Workshops provide valuable hands-on learning opportunities. If you’re attending AAO 2022 this September, join us on 30 September, 1:30-4:30 PM, US Central Time, Room S102, for our Ophthalmic Educators Workshop: Optimizing Your Surgical Curriculum. This workshop, co-sponsored by the Ophthalmology Foundation and the American Academy of Ophthalmology, will help you improve your surgical teaching curriculum design and provides opportunities to connect with other educators from around the world.

Workshop Chairs:
Dr. Gabriela Palis
Dr. Karl Golnik

Small Group Facilitators:
Dr. Karl Golnik
Dr. Helena Prior Filipe
Dr. Prashant Garg
Dr. Eduardo Mayorga
Dr. Matthew Gearinger

Workshop Schedule:

1:30 Welcome and introductions [Dr. Gabriela Palis]

1:35 Kern’s 6 steps of curriculum development: the first 3 steps (lecture) [Dr. Gabriela Palis]

1:50 Small group discussion: first steps on defining a surgical curriculum

2:20 Feedback 

2:50 Break

3:05 Kern’s 6 steps of curriculum development: last 3 steps (lecture) [Dr. Laura Wayman]

3:20 Small group discussion: last steps on defining a surgical curriculum

3:50 Feedback 

4:20 Wrap-up

4:30 Adjourn