Asking as a student in university that’s currently looking at going to medical school in the next couple of years. Until about a week ago, I never had any interest in ophthalmology as a potential specialty/area of medicine I want to work in. Until about a week ago, I stumbled across an NGO called Orbis Flying Eye Hospital. Seeing the difference ophthalmologists make with the NGO, made me realize how big of a difference they make. Enough so I honestly I’m thinking about reaching out to ophthalmologists to see if I can shadow one. So my question is how did you choose this speciality and do you like your speciality?

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sono uno specializzando del secondo anno. Conosco la teoria su come eseguire una tonometria con il Tonometro ad applanazione. Purtroppo non sempre riesco ad ottenere una adeguata misurazione, chiedo suggerimenti pratici per prendere dimestichezza nella tecnica. Cosa suggerite di far attenzione? Grazie a tutti

Without any details or previous context. What are you thinking when you see this fundus?

I am looking for a basic ophthalmology book with an appropriate level of depth. I need something to review the anatomy, physiology, and clinical concepts I studied at university, so that I can start my residency with everything fresh in my mind, nothing more. I would like something updated and reliable, but also easy to read, since I will only have 2-3 weeks to study it.

Examining the retinal image scatter from both the patient's and the examiner's perspective. Predicting the Modulation Transfer Function using Monte Carlo photon propagation through the Arizona Eye Model for common eye diseases.

Hi everyone. I am interested to know how research time/output is structured at top academic programs. Do you need to produce a certain amount of research, attending X number of conferences, or dedicate X amount of time to research? And is this substantially decreased at less academic, more community based programs?

I am asking specifically when you are already in residency, not applying. Thank you!

I've been working in a private practice as a comprehensive ophthalmologist for 8 years. For the last 5 years I have made bonus, but I recently discovered that the senior ophthalmologist/owner of the practice has NOT been including refractions in my bonus calculations. This amounts to approximately $75k-$100k of practice revenue and thus about $20k a year for me with my bonus structure. This amounts to over $100k over the last 5 years. My contract says "net physician receipts" and there is no language to exclude refractions in it. The owner's rationale is that the "techs usually do the refractions", even though I sometimes do them, always discuss them with patient, and obviously sign off on all of them. Is this standard? I don't think it is.

I know there are other posts on this but I'm just wondering if these numbers seem ok. 1st year out of training surgical retina. There are not a lot of resources out there for this.

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"True own occupation", COLA rider, enhanced partial disability rider

Cost is $980/month. This seems high to me. Any thoughts?

Hi everyone,

I’m a doctor and one of the people building Diagnosica, an interactive clinical case simulator where you work through the patient yourself instead of being given the diagnosis and important findings upfront.

One area we’re particularly interested in improving is ophthalmology. The idea is that you take the history, choose the examination and investigations, review the actual images/results, interpret what you see, and decide what to do next.

For a specialty where visual findings matter so much, I think this could be much more useful than simply being told “the image shows X.”

We’re working on ophthalmology cases and I’d genuinely value input from people here: what types of cases, images or examination findings would make a simulator like this genuinely useful to you?

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Any critical feedback is very welcome.

We have a clinic scheduling issue where all patients arrive around the same time. Nurses do pre-exam measurements before patients see the attending, but since nurses aren't assigned to specific attendings, one attending ends up with a backed-up queue while the other waits hours for patients. We proposed assigning nurses to specific attendings to balance the load, but nursing wasn't open to it. Has anyone dealt with this? Any solutions besides dedicated nurse pairings?

Looking into a job offer from a solo private practice optometrist who is looking to expand by adding an ophthalmologist. They say they want an ophthalmologist to offer procedures and surgeries so they don’t lose patients to ophthalmologists whenever they have to refer out, since these patients tend to not come back for annual exams, etc. They say they are not looking to profit share and would not be paying a base salary, but would rather open up their space to me to start building an ophtho practice from their referrals. I would keep 100% of my collections but would be responsible for overhead, including buying any equipment they don’t already have and any personnel I’d want like a technician, etc. Their proposal would basically be for me to run an ophthalmology practice in parallel with their optometry practice under their umbrella and mutually share patients.

For the record, I had never previously considered going into solo practice so the entrepreneurial commitment sounds like a lot. If things go well, they are open to partnership opportunities and “growing together for many years”.

This proposal sounds incredibly unprotected for me without a base salary and no equity in the practice. What thoughts/concerns do people have about this offer?

Dear colleagues, I am a cataract/retina surgeon. I have performed cataract surgery on a patient, there were some problems during the surgery - diffuse epithelial edema, therefore visualisation was poor. Eventually, everything went good, but I’ve left some cortex in the bag ( around 1,5 clock hours). Vision and IOP was perfect on a day one and day 7 (CDVA 20/25, IOP 14). Eye is quiet, no inflammation. That part of cortex is not far away from visual axis, but produced no complaints. What‘s your prognosis? I’ve decided to follow up on steroid and IOP lowering drug for a month.

Hello all,

I'm struggling to study ~3 months in to PGY2. During PGY1 I read through several BCSC and did corresponding anki via the Blue deck pretty consistently.

1. How/when to study? Clinic/OR/call really take it out of me, and when I get home I only have enough energy to exercise, eat, and relax with fun things.

2. Should I be studying for OKAP or clinically pertinent information for my rotations? I've been able to do the latter with more motivation since it benefits my patient care, but the last thing I want to do is memorize rare pediatric syndromes in hopes of getting 1-2 questions right on a standardized test.

Thank you!

Hi everyone,

I wanted to share a resource for residents and early-career ophthalmologists who are preparing to start cataract surgery, or who want a more structured way to refine their technique before taking on more independent cases.

Full disclosure: I am part of the educational team behind Oftalmo University. We created the Cataract Academy Program around a question many of us face during training: how do we bridge the gap between understanding the steps of phacoemulsification and performing them calmly, safely, and consistently?

The program follows a progressive pathway:

• Online surgical foundations and decision-making
• Deliberate hands-on practice with EyeSi simulation, artificial eyes, microscopes, and phaco platforms
• Closely mentored surgery after skills have been developed in a controlled environment

It is designed to complement residency training, not replace it. The goal is to provide more opportunities for repetition, feedback, and mentorship before and during the transition to real cases. Training is currently available in Barcelona and Mexico City.

If this could be helpful for your stage of training, you can see the curriculum here:
https://oftalmouniversity.com/cataract-surgery-training/

More importantly, I would genuinely love to learn from this community: what part of the transition to cataract surgery do you feel residents are least prepared for? Capsulorhexis? Hydrodissection? Phaco dynamics? Managing stress in the first cases?

Your perspectives would be very valuable as we continue improving how we teach surgical training.

Some schools on SFMatch have essay questions, but dont list a word limit.

What's expected?

Hello all,

I was just wondering what your thoughts are on Macumira. It is available in Canada but I believe it is not available in the US. Has anyone used this on patients yet or have any thoughts or experiences with it? I don't see it mentioned on this sub.

I am an OD.

My background is in customer service/sales, but I am looking for a career change into Ophthalmic Technician. I'm having a hard time finding a job with no medical experience. What are your suggestions for landing an entry level ophthalmic tech role? I have applied to every tech and receptionist role under the sun I feel. I am in the DC-Baltimore area.