new
generation participants
28 April, 2006 20:08
Global membership and perspective.
Recent increasing participation of Subspecialty societies
Better programs
01 May, 2006 16:22
The International meetings.
Ophthalmologists like to come and meet at this big meetings.
02 May, 2006 04:09
1. Sheer numbers
2. Success/ failure stories may be transferrable
3. Opportunities for research/ projects may be geographically specific
4. IT makes international chatter far easier
02 May, 2006 11:14
I would push towards the concept of education and standardization of eye care
02 May, 2006 11:19
Education and communication are also growing as never before. ICO/IFOS may take advantage of such instruments to promote health care.
04 May, 2006 06:09
(From a pediatric ophthalmology viewpoint)
The ICO/IFOS is a forum to bring together ophthalmologists from all parts of the world and could be a way of disseminating educational information and also where to get other information that presently exists, e.g., the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus.
It could be a forum for individual countries, regions, institutions to discuss their needs and seek knowledge and available individuals or facilities that might meet these needs.
08 May, 2006 08:03
This organization has the potential for acquiring informations from many experts all over the world. This is crucial for establishing health polities.
08 May, 2006 08:26
The ICO International Basic Science and Clinical Sciences Assessments for Ophthalmologists coordinated by Dr. Peter Watson.
08 May, 2006 15:36
1. Ophthalmologists – the most talented group of physicians and specialty.
2. Wide variation – strength of voluntary organizations, e.g., ICO, AAO, many organizations.
3. Ophthalmologists as leaders of national organizations.
4. Emphasis in education.
5. Well respected.
6. Mission.
7. Inspire people to prevent blindness and restore sight.
08 May, 2006 16:58
I agree with the comments already made on the enormous talent pool of the membership, the global nature of the entity, the potential for gathering expertise from diverse sources, and for using that talent and our potential for education and standardization of eye care.
We have an excellent plan but we need to increase our ability to implement that plan, and this requires greater funding. We should concentrate on programs where there are major gaps not already fulfilled by other organizations and work in collaboration with other organizations to make the greatest possible impact.
We need to increase our contact with research organizations to improve those areas where the two arms would overlap most, such as epidemiology, genetics, and infectious diseases.
We should make a greater impact through the Internet and also have a listing of the best teaching websites that are currently on the Internet with a summary of the information available on those websites and this information should be periodically updated. Subspecialty societies in our membership should be utilized to its maximum in order to help obtain these goals.
08 May, 2006 18:27
Ability to consider issues globally.
09 May, 2006 01:51
It is a large platform where expertise concerning education and clinical practice in ophthalmology can be and should be discussed. However, since most of the continents haven’t inventarized yet the potential resources in knowledge and expertise in these fields of ophthalmology, globalization of ophthalmology is not achieved yet.
10 May, 2006 01:23
- Ophthalmologists are needed to deal effectively with prevention of blindness
- There's no obvious competitor for the ICO
11 May, 2006 01:56
Broad scope of practice
Experiacece with education
11 May, 2006 10:30
I think the greatest strengths of International ophthlamology are
(1) Pooling of experince on a world-wide scale to try and provide answers for the search for ways of delivering high standards of care at affordable prices in different countries each with different requirments.
(2) Increasing world-wide awareness of the problems faced in different countries.
(3) Providing a forum through which appropriate help can be channelled to provide education and training for long-term improvement of services in under developed countries as well as possibly supplementing the many short term projects which provide immediate care e.g. cataract camps etc.
31 May, 2006 02:12
A well established society with a history
02 June, 2006 23:08
maintaining public and politician's awareness of eye health as an issue on a par with obesity, cardio-vascular and lung disease, cancer etc..
05 June, 2006 15:29
DOG - Deutsche Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft, German Society of Ophthalmology:
The greatest strength of ICO/IFOS are the efforts and successes to reunite and integrate scientific ophthalmology on a world-wide basis and providing various platforms for this matter
07 June, 2006 04:21
1. To wake the whole ophthalmology society worldwide as a family is providing standard and qualified eye care to our patients
2. To educate the new ophthalmologist worldwide that they can act the quality our patients require.
3. Ophthalmologists are needed to deal effectively with prevention of blindness
4. Academic association
5. Developing public health and epidermiologic research for ophthalmology
14 June, 2006 23:00
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