Ophthalmic Education:

Principles and Guidelines of a Curriculum for Ophthalmic Education of Medical Students: Contributors and Contents

Presented by

International Task Force on Ophthalmic Education of Medical Students
On Behalf of the International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO)

On this page:

• Table of Contents
  
  
• Task Force, Contributors and Acknowledgements
  
  
• Medical student curriculum available as PDF

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Preamble

II. Fundamentals and Principles of Ophthalmology

III. Cornea and External Diseases

IV. Lens and Cataract

V. Neuro-Ophthalmology

VI. Vitreoretinal Diseases

VII. Glaucoma

VIII. Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

IX. Diseases of Eyelid, Lacrimal System, and Orbit

X. Ocular Manifestations of Systemic Diseases

XI. Intraocular Tumors

XII. Refraction and Contact Lens

XIII. Refractive Surgery

XIV. References

XV. Ophthalmic Images by Anatomic Location and Diagnosis

Chairman of Task Force:

Richard Parrish II, MD (USA)

Editor and Director of Educational Programs of ICO:

Mark O.M. Tso, MD (USA) (China)

Major Contributors:

Richard K. Parrish II, MD (USA)
Adenike Aboise, MD (Nigeria)
Geoffrey Broocker, MD (USA)
Miguel N. Burnier, MD (Canada)
Akef El-Maghraby, MD (Saudi Arabia)
Daniel Eyta’ale, MD (Switzerland)
ZiaLiang Li, MD (China)
Susan Lightman, MD (UK)
Kathleen A. McClellan, MD (Australia)
Casey Mickler, MD (USA)
Marilyn T. Miller, MD (USA)
Robert B. Nussenblatt, MD (USA)
And Other Members of International Task Force*

Executive Committee of ICO [1998-2006]:

Gottfried O.H. Naumann, MD, President (Germany)
Mark O.M. Tso, MD, Vice-President (USA) (China)
Bruce E. Spivey, MD, Secretary General (USA)
Balder Gloor, MD, Treasurer (Switzerland)

Corresponding Author:

Mark O.M. Tso, M.D.

Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University
457 Woods Building, 600 North Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287-9142, USA; and
Peking University Eye Center, The Third Teaching Hospital
Peking University, 49 North Garden Road
Haidian District, Beijing 100083, People’s Republic of China
Fax: 410-614-1114 (USA); Fax: 8610-8208-9951 (China)

Manuscript Editor:

Tina-Marie Gauthier

Publication of this curriculum was partially supported by a contribution from the International Council of Ophthalmology Foundation

Acknowledgement:

*Past and present members of the International Task Force on Ophthalmic Education of Medical Students:

Richard K. Parrish II, MD, Chair (USA)
Adenike Aboise, MD  (Nigeria)
Geoffrey Broocker, MD (USA)
Miguel N. Burnier, MD (Canada)
Akef El-Maghraby, MD (Saudi Arabia)
Daniel Eyta’ale, MD (Switzerland)
Gerhard K. Lang, MD (Germany)
Zi-Liang Li, MD (China)
Susan Lightman, MD (UK)
Kathleen A. McClellan, MD (Australia)
Casey Mickler, MD (USA)
Marilyn T. Miller, MD (USA)
Robert B. Nussenblatt, MD (USA)
Yasuo Tano, MD (Japan)

ICO gratefully acknowledges the editorial efforts of Jenni Anderson and Lenalee Fulton in coordinating and assembling these curricula.

Medical student curriculum available as PDF

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Also see:

• Education of Medical Students in Ophthalmology
  
  
• Resources for Ophthalmic Education of Medical Students