Glimpses 2009-2010.pdf - LV Prasad Eye Institute
Glimpses 2009-2010.pdf - LV Prasad Eye Institute
Glimpses 2009-2010.pdf - LV Prasad Eye Institute
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The outgoing Bachelor of Science in Optometry students with faculty and guests<br />
Apart from the regular continuing medical education programs in subspecialties, we were host to<br />
experts in ocular prosthetic surgery, optometry and eye banking, who helped mentor and train our<br />
consultants in specific areas. For the second successive year, we had extended engagements with<br />
visiting professors from overseas as well as consultants who volunteered their time and energy to<br />
enhance the scope and quality of our work in education and other areas. A fellowship in ophthalmic<br />
pathology has been introduced, stimulating the further growth of an emerging subspecialty. Optometry<br />
education received a boost with the recruitment of faculty with advanced degrees in optometry and<br />
vision sciences who will be more involved with the academic programs offered at <strong>LV</strong>PEI’s Bausch &<br />
Lomb School of Optometry.<br />
Growing the <strong>LV</strong>PEI network means we also need to have trained human resources to manage centers<br />
and provide services as the same level of excellence as we maintain at the tertiary and quaternary levels.<br />
For the past year, we have been in high gear, training teams for our new upcoming tertiary centre in<br />
Vijayawada, a Village Vision Complex in Bellary, Karnataka state and a Service Centre in Khammam,<br />
Andhra Pradesh, apart from the ongoing training of Vision Technicians for the community and primary<br />
levels of care. In all, more than 200 trainees went through various short and long term ophthalmology<br />
programs while another 40 or so received advanced optometric training, apart from the 17 students<br />
who graduated from the degree program in optometry and the one-year vision technicians’ course.<br />
The Bhubaneswar and Visakhapatnam campuses held their share of workshops and seminars, which<br />
were videoconferenced across the tertiary network so that consultants from the three campuses<br />
could participate and learn together. In addition, a Learning Centre was inaugurated at Bhubaneswar<br />
to provide a space where all levels of eye care personnel can be trained.<br />
As a global resource centre of Operation<br />
<strong>Eye</strong>sight Universal (OEU), <strong>LV</strong>PEI will now<br />
extend training to OEU supported hospitals<br />
in Africa, beginning with the deputation of<br />
one ophthalmologist and training of a team of<br />
doctors in various subspecialties.<br />
Among the several seminars and workshops<br />
held, the third Annual Antonio Champalimaud<br />
Symposium and Oration provided an<br />
opportunity for vision scientists and clinicians<br />
to interact and engage in intellectual dialogue<br />
on translational research.<br />
Dr Tapas Ranjan Padhi imparts hands-on training<br />
to the students at Bhubaneswar<br />
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