Exciting news!
A five-day training project to improve the skills of local eye care professionals in treating glaucoma has kicked off in Trujillo, Peru.
Despite being the second leading cause of blindness in the country, there is a lack of knowledge and skills for treating the disease. Held at the Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, the training builds on our long-term partnership where we have been working together to improve eye care in Peru for more than four decades.
Thank you to all involved for supporting the project and improving access to quality eye care in Peru. Find out more...
A successful Hospital-Based Training takes a team effort in the planning and preparation, and it is wonderful to see the implementation phase in action! Special thanks to, among others from the various Orbis teams, Lori Pacheco, RN, CRNOAngel Allauca GarcíaCarolyn Collantes Lawrence Sica Gabriela Cubias
📢 Brand new course! #Paediatric#glaucoma - all you need to know, 20 March. Attend in-person or online.
The course will provide an overview of a disease that is not seen frequently in clinical practice but, when it presents to clinicians can be very challenging to manage.
👉 An overview of the incidence, classification and types of glaucoma that can occur in children.
👉 Why do children develop glaucoma?
👉 What are the initial and long-term management options for children?
👉 What surgical options are available and how this differs to adult glaucoma surgery?
👉 What are the advances in treatment and where will be in 10 years?
Mariya Moosajee, Consultant Ophthalmologist Moorfields Eye Hospital, London will be sharing her experience on how to manage families with paediatric #glaucoma from a #genetic perspective.
Suitable for all levels of clinical staff, including #nursing, #optometrists, #orthoptists and #ophthalmologists. Book now https://lnkd.in/eQwnAYiz
Parents can now feel more assured.
SNEC and SERI recently published the Atropine Treatment Long-Term Assessment Study (Atlas), the first study of its kind on the long-term safety of atropine eye drops. It found that atropine eye drops, used to treat myopia in children in Singapore since the 1990s, is safe with no complications 10 to 20 years after treatment.
This research builds upon two earlier studies, Atom 1 and Atom 2, which involved 400 children each and laid the foundation for Atlas. A/Prof Marcus Ang, Head, Corneal & External Eye Disease and Refractive Surgery Departments, SNEC and A/Prof Audrey Chia, Head, Paediatric Ophthalmology & Adult Strabismus Department, SNEC, discussed the study's significance. Atropine eye drops works by slowing down the progress of myopia in children. Singapore’s myopia rates are high with 9 in 10 adults expected to be myopic by 2050 and up to a quarter of them may have high myopia.
These study results assure parents and practitioners alike, that atropine eye drops is a safe and effective treatment option for childhood myopia.
Click here to read more: https://lnkd.in/ggzm9a5H#MyopiaTreatment#AtropineEyeDrops#AtlasStudy#SNEC#SERI#Vision#LASIK
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FIVE YEARS LATER,
I AM STILL A WOMAN IN SURGERY.
IS THE NARRATIVE CHANGING?
2024; I have been looking back at the transitions and the milestones that I have gone through in the past Fifteen Years.
15 Years ago: I started my Medical Internship knowing my end goal was to pursue a Career in Surgery.
Right from my first year as an undergraduate I knew I wanted to do surgery crystallized as a fourth year medical student.
10 years ago: I was A Senior surgical resident with only two years left into my postgraduate training, two years into marriage and heavily pregnant with my first born.
5 Years ago: When this feature was covered by Dr Mercy Korir ,I was two years in, as a Consultant in General Surgery ,now with my second born and serving as The Program Director of a Surgical Post graduate training program under The College of Surgeons of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa.
I had just recently founded the Kenya Association of Women Surgeons- KAWS an organisation under the Surgical Society of Kenya(SSK) , An organisation and initiative or forum that sought to create a safe space for Female Students,Medical Interns and Officers interested in Surgery as well as Surgical residents doing their masters in Surgery and Female Surgical Consultants to share in their;
Experiences
Seek Advice
Get and Offer Mentorship and
Support Systems
At present,...
I AM STILL A WOMAN IN SURGERY
I LOVE WORKING WITH PATIENTS AND OPERATING ON PATIENTS TO MAKE THEM BETTER,..
I LOVE ADDING VALUE TO MY PATIENTS SURGICALLY.
5 YEARS LATER,
Alot has Changed Yet a lot still remains the same,.
Their is still a disparity in numbers amongst male and female in the Surgical field.
However there is a noted rise in the number of Women in the medical training institutions to an almost fifty fifty percent ratio and though still a lower number in the surgical field, a noted and appreciated rise in the number of Female in the Surgical field as well as a Rise in the Surgical subspecialties and fellowship trainings,.
There is a noted rise in Women taking leadership positions in the Surgical Associations as well implementing policies,..
A number of studies have shown better and improved surgical outcomes by female surgeons due to better physician - patient communication and provision of more patient centric care as well as a predilection to finer surgical prowess and wanting better outcomes naturally due to fear of failure or being put or called out .
Mentorship still remains key both in training and In the clinical practice even in the many years emphasizing the importance of organisations such as;
The Kenya Association of Women Surgeons
Women In Surgery In Africa
Pan African Association of Women Surgeons
Association of Women Surgeons under the American College of Surgeons.
If I was taken back would I still do Surgery?
The answer is An Immense and Definite YES I WILL.
I would love to hear your thoughts.
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Director of Clinical Training
3wA successful Hospital-Based Training takes a team effort in the planning and preparation, and it is wonderful to see the implementation phase in action! Special thanks to, among others from the various Orbis teams, Lori Pacheco, RN, CRNO Angel Allauca García Carolyn Collantes Lawrence Sica Gabriela Cubias