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A Review on the Use of the Educational Value Unit (EVU) among Teaching Hospitals

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(1) Background: In recent years, medical institutions across the U.S. have implemented a points system based on the Educational Value Unit (EVU) to assess and reward faculty for their educational efforts. The purpose of this narrative review is to...

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on ophthalmology medical student teaching: educational innovations, challenges, and future directions

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Graduate medical education (GME) in ophthalmology has faced and overcome many challenges over the past years, and 2020 has been a game-changer. Although the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus pandemic disrupted medical education globally...

The era of artificial intelligence and virtual reality: transforming surgical education in ophthalmology

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Training the modern ophthalmic surgeon is a challenging process. Microsurgical education can benefit from innovative methods to practice surgery in low-risk simulations, assess and refine skills in the operating room through video content analytics, and...

Quantifying the educational benefit of additional cataract surgery cases in ophthalmology residency

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PURPOSE: To quantify the resident learning curve for cataract surgery using operative time as an indicator of surgical competency, to identify the case threshold at which marginal additional educational benefit became equivocal, and to characterize...

ADVANCING OPHTHALMOLOGY MEDICAL STUDENT EDUCATION: INTERNATIONAL INSIGHTS AND STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCED TEACHING

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Enhancing medical student education in ophthalmology can lead to improved eye health care delivery and patient outcomes across all primary care and specialty disciplines., There has been a resurgence in interest in delivering high quality ophthalmic...

Ophthalmology Education

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Ophthalmology education from Harvard Medical School Department of Ophthalmology including continuing medical education (CME).

Using Large Language Models to Generate Educational Materials on Childhood Glaucoma

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PURPOSE: To evaluate the quality, readability, and accuracy of large language model (LLM) generated patient education materials (PEMs) on childhood glaucoma, and their ability to improve existing online information's readability. DESIGN: Cross-sectional...

Joan W. Miller, MD, Honored for Her Contributions to Education

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Joan W. Miller, MD, the David Glendenning Cogan Professor of Ophthalmology and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, is the 2025 recipient of the Simmons Lessell Excellence in Education Award.

World-Class Education

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Educating Future Ophthalmology Leaders Medical education is integral to Harvard Ophthalmology's mission. Our internationally renowned faculty offer dynamic and broad-reaching programs that aim to inform and inspire trainees, faculty, alumni, and the...

A new educational partner: Lions VisionGift

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The Lions VisionGift eye bank has been instrumental in supporting Mass. Eye and Ear’s educational initiatives. In the past two years, the nonprofit has donated more than $50,000 in practice tissue for Harvard Ophthalmology residents and Mass. Eye and Ear...

A virtual COVID-19 ophthalmology rotation

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The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic temporarily suspended medical student involvement in clinical rotations, resulting in the need to develop virtual clinical experiences. The cancellation of clinical ophthalmology electives and away rotations reduces...

Carolyn Kloek receives Women in Ophthalmology Educator Award

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Carolyn E. Kloek, MD, has been selected for the 2017 Women in Ophthalmology (WIO) Educator Award. This award is given to an individual who has consistently provided an exceptionally positive and rewarding training experience to medical students, residents...