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The Jules Stein Eye Institute offers fellowship training to enable particularly well-qualified persons to receive and contribute to training in specific areas of ophthalmology. Clinical fellowship training combines outpatient, inpatient and surgical experience in an ophthalmic subspecialty. The fellow assumes increasing responsibility for patient care, under the supervision of faculty members responsible for the program. In addition to receiving instruction from faculty, the fellow instructs medical students and residents. Research is considered an important aspect of specialty training and a major prerequisite for assimilating future developments in ophthalmology. Fellows are expected to undertake independent investigation or to participate in one of the ongoing research projects in a basic or clinical field related to their specialty. Time is allotted appropriately for this experience, and its value is enhanced by careful supervision, availability of laboratory facilities, and access to technical assistance.</div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“At the end of the day, wananchi need services. Doctors are human beings; they have families to fend (for),” said Dr Ouma Oluga, the secretary-general of the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union.</span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“We cannot sit back and watch as patients continue to suffer. If cash is given to the counties, if healthcare workers are motivated, paid adequately and promptly, then there would be no issues. We appeal to healthcare workers to be patient,” he said.</span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Kenya is looking forward to (winning) the Friday elections. Prof Magoha will be back to lead the association,” he added.</span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“We are running short of human resources in Africa while our specialists are soaring high overseas. African countries should train more eye specialists,” he added.</span></span></div>
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YOF-Kenya team, it is my great pleasure to invite you to an exciting forum,
where we will get to interact, discuss issues that affect us as young
ophthalmologists in Kenya and chart the way forward for COECSA Young
Ophthalmologist Forum-Kenya Chapter. The forum will be held on Saturday,
4Th of July 2015 at Bonds Restaurant in Upper Hill, Nairobi from 2pm
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objective of this activity is to promote<i> “a vibrant network of upcoming
eye care professionals able to advance policy change at national and regional
levels”</i>. We will get to discuss issues of how young ophthalmologists
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</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Kindly confirm your
participation with Dr. Kareko <span style="color: #548dd4; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153;">(ckareks@yahoo.com)</span> or Grace (<span style="color: #548dd4; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153;">grace@coecsa.org</span>)
by 20Th June for
planning purposes. Your active participation will be appreciated. COECSA,
with the generous support of its partners and Harleys Limited shall
sponsor the event. A meal and drinks will be served.<br />
<span style="color: #606060;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: #606060;">I look forward to seeing you all
at this professionally rewarding forum.</span><br />
<span style="color: #606060;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: #606060;">Sincerely,</span><br />
<span style="color: #606060;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: #606060;">Dr. Catherine Kareko</span><br />
<span style="color: #606060;">For and on behalf of YOF- Kenya Chapter</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #17365d; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;">COECSA hereby
wishes to notify all final year residents of research awards for the best
abstract submitted for the presentation at the upcoming 3</span><sup style="background-color: white; color: #17365d; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;">rd </sup><span style="background-color: white; color: #17365d; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;">Annual
COECSA Annual Scientific Congress in August 27-28, 2015 at Naivasha, Kenya.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #17365d; font-size: small; line-height: 150%; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="font-size: large;">This research award
has been made possible by our partner Orbis Africa under the Human Resources
for Eye Health strengthening Initiative for Sub Saharan Africa. Residents who
finished their training in 2014 and did not submit their abstracts for the 2014
COECSA congress are eligible to participate in this year’s awards call.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the winning abstract submitted, the awarded shall be notified in good time of
their selection and honored at the congress’ gala dinner on the 27<sup>th</sup>
of August 2015.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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1,500 - Best Abstract for Oral Presentation courtesy of Orbis Africa. (This
award will be presented in form of </span></span><span class="il"><span style="color: #17365d; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">support</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #17365d; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> for one <u>resident</u> </span></span><span style="color: #17365d; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">to attend and present their paper during the August 2015 Congress)</span><span style="color: #17365d; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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submitted within the stipulated timeline of June 30<sup>th</sup> to the congress
Organizing Committee at </span><a href="mailto:abstracts2015@coecsa.org">abstracts2015@coecsa.org</a><span style="color: #17365d; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113478083129672587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977462924258762573.post-58938443410812661092015-06-02T05:31:00.003-07:002015-06-02T05:31:16.478-07:00Leadership Training for Ophthalmologists in Sub Saharan Africa. <div class="MsoNormal">
The African Ophthalmology Council (AOC) in collaboration with
the ICO, AAO and COECSA will be starting its first leadership training for
Ophthalmologists in Sub Saharan Africa.<br />
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The first session will take place 2 days towwards the College of
Ophthalmology of Eastern ,Central and South Africa 3RD Annual Scientific Congress in Naivasha,
Kenya, S<b>cheduled for 27th -28th August, 2015.</b><br />
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COECSA strongly requests the Young Ophthalmologists' participation at this leadership development program (LDP). You are requested
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For correspondence, the Email address to use is <span style="color: blue;">info@coecsa.org</span></div>
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shall be receiving further communication from Dr. Kunle directly concerning the
nomination process and any other information towards the LDP event.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Leadership </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Development </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Program</span></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 28px; text-align: center;"> LDP</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 21pt; text-align: center;">Class of 2017</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">The
African Ophthalmology Council!!(AOC) is the regional Eye Society representing Sub
Saharan Africa countries. The AOC invites National and Regional Eye Societies
in Sub Saharan Africa to Sponsor Ophthalmologists to its new Leadership
Development Program.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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questions about the Program please see below information or email Dr. Kunle
Hassan (President, AOC) at KunleHassan@EyeFoundationHospital.com.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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purpose of the Leadership Development Program is to provide both personal &
Organizational orientation & skill development to future leaders of Regional
& National Eye Societies in Sub Sahara.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">a.
Identify individuals with the potential to become leaders in Ophthalmology.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Provide orientation and skills to allow potential leaders to promote
Ophthalmology locally, nationally & across the African continent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Facilitate the promotion of program graduates into leadership positions
locally, nationally and across Sub Saharan Africa.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria-Bold; font-size: 11.5pt;">GUIDELINES FOR PARTICIPATION<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">A.
Only National and Regional societies may submit a program participant
nomination to the AOC Leadership Development Program Selection Committee.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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A National society may nominate one Ophthalmologist to participate At the
discretion of <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Leadership Development Program Selection Committee, a hosting Regional and a<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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National society may be allowed to have additional observing participants<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Nominee must be a current member of the nominating society and must be a
current member in good standing of the participating Regional society.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Nominee must have a minimum of 5 years membership in the nominating National
society.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Nominee must agree to participate in all elements of the Leadership Development
Program as noted in the program outline (i.e. attend all designated meetings).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Nominee must agree to develop a project over the course of his/her participation
in the program that will benefit the nominating society. Participant will
identify and outline the project by January 2016 and will submit an abstract
describing the project goals, objectives and status by July 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Cost of participation will be shared by the African Ophthalmology Council, the
Nominating <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">National
and Regional societies and the individual participate (see “Cost sharing” chart)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">h.
Estimated annual Leadership Development Program class size: 17L20 participants.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><b>COST SHARING</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria-Bold; font-size: 11.5pt;">Agenda materials,<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria-Bold; font-size: 11.5pt;">Resource books and meeting preparation.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Social events –i.e.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">receptions, selected <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">dinners for COESCA <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">2015<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Registration fee for <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">2015 COECSA<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Scientific conference.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Airfare and lodging<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">For COECSA 2015 in<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Naivasha, Kenya.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria-Bold; font-size: 11.5pt;">Speakers, consultants, moderators<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Social events–i.e.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Dinners for COESCA<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">2016 <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Registration fee for<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">2016 COECSA<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Scientific conference.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Airfare and lodging <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">For COECSA 2016 in Tanzania</span></b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria-Bold; font-size: 11.5pt;">Registration fee </span></b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria-Bold; font-size: 11.5pt;">For 2017 AOC Congress<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Social events –i.e. receptions,
selected dinners for AOC<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Congress 2017<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Airfare and lodging <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">For 2017 AOC Congress<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113478083129672587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977462924258762573.post-44497855746346697852015-05-26T23:08:00.001-07:002015-05-26T23:08:16.762-07:00<h3>
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><u>Fellowship in Medical Education at McGill University,Canada</u></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></h3>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><u>Length of Fellowship: 12 months.</u></span></h3>
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<u><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In many countries the training of
medical students in ophthalmology does not reflect what is necessary for the
general practitioner, internist, or non-ophthalmologist specialist to practice.
For example, although skills of fundoscopy are usually taught in medical
school, the number of graduating physicians who are not able to detect serious
eye disease via fundus examination is remarkably high. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The first goal of this fellowship is
to train individuals to make significant changes in the quality of ophthalmic
education in their home country at one or more medical schools. A second goal
of the fellowship is to help design practitioner-based screening programs.
Screening for diabetic retinopathy and some other ophthalmic diseases is
cost-effective.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">However, screening for other disorders such as glaucoma are not
always as cost-effective. This does not reflect what is occurring in countries
where either the rates of disease are particularly high, or the availability of
practitioners is very low. This fellowship will help ophthalmologists to design
screening programs that are specific to their country's population, and will
result in improved quality of care.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Interested candidates should send in
their letter of motivation, resume & copies of their academic certificates to
<a href="mailto:info@COECSA.org">info@COECSA.org</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The application should be
addressed to:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Chair, Training
Subcommittee,</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">COECSA</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">* Preference shall be given to active fellows of COECSA in good standing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Deadline for application - June 2015.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113478083129672587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977462924258762573.post-19488857248412737462015-05-20T00:12:00.002-07:002015-05-20T00:36:36.024-07:00<h1>
University of
Rwanda, College of Medicine & Health Sciences<o:p></o:p></h1>
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Advertisement for Job opportunity<o:p></o:p></h3>
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<span style="color: #606060; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">University of Rwanda, College of Medicine and Health Sciences
(UR-CMHS) wishes to recruit qualified personnel in the Department of
Ophthalmology, school of Health Sciences located at Nyarugenge Campus.<br />
<strong>1. Lecturer (1)</strong><br />
Applicnant must possess the following requirements:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #606060; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Master's of medicine in
Ophthalmology or its equivalent (PHD is an added advantage)]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #606060; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2 years experience is an added
advantage<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #606060; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Registered with local
professional council<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #606060; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Excellent communication skills
in English<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="color: #606060; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #606060; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Read more
at <a href="http://coecsa.us9.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=feffde8b97f62baae0483703c&id=abc0574abb&e=cf0b30bcd6" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6dc6dd;">http://www.umuseke.rw/job-opportunity-at-the-university-of-rwandacollege-of-medicine-ur-cmhs.html </span></a><br />
<br />
<strong>2.Tutorial
assistant/Clinical Instructor (2)</strong><br />
<br />
Applicant must possess the following requirments:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #606060; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bachelor Degree in Ophthalmic
Clinical officer/Ophthalmic technician/Optometry with at least a
distinction<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #606060; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Advanced diploma in Ophthalmic
Clinical officer with additional training in dispensing optician<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #606060; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2years experience is an added
advantage<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #606060; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Excellent communication skills
in English<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #606060; line-height: 150%; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Registered with local
professional counclil<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<span style="color: #606060; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Read more at: <a href="http://coecsa.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=feffde8b97f62baae0483703c&id=3bd721a8c9&e=cf0b30bcd6" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6dc6dd;">http://www.umuseke.rw/job-opportunity-at-the-university-of-rwandacollege-of-medicine-ur-cmhs.html</span></a><br />
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<strong>All applications
should be accompanied by:</strong><br />
1. Application letter written in English to the principal of the college
of Medicine and Health sciences, University of Rwanda<br />
2.Curriculum Vitae<br />
3.A copy of certified academic certificate<br />
4.A copy of certified academic transcript<br />
5.Contacts and address of two referees </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113478083129672587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977462924258762573.post-579706105038610842015-05-20T00:10:00.001-07:002015-05-20T00:10:53.538-07:00<div class="contentheading" style="background-color: white; color: #1a769d; float: left; font-family: Questrial, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 12px;">
<a class="contentpagetitle" href="http://coecsa.org/index.php/newsz/342-the-tenwek-hospital-eye-unit-4th-annual-cpd-took-place-on-may-15th-2015" style="color: #1a769d; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none !important;">The Tenwek Hospital Eye Unit 4th Annual CPD took place on May 15th 2015.</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times; font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The event was attended by 45 delegates drawn from:</span></div>
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<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 2px;"><span style="font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Sabatia Eye Hospital</span></em></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 2px;"><span style="font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Agha Khan University Hospital</span></em></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 2px;"><span style="font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">University of Nairobi, Department of Ophthalmology</span></em></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 2px;"><span style="font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Eagle Eye Laser Center</span></em></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 2px;"><span style="font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Tenwek Hospital</span></em></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 2px;"><span style="font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Kissii Eye Care Institute</span></em></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 2px;"><span style="font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Getrude’s Children’s Hospital</span></em></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 2px;"><span style="font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Nyeri Provincial General Hospital</span></em></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px; padding: 2px;"><span style="font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Wills Eye Hospital (USA)</span></em></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times; font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times; font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Presentations from 9.00am to 4.45pm included:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times; font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">- <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Approach to the Management of Pediatric Cataract </strong>by Drs. Sarah Sitati & Ernest Ollando from Sabatia Eye Hospital</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times; font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">- <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Clinical & surgical approach to Squint</strong> by Dr. Daniel Mundia</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times; font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">- <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Kenya National Retinoblastoma Strategy 2014 Best Guidelines</strong> by Dr. Kahaki Kimani</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times; font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">- <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Update on Diabetic Retinopathy</strong> by Dr. Ben Roberts</span></div>
<div style="color: black; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: 17.9200000762939px; padding: 5px 0px;">
<span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times; font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">- <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Overview on Common Orbital Tumors & the Approach to Their Management</strong> by Dr. Nyenze Muindi</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times; font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">- <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Clinical Characteristics & Functional Outcomes of Keratoconus Patients attending a specialist contact lens clinic in Kenya</strong> by Dr. Zahara Rashid</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times; font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">- <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Cross linking in Keratoconus</strong>: sharing Our Kenyan Experience by Dr. Muchai Gachago</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times; font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">- <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Approach to the management of Bullous Keratopathy</strong> by Dr. Michael Chen</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times; font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">- <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Biometry: A necessity or a luxury?</strong> By Dr. Judy Ndiritu</span></div>
<div style="color: black; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: 17.9200000762939px; padding: 5px 0px;">
<span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times; font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">- <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Perioperative Antibiotics in Cataract Surgery</strong> by Dr. Nina Ni</span></div>
<div style="color: black; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: 17.9200000762939px; padding: 5px 0px;">
<span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times; font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">- <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Approach to Glaucoma management in a Limited Resource Set-up </strong>by Dr. Dan kiage</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times; font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">All participants received certificates and flash disks containing all the presentations in PDF format. </span></div>
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<em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'andale mono', times; font-size: small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Photos of the event posted on COECSA's facebook page @ <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Coecsa/739112372829318?fref=ts" style="color: #1a769d; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Coecsa</a></span></span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-ZA">WIN A TRAVEL BURSARY TO ESCRS
in Barcelona. </span></span></h3>
<h3 style="margin-bottom: 0.25in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-ZA">CALL FOR ENTRIES TO JOHN HENAHAN PRIZE</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-ZA"><br />Howdy! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Its Simple, Just write a 900-word </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">essay on the topic </span><u style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>“How do I learn surgery?”</b></u></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-ZA"><br />
</span><span class="textexposedshow"><span lang="EN-ZA"><a href="http://escrs.org/barcelona2015/henahan-prize.asp" target="_blank">http://escrs.org/barcelona2015/henahan-prize.asp</a></span></span><span class="textexposedshow"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-ZA">CALL FOR ENTRIES TO JOHN HENAHAN WRITING PRIZE FOR
YOUNG OPHTHALMOLOGISTS</span><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Entrants
to the John Henahan Prize are invited to write a 900-word essay on the topic, “How do I learn surgery?” The competition is open to ESCRS members who are
aged 40 or under before January 1, 2015. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The essays
will be judged by Thomas Kohnen, chairman ESCRS Publications Committee; Emanuel
Rosen, chief medical editor EuroTimes; Jose Guell, former president ESCRS;
Oliver Findl, chairman ESCRS Young Ophthalmologists Committee; Sean Henahan,
editor EuroTimes; Paul McGinn, editor EuroTimes; and Robert Henahan,
contributing editor EuroTimes.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The two
main criteria for consideration by the judges are the clinical content of the
story and the writing style, including punctuation and grammar, which should
reflect the high standard of material published in EuroTimes. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The winner
will receive a travel bursary worth €1,000 to attend the XXXIII Congress of the
ESCRS in Barcelona, Spain and a special trophy which will be presented at the
Video awards Session on Sunday 6 September. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The prize
is named in honour of John Henahan, who edited EuroTimes from 1996 to 2001.
“John’s work has inspired a generation of young doctors and journalists, many
of whom continue to work for EuroTimes. The prize will not only bring
satisfaction to the winner and credit to all the contributors but may enhance
all their prospects of pursuing a medical writing aspect to their future
careers. We look to their further contributions to EuroTimes and the Journal of
Cataract & Refractive Surgery,” said Dr Rosen. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><span lang="EN-ZA">Entry
forms are available from Colin Kerr, executive editor, EuroTimes at:</span></strong><span lang="EN-ZA"> <a href="mailto:henprize@eurotimes.org">henprize@eurotimes.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="color: red; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Closing date for entries is Friday 29 May
2015. </span><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span lang="EN-ZA"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">Good luck!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Public participation in the review of the kenya Draft Health Bill</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 150%;">A</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">rticle
118 (1) (b) of the Constitution of Kenya provides that Parliament shall
facilitate public participation and involvement in the legislative and other
business of parliament and its committees. Standing order 127 (3) states that
the departmental committee to which a Bill is committed shall facilitate public
participation and shall take into account views and recommendations of the
public when the committee makes its report to the house. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 150%;">P</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">ursuant
to Article 188 (1) (b) and the standing order 127 (3), the committee invites
interested members of the public to submit any representations they may have on
the Bill. The representations may be forwarded to the Clerk of the National
assembly P.O Box 41842-00100, Nairobi; hand delivered to the office of the
clerk, main Parliament Buildings, Nairobi; or emailed to <a href="mailto:clerk@parliament.go.ke">clerk@parliament.go.ke</a> to be received
on or before Wednesday 13<sup>th</sup> May 2015 at 5.00Pm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></div>
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<i style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">As COECSA members who are significantly
involved in development of eye health and health in general, Our voice/
participation is of great importance to the bill. Let us engage and share our
views/contributions towards the draft Health Bill.</span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Follow us on instagram <complete id="goog_1671821546">@youngophthalmologits</complete></span></h3>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113478083129672587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977462924258762573.post-2402771410423435092015-04-29T00:31:00.003-07:002015-04-29T00:31:14.564-07:00<h1 style="background-color: white; color: #03469d; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 1.6em; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-transform: uppercase;">
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<a href="http://www.research4life.org/tips-for-writing-a-research-paper/">http://www.research4life.org/tips-for-writing-a-research-paper/</a></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113478083129672587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977462924258762573.post-17418248686053935992015-04-29T00:24:00.000-07:002015-04-29T00:24:06.828-07:00<h3 style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">
<br />COECSA announces Support for Short-Term Subspecialty Training.</h3>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">COECSA, with the generous support of partners in Health Systems Strengthening Project, is pleased to announce the availability of short term subspecialty training support for interested COECSA Fellows within ECSA region. To be considered for this support, one MUST meet the following criteria: </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" /><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Must be a Fellow of COECSA in good standing</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Has secured (or is in the process of securing) admission for a short term subspecialty trainig</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> The training MUST be needs-based and must be completed within the project period (not extending beyond December 2015) </span></li>
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<br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">*To apply, please send a (1) one page motivation letter detailing the training need & potential impact of the training to eye care in the region and an indicative budget for your training to info@coecsa.org. If you have already secured admission, please attach the letter of admission from the training institution alongside your application. If not, please include details of the institution where you have applied to and the tentative training dates in the motivation letter.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">The deadline for submitting applications is 10th May, 2015. Successful applicants will be notified shortly thereafter.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">This is your chance Young Ophthalmologists! </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113478083129672587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977462924258762573.post-88800770294046534752015-04-28T23:17:00.000-07:002015-04-28T23:17:10.254-07:00<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><br /></span>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113478083129672587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977462924258762573.post-91311940495430896862015-04-28T22:48:00.003-07:002015-04-28T22:50:12.004-07:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2OBZHd6edEdUTvsVmivVJDyLftJcY2pq7WyRT0JHX77G6rTC2tmG-o4UMrIuK4VYt1mwWDmy9Hr3B_DjIg2cXeEJfHO78mytrR4W1JiuujmR9gl1-9szh9JHeYJ_BLYm9SUJmu8IYVLA/s1600/ts1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2OBZHd6edEdUTvsVmivVJDyLftJcY2pq7WyRT0JHX77G6rTC2tmG-o4UMrIuK4VYt1mwWDmy9Hr3B_DjIg2cXeEJfHO78mytrR4W1JiuujmR9gl1-9szh9JHeYJ_BLYm9SUJmu8IYVLA/s1600/ts1.png" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Q. Why ophthalmology? A. It’s my calling</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Name: Dr Simon Arunga, a young </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Ophthalmologist & Clinical Lecturer at Mbarara University of Science and Technology.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Q. Speak to Africa as a young Ophthalmologist on the importance of Eye health In Africa</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">A. Eye Health is a key part of our well-being. We all need to “see well” in order to lead productive lives. Blindness is not just an individual problem but a community problem. I am always touched by the common upcountry sight of a blind person being led on a stick by a small child. This means if there happens to be a blind person in a family, one of the children will be “sacrificed” to miss school and stay at home and care for this older blind person thereby literally threatening the future of this child.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Q. What is your vision on COECSA and Africa at large?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">A. I strongly feel that as Africa, this is the right time to do something to alleviate the burden of blindness and suffering in our communities.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">We all have a role to play and not just to leave it to a few. As young ophthalmologists, leaders, individuals, partners, we now more than ever need to realize we have the enthusiasm, motivation, skills and resources to provide African solutions to African problems. We all need to work together, collaborate, be innovative, network, and embrace low cost technology to come up with sustainable solutions for our continent.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05113478083129672587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977462924258762573.post-972766329986729332013-01-29T05:26:00.003-08:002013-01-31T05:36:51.409-08:00Why the ophthalmologist and optometrist conflict should concern patients<span class="post_date" title="2011-05-10"></span><br />
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you need laser eye surgery in the state of Kentucky, or a little
cosmetic work around the eyelids, it now behooves you to ask your
prospective surgeon the following question before signing the operative
consent form:<br />
“Say doc, did you go to medical school?”<br />
Kentucky
joined the company of Oklahoma earlier this year as the second state to
conflate optometrists and ophthalmologists. Only ophthalmologists are
the sort of doctors who graduated from medical school, did an
internship, completed a three-year residency in eye surgery, possibly a
fellowship after that, and have achieved and maintained national board
certification through a program of lifelong learning in their specialty.<br />
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Optometry
schools (four-year programs focused on optics to prescribe glasses and
contacts and the diagnosis and management of certain eye-related
diseases) have a tough application process too, and many of the same
students going into optometry could have chosen medicine. But nobody
ever really faces a clear-cut choice of going into optometry or
ophthalmology. Even if you do exceedingly well in medical school, you
could easily miss out on an ophthalmology residency slot. Ophthalmology
is among the most selective specializations in medicine. Yet despite
having earned a reputation within medical science as one of its most
advanced and storied fields, these days ophthalmology is challenged with
its branding, of all things. Perhaps it’s the funny spelling?<br />
Nationwide,
about 30 percent of consumers don’t know the difference between the two
types of eye doctors, according to a survey conducted by the <a href="http://www.nclnet.org/newsroom/press-releases/370-who-does-what-consumers-confused-about-eye-care-providers-training-md-status" target="_blank">National Consumer’s League</a>
(the NCL designed the study independently, then applied for and
received unrestricted funding from the American Academy of
Ophthalmology, which did not commission the study). Ninety-five percent
of the 600 Americans surveyed wanted an M.D. wielding the scalpel or the
laser if they needed eye surgery. Regular everyday people seem to sense
that the eyes are part of the body, that serious disease might have
something to do with the whole, and that at the very least, you might
want a full-service clinician involved if something becomes complicated
enough for an invasive procedure.<br />
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Proponents of optometry’s
expansion argued that having optometrists perform in-office laser eye
procedures, inject medications into eyes, and cut out “lumps and bumps”
around the eyes increases health care access for Kentucky’s rural
citizens (Kentucky’s Medicaid program can spend $150 in transportation
credits for a $50 ophthalmology check-up). Optometrists outnumber
ophthalmologists by a ration of four to one and can be found in most
Kentucky counties.<br />
But while you could easily be forgiven for
imagining that Kentucky’s leadership must now be hot on the trail of
other ways to foster health care accessibility, like chiropractic spine
surgery or cosmetic surgery parlors, do not expect the complete
democratization of medicine until back adjusters and cosmetologists can
pay to play with the same skill as optometrists. Mistaking optometry for
ophthalmology was no Mr. Magoo moment.<br />
“If you go back and look
at our involvement in politics in terms of contributions, we’ve always
been involved,” says Dr. Ian Benjamin Gaddie, president-elect of the
Kentucky Optometric Association. “We work hand-in-hand in the community
with these people and that makes a huge difference.”<br />
Efforts included lobbying state legislators while they were immobilized in the optometric examining chair, reports indicate.<br />
“In
many states it’s just how the stars line up, and how your luck goes as
you run the gamut through the political process,” Dr. Gaddie told me.<br />
The Louisville <i>Courier-Journal’s </i>Frankfort bureau chief Tom Loftus followed the blue grass stardust:<br />
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“Kentucky
optometrists and their political action committee have given campaign
money to 137 of the 138 members of the state legislature and Gov. Steve
Beshear, contributing more than $400,000 as they push for a bill to
expand their practices.<br />
Members of the Kentucky Optometric
Association and its PAC have given at least $327,650 to legislative
candidates in the last two years alone and have hired 18 lobbyists to
help them make their case.<br />
They also gave a total of at least
$74,000 more to Beshear’s re-election campaign, the Republican
gubernatorial campaign of Senate President David Williams and the House
and Senate political caucuses.”</blockquote>
Optometry waged
state-by-state expansion of practice battles for four decades on its way
to where the profession stands now, which is increasingly nebulous. The
American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Medical Association
have challenged optometry every step as optometry blurs its boundaries
with medicine. A patchwork quilt of legislation around the country
variably delineates optometric practice. Now two patches have little
pockets for scalpels and lasers.<br />
For optometrists, serving us as
the “primary health care professional for the eye” means what the state
says it does, and that can vary widely, creating confusion among
patients and the rest of the medical world. Citing how in some states
optometrists must obtain certifications for medications they have no
intention of ever using, the American Society of Health-System
Pharmacists pointed to optometrist licensure as <a href="http://www.ashp.org/s_ashp/docs/files/PR/OptometristLicensure.pdf" target="_blank">an example to avoid</a>.<br />
Optometrists
have been dilating eyes since the 1970s to better diagnose eye
diseases, and have been using local medications in most states since the
1980s. They no longer face opposition from ophthalmology on these
fronts. “We draw the philosophical line in the sand with surgery,” says
Dr. David Parke, chief executive officer of the American Academy of
Ophthalmology.<br />
Ophthalmologists have successfully fought back in
25 other state battles where optometrists asked legislatures to let them
perform surgery, he says, by pointing out the difference in quality of
training and management of adverse events.<br />
While chair of the
University of Oklahoma’s Department of Ophthalmology for 17 years, Dr.
Parke dealt with the aftermath of upgraded optometric licensure in that
state. He says the problems he saw were the result of “not knowing what
you don’t know.”<br />
Dr. Parke’s experience included treating a man
whose “skin tag” was excised by an optometrist. Nine months later the
patient came to the university medical center with an invasive,
substantive squamous cell carcinoma that required a massive
reconstructive surgery. “We asked the patient, ‘Why’d you let him do
that?’ He replied, ‘Well he’s a doctor, he had on a white coat and he
said he could.’”<br />
In another case, an elderly patient with severe
end-stage glaucoma could only be controlled surgically through a
technique called filtering blebs. “She went to an optometrist who said
to the patient, ‘Mrs. Jones, you have cysts on your eyes, I should take
care of those now,’ and he proceeded to excise them, completely undoing
the surgery.”<br />
“In the end it scares me, quite frankly,” says Dr. Parke.<br />
The
most common laser procedure Kentucky optometrists will perform involves
using a YAG laser to clear a membrane that becomes cloudy in some
patients after lens replacement surgery (it’s something ophthalmologists
do as needed on post-cataract surgery follow-up appointments). The
procedure may take only 20 minutes to learn and looks as simple as a
video game. But complications can occur.<br />
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“You can be a pilot,
and say, ‘I’m just going to fly in good weather’ — but you never know
when it’s gonna get dark, or when the storm’s gonna come up,” says Dr.
Woodford Van Meter, president of the Kentucky Academy of Eye Physicians
and Surgeons. ”You can go get an amateur pilot’s license, but that
doesn’t mean you should fly a jetliner full of passengers down to
Florida.”<br />
But ophthalmologists can only convey their concerns when
they’re given enough time. By the immaculate design of 18 lobbyists,
the ophthalmologists knew about the Kentucky bill just 12 hours before
it entered a Senate committee (bypassing a customary 72-hour holding
period), and sailed through that committee to the Senate floor the next
day. The whole process, from the bill’s first public posting to the
Governor signing it into law, took 17 days, bypassing hundreds of other
bills filed well before it. “It was a juggernaut. It was an advancing
force that seemed to crush everything under its path,” Tom Loftus said
on the KET program <a href="http://www.ket.org/cgi-bin/fw_comment.exe/db/ket/dmps/Programs?id=COMM3717" target="_blank">Comment on Kentucky</a>.</div>
Dr.
Van Meter says he and his colleagues got 10 minutes total to make their
case at an informational hearing put together at the last minute in the
Kentucky Senate.<br />
“The people pushing the bill to me looked like
your dog when you come into the kitchen and he’s taken a piece of meat
of your plate,” Dr. Van Meter told me. “He just looks guilty as sin, but
he’s sitting there smiling with big eyes like nothing in the world ever
happened.”<br />
The bill itself looks like a rush job. It even
includes an anatomical error. It prohibits optometrists from injecting
into the posterior chamber of the eye (nobody can, it’s too small a
space). Presumably that line meant to state that optometrists cannot
inject into the posterior segment of the eye, which includes the
vitreous. Because of the sloppy writing, now optometrists can inject
into the posterior segment, using drugs like Lucentis to treat macular
degeneration. The bill also excludes optometrists from performing two
common excimer laser corrective vision procedures, LASIK and PRK, but
leaves out another common procedure, LASEK.<br />
Dr. Ben Gaddie admits
the LASEK loophole exists, but he expects the optometry board won’t
allow excimer laser procedures at all, following the spirit of the
legislation if not its wording. However, he’s not on the optometry
board.<br />
Dr. Van Meter and other state ophthalmology leaders sat
down with Kentucky’s governor to make their case as he weighed whether
to sign the bill that had arrived on his desk with such urgency. They
were a little flummoxed when it became apparent the governor had little
issue with the idea that providers who didn’t go to medical school would
be doing surgery. “He seemed to think that was okay,” Dr. Van Meter
observes.<br />
I asked the governor, who was on the road attending the
National Governor’s Association Winter Meeting in D.C. this weekend,
whether he was now pioneering the way for other states in redefining
optometry. He’s making no such stand. Beshear based his decision “solely
on what is best for the people of Kentucky. Under that framework,
improving access to health care of all kinds is a priority for
Kentuckians. Other states must make their own determinations for what is
best for their citizens,” he wrote in an email.<br />
Elaborating on
the access issue, Beshear wrote, “there are fewer ophthamologists in
Kentucky than optometrists, and at times, it may be easier for residents
(especially in rural areas) to get access to an optometrist for needed
eye care. There will be times when citizens will require the services of
an ophthalmologist; however, this legislation will allow Kentuckians to
have more options in accessing proper eye care.”<br />
Naturally I
wanted to know whether the governor would choose the care of an
ophthalmologist or an optometrist should he need an eye surgery now in
the optometry’s purview. Maybe he’ll simply pick the geographically
closest provider, like he expects the disadvantaged Appalachian citizens
of his state will do? He didn’t answer that one.<br />
What’s
optometry’s end game, if the field sees itself as the primary care
providers for the eye? ”It’s hard for me to fathom that the end goal of
the organized profession of optometry is to go in and do routine
intraocular surgery like retinal disease or cataract surgery or
incisional glaucoma surgery,” says Dr. Ben Gaddie. He believes that the
minor surgical procedures with scalpels and lasers Kentucky now allows
fit into the “primary care” mold.<br />
It sure sounds specialized to
me. The eye is part of the central nervous system. I don’t know too many
primary care docs who do a little bit of neurosurgery or plastic
surgery on the side. There’s a reason the rest of medicine organizes
itself into cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons, neurologists and
neurosurgeons, and so on. There’s a reason you want a surgeon to do
surgery. They do a lot, and they do it well. It’s worth a little drive.<br />
“I
give the optometrists an A+ in politics,” says Dr. Parke of the
ophthalmology association. “I may give them an F in being an effective
advocate for patient safety and quality of care.”<br />
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<i>Ford Vox is a physician and medical journalist who has written for </i>Reuters<i>, </i>U.S. News & World Report<i>, and </i>Newsweek<i>. This piece originally appeared in </i><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/" target="_blank">The Atlantic</a><i>, and is reprinted with the author’s permission.</i><br />
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The COECSA Young Ophthalmologists Forum (YOF) is a long-term strategy to
engage young ophthalmologists and guide them through the many stages of their professional life. The core purpose of this association is to mentor young or
new-to-practice ophthalmologists, to become more involved in leadership and eye
health advocacy in the region.<br />
<b>Rationale</b><br />
As more ophthalmology graduates enter into practice and the older ones
retire from the practice, young ophthalmologists are quickly becoming the
largest demographic group in the region. Unfortunately, many are facing
difficult transitions from training to careers due to relatively few mentoring opportunities.
It is hypothesized that, residents, fellows, and young associates in
post-training are not sufficiently prepared for professional life after
training.<br />
Because of this lack of knowledge, many young ophthalmologists are faced
with difficult choices involving practice style and management as well as
general professional growth. Further, there appears to be a lack of awareness
and participation by this group of ophthalmologists in leadership and decision making
in matters related to eye health in the region.<br />
That is why the idea of a Young Ophthalmologists Forum was coined to
mentor the young ophthalmologists and encourage their involvement in eye health
advocacy in the region, to proactively contribute to the development of the
profession and an enabling environment.<br />
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