There are great ophthalmology websites out there if you know where to look. Unfortunately, it’s not always easy to Google this information, as the search engines are innundated by unhelpful drug and consumer awareness sites. Here is my collection of great online resources that you’ll find useful:
Online Atlases
Ophthalmology is a field that lends itself to photography, as there is a lot to be seen inside the eye. Online collections are great for review, and for presentation preparation (reminder: all these images are copyrighted, of course). Here are some of my favorites:
RedAtlas.org
This large database has an impressive number of photographs that are broken down into subspecialty.
Columbia/Harkness Atlas
This atlas, put together by Suzanna Airiani and the Columbia department (my alma mater) is quite good. While not as all-encompassing as redatlas, each image has outlined information about the pathology seen.
Misc
Here are other great resources!
J. Lawton Smith’s Neuroophthalmology tapes
If you’ve any interest in neuroophthalmology, than this is the greatest free resource available. The NOVEL website has posted J.L.Smith’s entire audio-course on neuroophthalmology online as free mp3 downloads. The download page is hard to find: after following the above link, click “enter the collection”, then click “Dr. Smith’s original outline.” You’ll find a list of lectures … you can download them by right-mouse clicking the links and choosing “Save Target As …”
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Please, could you give us other resources you used for your lectures, such as where to get CT sections and what programs you used to show them?
Editor Response: I assume you’re referring to the CT scans within the Anatomy Video presentation. The CT scans were from my own patients. As far as getting these CTs into PowerPoint, I didn’t use anything fancy. I simply captured each CT cut as a picture (using a screen-capture utility). Then, I painstakingly placed each of the CT images onto separate powerpoint slides, one by one, then advance through these slides within the powerpoint itself. Takes a while to setup, but the end result looks good.
Comment by robert — May 14, 2009 @ 7:23 am
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I teach a Vision Care Course and am looking for teaching resources for basic Ophthalmic Assistants, any ideas?
Comment by Julie Baker COT — February 24, 2010 @ 1:15 pm
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