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Ophthalmology The McGill University Department of Ophthalmology offers a five-year integrated clinical program involving the departments of ophthalmology at the Montreal General, Royal Victoria, Montreal Children's, the Sir Mortimer B. Davis - Jewish General Hospitals and the McGill Ophthalmic Pathology Research Laboratory. The residents rotate through all four hospitals to obtain broad, comprehensive clinical experience. Residents enter the program from medical school and take a PGY-1 year in internal medicine organized by the department with a minimum of four elective periods in subspecialty areas pertaining to ophthalmology: neurology, neurosurgery, neuroradiology, endocrinology, dermatology and rheumatology . The PGY-2 through 5 years are core years of ophthalmology training. Satisfactory completion of the five year training program at McGill will satisfy the requirements of the Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada and the Collège des médecins du Québec for purposes of specialty certification. An initial introductory course in ophthalmology is provided for starting residents at the beginning of the PGY-2 year. For the first 18 months, residents rotate through all four hospitals - the emphasis is on the use of the various ophthalmic instruments, the diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases, minor surgical procedures, and assisting in the operating room. Residents also spend some time in the McGill Ophtalmic Pathology Laboratories. In addition, there is subspecialty training in low vision, pediatric ophthalmology, medical retina and neuro-ophthalmology. There are two one-month electives available during the first 18 months of training. The subsequent two years training are spent learning ophthalmic surgery. In addition, there is subspecialty training in pediatric ophthalmology, strabismus surgery, neuro-ophthalmology, low vision, refractive surgery, ocular oncology, ophthalmic genetics, oculoplastic and orbital surgery, surgical retina, uveitis and ocular immunology, glaucoma contact lens fitting, and corneal surgery (including refractive surgery). A formal department-wide wet lab is held each Spring. During the final ten months, residents may choose to take subspecialty electives in areas of their own interest and, as well, prepare for the certification exams which are taken in the spring of their final year. The department has large supervised resident clinics in all four hospitals (over 30,000 patient visits per year) with an excellent surgical volume for residency training (over 11,500 cases per year). Each hospital has a broad range of subspecialists with diagnostic services including ophthalmic photography and fluorescein angiography, perimetry, and ultrasonography. All departments have subspecialty clinics in various branches of teaching ophthalmology and clinical research is carried out in all units. Resident teaching is a high priority in the McGill program. Didactic Thursday morning lectures are held for all residents and follow the American Academy of Ophthalmology study course given over a three-year cycle. Subspecialty teaching sessions from 7:30 to 8:15 a.m. daily and ophthalmology Grand Rounds are held in each hospital weekly. The McGill Grand Rounds are held once a month and feature local and guest faculty. The department has a very active visiting professors' program with world-renowned specialists invited for teaching sessions with the residents during the academic year. All residents are free to attend these lectures. The highlight of the academic program is the McGill Clinical and Scientific Day held in the spring at which time the residents and fellows present clinical or basic research papers. Throughout the four years of training, residents have the opportunity to attend both local and national meetings. There is close supervision of the residents throughout their training with in-training evaluations performed at the end of each rotation and comprehensive evaluations performed each six months. Examinations are given at the completion of each teaching block and a comprehensive oral examination is held in the spring of each year. All residents write the OKAP exams administered by the American Academy of Ophthalmology in April of each year. The residency training committee (with resident representatives) and the executive committee meet regularly and are responsible for policy decisions, and regular in-training evaluation of residents. Applications and requests for additional information should be directed to: Dr Bryan Arthurs, Program Director All applications should be submitted via CaRMS. The Resident Selection Committee reviews all applications and a selected number of candidates are invited for interviews held in December and January. rev12-03 Rev Sept 08 |