Videos

Here are the first nine videos (I’m still working on the last cataract lecture). These videos correlate closely with the book chapters, and the full-motion video/animation segments should help clarify things!

These videos are streaming flash video from Vimeo (a website like youtube). Once the entire series is completed, I’ll likely reencode them and place them in the iTunes podcast directory for download and portable playback. One thing at a time, though.

I hope you enjoy these!

Video 1: History and Physical Format: Vimeo stream, length: 18 minutes An introduction to the eye exam, checking vision, pupil defects, and how to interpret the slit-lamp exam. The second half of this video has some great microscopy video-clips.

Video 2: Anatomy of the Eye Format: Vimeo stream, length: 25 minutes The eye is a complex structure, but this lecture makes it look simple! This video came out a little longer than expected, but it’s all high-yield with great video clips, color cartoons, and full-motion CT scans.

Video 3: Glaucoma Format: Vimeo stream, length: 21 minutes An important subspecialty, this video shows you the types of glaucoma, important slit-lamp/retinal findings, and the medical/surgical options for treating.

Video 4: Retina Format: WMV, length: 16 minutes The retina is normally a difficult subspecialty. In this video we cover anatomy, diabetic retinopathy, retinal detachments, and macular degeneration - short and high-yield info!

Video 5: Infection Format: Vimeo stream, length: 22 minutes This video illustrates the important infections involving the eye: including conjunctivitis, blepharitis, HSV infection, pre-septal cellulitis, and endophthalmitis.

Video 6: Neuro-Ophthalmology Parts 1 and 2 Format: Vimeo stream, length: 25 minutes, 27 minutes The neuro section can be confusing, so we’ve broken it into two seperate lectures. This first concentrates on eye muscles and cranial nerve palsies.

Video 7: Pediatric Ophthalmology Format: Vimeo stream, length: 23 minutes This video is loaded with great pediatric tips - checking vision, retinoscopy, prisms, amblyopia, leukocoria, and retinopathy of prematurity! Super high-yield!

Video 8: Eye Trauma Format: Vimeo stream, length: 28 minutes In this video I review a series of common ocular trauma seen in clinic and the emergency room. Lots of useful video and tips on treating these emergencies.

Video 9: Eye Optics Format: Vimeo stream, length: 24 minutes This lecture covers all the basic eye optics I wish I’d known when I started my training! All the basic concepts you need to write or analyze a glasses prescription.

Live Lectures
These lectures were given live before an actual audience. As such, they don’t follow the ophthobook quite as closely. On the other hand, these lectures are quite a bit funnier. Enjoy!

Twenty Exam Tricks Format: Vimeo stream, length: 18 minutes This lecture was given at an ophthalmic tech conference, and covers eye “tricks” you can use for your difficult patient. Everything from optokinetic drums to pencil testing. Pretty funny, and a different style than the our other lectures.

Eye Trauma Format: Vimeo stream, length: 24 minutes In this lecture, I discuss eye trauma, kung-fu movies, and his elephant coffee. A humerous and video-intense approach to common eye injuries seen in the emergency room.

Optics Schmoptics Format: Vimeo stream, length: 26 minutes A review of optics basics. I discuss the pinhole eye in nature, diopters, Snell’s law, and other common focus problems in the clinic.

Outstanding, I just went through the 5 videos and I’d say I learned as much as I did in my 2 weeks in ophthalmology in my medical school. Outstanding. Looking forward to seeing the other 5 videos and downloading the flash cards. Comment by Stephen — February 1, 2008 @ 1:15 pm outstanding,it was too usefull for me. best regards Comment by mosavi — March 24, 2008 @ 10:40 am SO GOOD. I found these really really useful. Comment by kl — June 19, 2008 @ 1:14 pm Thanks for sharing these excellent videos. Comment by Alex — September 22, 2008 @ 11:48 am Thanx for gr8 videos,realy useful for undergraduates who hav less time but vast eye sylabus to cover.When the next 5 videos going to come? Comment by Feras — October 3, 2008 @ 3:27 pm you are sick Comment by Gary Tan — October 15, 2008 @ 7:54 am really thanks for sharing… Comment by bader — October 23, 2008 @ 11:00 pm I loved them ,,, thank you very much… Comment by emma — November 5, 2008 @ 2:33 pm Great work…solid foundation for further study. Thank you. Comment by Joe N — December 1, 2008 @ 1:48 am Hey awesome job on the videos. They are a very nice intro to ophtho for a medical student. Are you working on the remaining videos? Thanks. Comment by Mr. B — December 23, 2008 @ 12:03 pm Excellent videos! Very clear and easy to understand. Looking forward to the rest of the videos, thank you so much for sharing! Comment by Amy W — January 13, 2009 @ 8:06 pm Very well done. I hope you still plan to publish the other 5 videos. Are you taking donations? Comment by Bryan Stout — January 31, 2009 @ 3:10 pm I’m in Ophtholmic assistant, and this video has really explained a tremendouse amount of imformation to me Thanks. Comment by Crystal B. — February 7, 2009 @ 1:26 pm Fantastic videos! And the book too! Thanks for offering your time and hard work to help out so many medical students in need of a straight-forward explanation of ophthalmology. So glad I found your website! Give yourself a big pat on the back!:) You deserve it. Comment by Daniel Wilson — February 8, 2009 @ 5:06 am awesome videos!…theres a mistake in the neuro part II video though. it says loss of parasympathetics (thus pupil constricts)…i think you mean thus pupil dilates Comment by sahil — February 17, 2009 @ 11:32 pm This is fantastic. thanks for sharing this. Comment by peter — February 27, 2009 @ 7:46 pm What are your terms of use for these videos? May we incorporate them into elearning programs or live sessions with proper attribution to you? Thanks! Comment by Linda — March 16, 2009 @ 3:05 pm Hello Tim your Web is very funny and entertainment Javier Torres Pediatric Ophthalmology Sevilla.Spain Comment by Javier Torres — March 29, 2009 @ 3:32 pm Simply awesome… Thank you!! Comment by LA — March 29, 2009 @ 9:31 pm thanks, that was just awesome !!! i learned while watching one video, more than i did during two weeks in the ophtalmology department. keep going and thanks again Comment by mounim — April 20, 2009 @ 10:32 am When will you cover Cataract, Errors of Refraction, Iridocyclitis, and Endophthalmitis? Editors Note: I’m making the videos in order of the book chapters. Trauma will be next, followed by optics (refraction), then finally cataract. The book doesn’t cover iridocyclitis (except a brief mention in the trauma chapter). Endophthalmitis was briefly discussed in the infection chapter/video. Thanks for the interest! Comment by prep4md — April 29, 2009 @ 5:15 pm Thank you for having these available, I wish I could get them for every specialty! It’s made my ophthal revision so much easier. Comment by Jo — April 30, 2009 @ 1:18 am Keep dropping it like its hot. Great videos. Comment by Zo — May 2, 2009 @ 12:01 am thanxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Comment by osama — May 21, 2009 @ 2:24 pm why cant they all teach things like you…..,if only the rest of medicine was thought this way! thanks Comment by molly — June 11, 2009 @ 5:59 pm Dear Tim thhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaankkkkkkkkk u soooooooooo much for these excellent videos i cannot tell u how much they have helped prepare for my exams really appreciate ur effort n lookin forward for the rest of da videos soon Comment by sara — June 18, 2009 @ 11:17 am thank you so much… Comment by ozlemmd — June 18, 2009 @ 1:58 pm Hi Dr. Root - reading your book/videos from Toronto Canada..and I think it’s great! Thank you for developing such high quality and clear material, Comment by toronto — June 29, 2009 @ 7:57 pm Fantastic! I’m a med student (Ophthalmology hopeful) in Canada doing Ophthalmology electives right now, these videos are just fabulous. You have really simplified things and explained them in a way that makes sense. Comment by Davin Johnson — July 15, 2009 @ 8:15 pm Thank you for sharing your hard and excellent work. All the best from Slovenia. Comment by B.F. — July 21, 2009 @ 4:24 am thank’s from Belgium. I like the way it’s explained. It’s amazing to see how things can be easily understood with simple explanations. Thank you so much. Comment by Kajingu Stéphane — July 31, 2009 @ 4:13 pm Dr. Root, I was at JOMA today and really appreciate the videos and cartoons you have put together. It’s a great help for techs to be able to put a real picture and even better video with the names we hear about all the time! The retinoscopy video is great! PLEASE PLEASE do one for a complete retinoscopy with jackson cross and cyl!! Retinoscopy has been my nightmare and would love to refine my skill. I’ve watched MANY videos and demonstrations and none did as well of a job as you did on the basics of retinoscopy! Thanks again! This is a great site!!! Danielle Comment by Danielle Norvell — August 8, 2009 @ 9:14 pm Can I request for a video on the different types of cataracts? Thanks again for the great work! Comment by Alyssa — August 10, 2009 @ 8:32 pm Brillllllllllllllllliant!!!! thank you! Comment by alaa — September 3, 2009 @ 6:16 am Good work Good bless. I can’t tell more. Your effort is appreciated and the material is great. It is very helpful. I will wait for the next three videos. Thank you Comment by Sam — September 26, 2009 @ 10:55 pm Awesome vids… Great work Comment by Ben — October 18, 2009 @ 2:06 am i want a video about the anatomy of the lens and cataract with its operations please Comment by muhamad yaquot — October 18, 2009 @ 3:46 am thank you!!! Comment by hel — October 18, 2009 @ 3:53 am you bring smiles to the medical students in the most tense exam days May God bless you alotttt… Comment by zoomer — October 23, 2009 @ 10:07 am these are amazing, thanks a ton. Comment by tom — November 22, 2009 @ 8:57 pm Thank you for videos and all lectures. Great job! Comment by Dr. Osman — November 24, 2009 @ 8:32 pm Great videos! Thank you! I add this site to my Favorites.:) Comment by Dr.Hong — November 30, 2009 @ 7:24 am brilliant work… knowledge enhanced 7 times by just watching 7 cool videos…. Comment by ashish patel — January 14, 2010 @ 6:42 pm Thanx a million…these videos are just too awesome!! Comment by Hammad — January 20, 2010 @ 12:22 pm thank you so mach Comment by hassan — January 31, 2010 @ 10:39 am Thank You so much,it is a very useful information,represented in such a comprehensible way!Greatings from Bulgaria:)! Comment by Nan,MD — February 15, 2010 @ 12:19 pm terima kasih banyak Comment by Khaled Munibari — February 22, 2010 @ 8:09 pm ophthalmic videos are excellent oppartunities for learners very thanks dr root Comment by dr manzoor — February 23, 2010 @ 10:09 pm Dr Root, Your videos are SO helpful! I watch them before every exam, thank you so much! Lots of thanks from India! Comment by Rumisa — February 26, 2010 @ 7:08 am The video on optics in particular is amazing, I finally understand lenses and prescriptions! I wish you went into more detail for retina though. Regardless, all the videos are very informative and well taught. Thanks again! Comment by Rumisa — February 26, 2010 @ 7:11 am thank you for all very informative videos. Comment by osama — February 27, 2010 @ 1:48 pm Thanks from Holland! Amazing video’s & nice graphics. The best way to learn for electives. Comment by M.Salih — February 28, 2010 @ 10:03 am Thank you from Macedonia Comment by dr.dorka — March 1, 2010 @ 4:47 pm Dr. Tim, Thank you from Mexico!!! I just started my 2 week rotation in ophthalmology yesterday and i am learning son much and understanding more than most because i’ve devauer this videos on sunday, like a marathon. Mil gracias!! Pd: When are you going to post the rest of your live lectures? i’ll be waiting for it. Thank you! Comment by Dra. Natalia Morales — March 3, 2010 @ 12:21 am Well presented Thanx from the UK Comment by Yagmur — March 11, 2010 @ 2:14 pm Leave a comment Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website