Firstly, we would like to thank for your time and interest, as well as for your compliments to our article entitled “Multicentric Medical Student Profile and Their Perspectives About Ophthalmology Education”.(11 Ferreira MA, Gameiro GR, Cordeiro FM, Santos AV, Hilarião AA, Souza GM, et al. Perfil multicêntrico do acadêmico de Medicina e suas perspectivas sobre o ensino da Oftalmologia. Rev Bras Oftalmol. 2019;78(5):315-20.)
With respect to students' perspective about ophthalmology education, 95.9% of them considered it relevant to their training as general practitioners. However, only 31% of them feel confident to treat patients with eye disorders.(22 Quillen DA, Harper RA, Haik BG. Medical student education in ophthalmology: Crisis ando opportunity. Ophthalmology. 2005;112(11):1867-8.) Articles such as those by Quillen(33 Lippa LM. Medical student education. Ophtalmology 113(50): 890-1.) (mentioned by you) and Lippa(44 Internacional Council of Ophthalmology. Handbook for Medical Students Learning Ophthalmology 2015. Disponível eletronicamente em http://www.icoph.org/downloads/icomedicalstudentenglish.pdf
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) substantiate and validate our results, as they evidence gaps in undergraduate ophthalmology education, discuss the reasons behind this issue and offer suggestions to improve it.
We believe that Medical Academic Leagues are an important type of student organization, since they link the gap between traditional education and students' need to deepen in their topic of interest. Accordingly, these leagues allow students to take an active stance in their pursuit of knowledge and to participate in scientific projects of their interest, which can both enhance traditional academic learning and allow students to add other disciplines of choice to their program. Therefore, we believe that academic leagues can be an outstanding tool for medical education given the aforementioned circumstances.
Referências
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1Ferreira MA, Gameiro GR, Cordeiro FM, Santos AV, Hilarião AA, Souza GM, et al. Perfil multicêntrico do acadêmico de Medicina e suas perspectivas sobre o ensino da Oftalmologia. Rev Bras Oftalmol. 2019;78(5):315-20.
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2Quillen DA, Harper RA, Haik BG. Medical student education in ophthalmology: Crisis ando opportunity. Ophthalmology. 2005;112(11):1867-8.
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3Lippa LM. Medical student education. Ophtalmology 113(50): 890-1.
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4Internacional Council of Ophthalmology. Handbook for Medical Students Learning Ophthalmology 2015. Disponível eletronicamente em http://www.icoph.org/downloads/icomedicalstudentenglish.pdf
» http://www.icoph.org/downloads/icomedicalstudentenglish.pdf
Publication Dates
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Publication in this collection
05 Feb 2021 -
Date of issue
Nov-Dec 2020
History
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Received
21 Sept 2020 -
Accepted
29 Sept 2020
