Continuing medical education(CME)is rapidly evolving into competency-based continuing professional development(CPD)and this is driving change in self-directed CPD programs undertaken by individual practitioners as wel...Continuing medical education(CME)is rapidly evolving into competency-based continuing professional development(CPD)and this is driving change in self-directed CPD programs undertaken by individual practitioners as well as CPD programs or frameworks offered by CPD educators.This progression is being led by many factors including the rapid change in medical knowledge and medical practitioners along with changes in patients and society,healthcare systems,regulators and the political environment.We describe our experiences primarily concerning low-resource environments,in creating the International Council of Ophthalmology(ICO)Guide to Effective CPD/CME and in developing a CPD program for the Cambodian Ophthalmological Society(COS)twinned with the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists(RANZCO).At the conclusion of the project,47(100%)Cambodian practicing ophthalmologists were registered in the CPD program and 21(45%)were actively participating in the online COS-CPD program recording.We discuss challenges in CPD,propose solutions to overcome them and recommend developing research in CPD as needed to effectively enhance educational activities with impact in public health.展开更多
BackgroundVISION2020:The Right to Sight is a global initiative of the WorldHealth Organisation(WHO) and the In-ternational Agency for the Prevention of Blindness(I-APB), with a coalition of international Non-Govern-me...BackgroundVISION2020:The Right to Sight is a global initiative of the WorldHealth Organisation(WHO) and the In-ternational Agency for the Prevention of Blindness(I-APB), with a coalition of international Non-Govern-mentalOrganisations. VISION2020 aims to eliminate unnecessary blindness in order to give all people in the world, particularly the millions of needlessly blind,the Right to Sight.To help achievethis, acampaign,"OptometryGivingSight"(OGS),a collaboration of the IAPB,WOFand ICEE,has been created todevelop and implement a strategic plan to raise funds fromOptometrists, Optical Dispensers, Opticians,展开更多
Thank you for suporting the ICO Dear Xiuwen,Thank you.Your generous support of the ICOFoundation this past year helped the International Council of Ophthalmology(ICO) enhance ophthalmic education,which will ultimately...Thank you for suporting the ICO Dear Xiuwen,Thank you.Your generous support of the ICOFoundation this past year helped the International Council of Ophthalmology(ICO) enhance ophthalmic education,which will ultimately help reduce acoidable cision loss around the world.You have set an admirable example for others to follow.As President of the ICO and a proud representative of th ICOFoundation,I am very pleased to thank you展开更多
December 2013Dear Xiuwen,Thank you.Your generous support of the ICOFoundation this past year helped the International Council of Ophthalmology(ICO)enhance ophthalmic education,which will ultimately help reduce avoidab...December 2013Dear Xiuwen,Thank you.Your generous support of the ICOFoundation this past year helped the International Council of Ophthalmology(ICO)enhance ophthalmic education,which will ultimately help reduce avoidable vision loss around the world.You have set an admirable example for others to follow.As President of the ICO and a proud representative of the ICOFoundation,I am very pleased to thank you again for your gift and to tell you what you and other donors have enabled us to do this year:展开更多
文摘Continuing medical education(CME)is rapidly evolving into competency-based continuing professional development(CPD)and this is driving change in self-directed CPD programs undertaken by individual practitioners as well as CPD programs or frameworks offered by CPD educators.This progression is being led by many factors including the rapid change in medical knowledge and medical practitioners along with changes in patients and society,healthcare systems,regulators and the political environment.We describe our experiences primarily concerning low-resource environments,in creating the International Council of Ophthalmology(ICO)Guide to Effective CPD/CME and in developing a CPD program for the Cambodian Ophthalmological Society(COS)twinned with the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists(RANZCO).At the conclusion of the project,47(100%)Cambodian practicing ophthalmologists were registered in the CPD program and 21(45%)were actively participating in the online COS-CPD program recording.We discuss challenges in CPD,propose solutions to overcome them and recommend developing research in CPD as needed to effectively enhance educational activities with impact in public health.
文摘BackgroundVISION2020:The Right to Sight is a global initiative of the WorldHealth Organisation(WHO) and the In-ternational Agency for the Prevention of Blindness(I-APB), with a coalition of international Non-Govern-mentalOrganisations. VISION2020 aims to eliminate unnecessary blindness in order to give all people in the world, particularly the millions of needlessly blind,the Right to Sight.To help achievethis, acampaign,"OptometryGivingSight"(OGS),a collaboration of the IAPB,WOFand ICEE,has been created todevelop and implement a strategic plan to raise funds fromOptometrists, Optical Dispensers, Opticians,
文摘Thank you for suporting the ICO Dear Xiuwen,Thank you.Your generous support of the ICOFoundation this past year helped the International Council of Ophthalmology(ICO) enhance ophthalmic education,which will ultimately help reduce acoidable cision loss around the world.You have set an admirable example for others to follow.As President of the ICO and a proud representative of th ICOFoundation,I am very pleased to thank you
文摘December 2013Dear Xiuwen,Thank you.Your generous support of the ICOFoundation this past year helped the International Council of Ophthalmology(ICO)enhance ophthalmic education,which will ultimately help reduce avoidable vision loss around the world.You have set an admirable example for others to follow.As President of the ICO and a proud representative of the ICOFoundation,I am very pleased to thank you again for your gift and to tell you what you and other donors have enabled us to do this year:
