A systematic review of best practices in teaching ophthalmology to medical students

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 83-94

  Succar, Tony ^a,b,c   Grigg, John ^a   Beaver, Hilary A ^d,e,f   Lee, Andrew G ^d,e,f,g,h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Envisions Program   (United States)

^c SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^f WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^g BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Competency based education; Evidence based curricula; Medical student education; Systematic review; Undergraduate ophthalmology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; EYE CARE; EYE EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OUTCOME OF EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BENCHMARKING; EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TEACHING;

BENCHMARKING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 84951851733     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: 18793304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2015.09.001     Document Type: Article

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