Leaders in Education - Ophthalmology Foundation

Improving Education Skills of Ophthalmic Educators

The Leaders in Education Course is a country-specific, comprehensive program that focuses on methods of instruction, assessment, and measuring competence. Courses are are designed based on the needs of a particular geographic audience to help ophthalmic educators become better teachers. The intended audience are individuals who teach eye care professionals. Typically national societies or supranational societies will be the co-organizers.

Each program consists of at least two components; an online pre-meeting introduction of basics and then a 2-day face-to-face meeting in a venue of the participant’s choice. Interactive and participatory, teaching methods include lecture, small and large group discussion, online resources, and assessment methods. Major topics include adult learning principles, curriculum development, professionalism, and resident assessment. Specific desired topics would be determined by the host country/region.

Face-to-face sessions can be replaced with a second online meeting if face-to-face meetings are not possible due to travel restrictions or public health concerns. Any additional follow-up educational activities will be determined during the face-to-face meeting. Host responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Selecting an appropriate location, venue, and local coordinator
Agrees to pay for and arrange faculty accommodations, meals for days of the course, and transportation to and from the airport.
Responsible for appropriate advertising of the course within the region.
Ophthalmology Foundation will provide funding for in-person event hosts to hire a professional photographer to provide high quality photos to OF of the event. Host will be responsible for finding and hiring a local photographer for this purpose.

Eduardo Mayorga speaking to a row of people sitting at tables.

Romania Leaders in Education Course

View our Leaders in Education series on YouTube, recorded from a live, virtual presentation as part of the Leaders course in Romania in 2023. Participants of the video series will learn techniques to improve teaching & assessment and will meet the following objectives:

List principles of adult learning.
Describe effective feedback characteristics.
Describe methods to improve clinical and surgical teaching.
List and use tools to assess clinical and surgical skill.
Describe methods of program assessment.

Leaders in Education Interest Form

Please fill out this form if you are interested in bringing the Leaders in Education Program to your country or region. This program is organized for regional/national ophthalmological societies and not for individual institutions.

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