The Baylor Ophthalmology Department offers numerous structured and non-structured learning opportunities throughout the academic year as outlined below:
Incoming PGY-2 residents have a protected two-week orientation where they meet faculty, are oriented to the different hospital sites, are lectured on key topics of ophthalmology, and are taught ophthalmology skills such as the slit lamp and indirect ophthalmoscopy exams.
The first months of the year are complemented by a structured lecture series on ophthalmic surgery that is followed by hands-on surgical training in the wet lab. Residents are joined in the wet lab by faculty members, fellows, and industry, which affords residents the unique opportunity to learn and hone their skills with different surgeries, techniques and equipment.
Residents are provided an online subscription to a board review questions platform to supplement their BCSC reading and didactics.
Friday mornings are protected didactic time that covers core competencies in the ophthalmic specialties, Program Director鈥檚 Rounds, Chairman鈥檚 Rounds, Grand Rounds (noted below), quality improvement/quality assurance, and business development.
Approximately twice per month, residents present interesting cases under the mentorship of a faculty member. About six Grand Rounds per year are Houston Ophthalmological Society Grand Rounds (noted below).
Approximately six times per year, Baylor joins the Houston Ophthalmologic Society in welcoming a visiting professor and expert in their field to present and lead a Grand Rounds. Residents are welcomed to attend a 鈥淢eet the Speaker鈥 networking reception, dinner, and lecture the night prior to the event, as well as a 鈥淏reakfast with the Expert鈥 the day of the Grand Rounds.
Several times per year, the Houston Ophthalmology Women鈥檚 Society welcomes female residents to networking dinners and events.
Twice per month on Tuesday evenings, the retina faculty lead an interactive imaging conference to review retina cases and their associated imaging modalities and analysis.
Once per month on Tuesday evenings, the anterior segment faculty lead an interactive conference that covers fundamental optical principles, problem solving in optics, anterior segment imaging, and intraocular lens calculations.
Once per month on Tuesday evenings, the neuro-ophthalmology faculty lead an interactive review of cases and topics in neuro-ophthalmology.
While on their subspecialty rotations, residents participate in subspecialty-specific journal clubs.