Glaucomatous optic neuropathy evaluation project: A standardized internet system for assessing skills in optic disc examination

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 308-317

  Kong, Yu Xiang G ^a   Coote, Michael A ^a   O'Neill, Evelyn C ^a   Gurria, Lulu U ^b   Xie, Jing ^a   Garway Heath, David ^c   Medeiros, Felipe A ^d   Crowston, Jonathan G ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY CONDE DE VALENCIANA   (Mexico)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuing professional education; Glaucoma; Internet based; Optic disc; Optic nerve evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL STUDENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIC DISK EXAMINATION; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTICAL DISK; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA NERVE CELL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EVALUATION; STANDARD; TOPOGRAPHY;

BENCHMARKING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79958233166     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2010.02462.x     Document Type: Article

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