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The faculty have provided a reading list that is critical to the development
of your fund of knowledge. It is expected that this list will be completed
at the appropriate time in your training. Although extensive, it is not
complete. This should be considered the MINIMUM reading required.
Residents are expected to take the opportunity to learn whenever and
wherever possible. In addition to this required reading, residents are
expected to pursue an aggressive independent course of reading texts and
journals. Residents should regularly read the major journals and
demonstrate a progressive ability to critically evaluate the general
directions of ophthalmic enquiry and the specific attributes of individual
presentations
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Conferences/Meetings
Residents are required to attend conferences given by full-time and
volunteer staff; any clinical obligations are excused since teaching
conferences supercede clinical responsibilities for the residents.
You may not be given an option to miss a conference or meeting. You
will be held responsible for missing these obligations should this occur.
Explain this rule for any faculty who offers you the opportunity to miss a
lecture. Conferences include visual field conferences, fluorescein
angiography conferences, and monthly Journal Club.
Please be on time for all meetings. Many of the faculty spend a great deal
of time preparing their lectures. Arriving late is rude and inexcusable.
C. Grand Rounds
Grand Rounds are held on Thursday mornings and run from 7:00 am to
8:30 am. All residents are expected to be present and arrive on time.
Residents are not to be involved in other activities at this time.
The purpose of Grand Rounds is many-fold, not the least of which
includes the opportunity to discuss unusual ophthalmic cases, to present
case histories and physical findings concisely along with a critical review
of the literature pertinent to the patient=s diagnosis, and to become
comfortable with public speaking.
The chief resident is in charge of assigned dates for which each resident is
responsible for presenting a case. Two cases will be presented at each
grand rounds. Each case should be professionally prepared in detail,
thoughtfully presented, and thoroughly discussed. Reiterating textbook
material is to be avoided as it is unnecessary and boring. Grand round
presentations are not for the purpose of giving a lecture.
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