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Specialization in ophthalmology

January 10th, 2009
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It’s absurd how much you can specialize within ophthalmology itself: anterior segment (refractive vs. transplantation), neuro-ophthalmology, glaucoma, retina (medical, surgical, or both), oculo-plastics, pediatrics. Buddy, you’ve only got like 23mm of eyeball to work with. What’s worse is that people asked me what I want to specialize in during my residency interviews. “Looks like you received a recommendation from a retinal surgeon… is that what you want to do?” Why can’t I just be a general ophthalmologist? I drew a cartoon reflecting my views on the matter.

sub-specialization in ophthalmology

sub-specialization in ophthalmology

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  • sam

    Opthalmology subspecialty is a double edged sword. A detriment since it is easy to lose sight of the big picture. An advantage as the subspecialized knowledge can be integrated into the larger clinical picture. More is known about the eye than many other parts of the body combined. Your cartoon suggest that you dont know that you dont know.

    Peace
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  • sam

    Opthalmology subspecialty is a double edged sword. A detriment since it is easy to lose sight of the big picture. An advantage as the subspecialized knowledge can be integrated into the larger clinical picture. More is known about the eye than many other parts of the body combined. Your cartoon suggest that you dont know that you dont know.

    Peace
    O

  • admin

    Certainly. It’s amazing how much detail you can find in any niche of medicine.

  • admin

    Certainly. It’s amazing how much detail you can find in any niche of medicine.