Update their knowledge of diagnosis and treatment of common and rare ophthalmic diseases.
• Identify major advances in key areas of cutting-edge research and technology in Ophthalmology.
• Identify (appropriately) subsets of patients who may benefit from new treatment paradigms, diagnostic testing, or surgical interventions.
• Develop a differential diagnosis for a refractive surprise
• Analyze IOL the various parts of the IOL formulas to help determine accuracy and error
• Review/learn how to perform an IOL exchange
• Incorporate new treatment paradigms, diagnostic approaches, and surgical techniques into current clinical practice.
• Review the structure and evolution of the DRCR Retina Network.
• Present the most important clinical trials the Network has performed over the last two decades.
• Review clinical trial methodology, how we select trials, and why we sometimes choose not to do a trial.
• Address the scope of the problem of severe glaucoma.
• Review, modify, and hone surgical skills and approaches to specific eye problems and clinical situations.
• Develop strategies to identify and address their own individual professional practice gaps.
• Gain an understanding of the diagnostic process and the significance of diagnostic error.
• Document care in a timely manner, including the thought process underlying management of various situations, such as ruling out differential diagnoses, treatment plans, etc.
• Learn how to answer questions about the success of surgery in alleviating symptoms.