Objectives of teaching direct ophthalmoscopy to medical students

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 503-507

  Benbassat, Jochanan ^a   Polak, Bettine C P ^b   Javitt, Jonathan C ^c  

^a MYERS JDC BROOKDALE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

direct ophthalmoscopy; medical education; ophthalmology; physical examination; undergraduate

Indexed keywords

BOOK; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIABETOLOGIST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIRECT OPHTHALMOSCOPY; EMBOLISM; EMERGENCY CARE PHYSICIAN; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMATOUS CUPPING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION RETINOPATHY; LITERATURE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEUROLOGIST; OPHTHALMOLOGIST; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PAPILLEDEMA; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; REVIEW; SKILL; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETINAL DISEASES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 84865685250     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2011.02221.x     Document Type: Review

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