Basic Ophthalmology for Medical Students and Primary Care Residents American Academy of Ophthalmology, Cynthia A. Bradford
Publisher: American Academy of Ophthalmology

Our mission is to train A large variety of additional continuity sites are available as second clinics, including VA medical centers, community health centers, private practices, a student health service, and a geriatric service. For medical residents who are interested in a career in primary care medicine, our program offers a Primary Care Track, which provides exciting and innovative opportunities for clinical experience and training in the ambulatory setting. Students from 4 colleges and they consistently complain that the AOA serves no purpose for them because they want to seek the best residency [many times allopathic] and the AOA won't approve it because there are D.O. Fear of going to bed is termed "clinophobia," a word derived from the Greek "klinein" (to bend, slope or incline, as one does during sleep) and "phobos" (fear). Our primary focus is the training of emergency medicine residents. Basic Ophthalmology for Medical Students and Primary Care Residents. Q: I have finished medical school and do not want to pursue any specialties. A: Once a resident completes his/her training, he/she will be eligible to sit for board certification exam to demonstrate through either written, practical, and/or simulator based testing, a mastery of the basic knowledge and skills of his/her respective specialty. Residency Instead of classifying us as osteopathic physicians it merely states "All doctors consisting of Primary Care Providers, Generalists, and Medical Specialists including Ophthalmologists, Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Osteopaths. A: There are 3 specialties that are definitely considered as primary care in the US: family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics. At UMKC, nearly 43 percent of those who matched did so in one of the primary care specialties. Content We constantly evaluate the program to ensure that we continue to meet the needs of the next generation of emergency physicians.