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David E I Pyott Master of Surgery in Clinical Ophthalmology Scholarship

Six online distance learning Master's scholarships are available in the field of Ophthalmology for students from Africa,… More »

February 4, 2016
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Advocacy Tool and Article: Estimating the Cost of Blindness

Ophthalmic Epidemiology published two simple cost models developed by Eckert et al.1 that estimate the annual loss of… More »

September 15, 2015
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Diabetes Eye Health: A Guide for Health Professionals

The Guide is a practical and informative document developed for primary health professionals on managing diabetic eye… More »

Topic	Subspecialty	Rating	Date	Resource Name & Description	Author

CME/CPD E-Learning Medical Student Education	Cataract Optics, Refraction and Contact Lens	not yet rated	October 5, 2010	Eye Pod Videos This site, created by Dr. Thomas Oetting, has anterior segment surgery videos that can be seen onsite or uploaded to iPods. URL \| Save to My ICO	Dr. Thomas Oetting/MedRounds
Advocacy/Vision 2020	Cataract	not yet rated	November 22, 2011	Public Health and Cataract Blindness Defines and classifies the condition of cataracts. This presentation also addresses the epidemiology of cataracts and provides an overview of public health approaches to prevent and control cataract blindness. PDF (461 KB) \| Save to My ICO	Dr. Van C. Lansingh, IAPB/VISION 2020 Latin America
Eye Care	Cataract	not yet rated	November 15, 2010	Childhood Cataract in Africa (a manual) Cataract is a leading cause of blindness of children in Africa. This manual from the KCCO addresses ways to manage the condition. PDF (7 MB) \| Save to My ICO	Kilimanjaro Center for Community Ophthalmology (KCCO)
Eye Care	Cataract	not yet rated	November 15, 2010	Cataracte De L'Enfant En Afrique (un manuel) La cataracte est une des principales causes de la cécité des enfants en Afrique. Gérer cette pathologie pour que les enfants bénéficient rapidement d’une chirurgie de haute qualité, d’un suivi approprié avec une correction optique et la prise en charge de la basse vision vont assurer aux enfants atteints de cataracte en Afrique la meilleure qualité de vie. PDF (6 MB) \| Save to My ICO	Kilimanjaro Center for Community Ophthalmology (KCCO)
Eye Care Eye Care Standards, Ethics & Research Journal/Publication	Cataract Cataract and Refractive Surgery	not yet rated	May 1, 2013	Use of Corneal Power-Specific Constants to Improve the Accuracy of the SRKT Formula This study evaluated the effect of average corneal power (K) and axial length (AL) in a data-adjusted A-Constant for improving the refractive outcome in the Sanders-Retzlaff (SRK)/T formula. \| Save to My ICO	Multiple
Advocacy/Vision 2020	Cataract Low Vision	not yet rated	July 1, 2015	Charles Bonnet Syndrome Charles Bonnet syndrome (CBS) is a condition among people who have lost their sight. It causes people who have lost a lot of vision to see things that aren't really there, known as visual hallucinations, according to the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB). \| Save to My ICO	Various
Education Ophthalmic Educators Ophthalmology Residency Education	Cataract	not yet rated	December 12, 2015	Sutureless Extra-capsular Cataract Extraction (ECCE), 2nd Edition in English and Spanish This instructional video illustrates the cataract surgery technique of SECCE. Further general surgical tips are provided and there is a section on possible surgical complications, and how to handle them. English and Spanish versions of the video are available. URL \| Save to My ICO	William H Dean, MD

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