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Strabismus (K.W. Wright, M.D., ed.), and Harley’s Pediatric
Ophthalmology (L.B. Nelson, ed.).
All residents are required to attend the lectures on pediatric
ophthalmology and strabismus given by Dr. Reynolds or Kyle Arnoldi
throughout the year, regardless of whether or not they are currently on the
pediatric service.
Surgery. Surgery days are Tuesdays at Children’s (7:45 am) and
Thursdays at Children’s (8:45 am) or ASCAT (7:15 am). Arrive in the
OR before the first case is to start. Review the surgery list and read about
any surgery with which you are not familiar, along with its indications.
You should have a thorough understanding of all surgical cases being
performed, simply assisting is not enough. Surgical loupes are mandatory
for all resident cases. You will not be able to perform surgery unless you
have loupes.
Consults. Inpatient consults are called in to the front desk and recorded in
a spiral-bound notebook, which is generally kept in the top bin of the
organizer just inside the door to the front office. The date and time the
call was taken, patient’s name, birth date, diagnosis, physician, and
location are recorded. Also noted is whether the patient is transportable to
the eye clinic. In most cases, consults are seen in the office. During clinic
hours, however, check with Dr. Reynolds before having the patient
transported down to the office. Though the front desk will usually alert
you to a new consult, it is the resident’s responsibility to keep track of the
notebook and see to it that the inpatients are examined in a timely fashion.
It is never appropriate not to see a patient if asked to do so by another
physician. When the exam is complete, the front desk will call for
transportation back to the inpatient room.
Call. Review the attending on-call schedule. Respond promptly to all
calls. If you are called to see a patient, see them no matter how trivial the
problem may seem. If called by a private patient, take the information and
decide what you would like to do. Tell the patient you will contact his/her
doctor and someone will get back to him/her. Call the attending, do not
handle the call alone. When called to see a patient who needs to go to the
OR, find out when they last ate and call about OR availability before
calling the attending.
Reading List.
To be read before the start of the rotation
Amblyopia*
Strabismus disorders*
Refraction in Infants and children*
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