reading for pgy 2 ophto

[NEIGUY]

Hello,
this is my first post, although i have been a regular visitor for over a year now. Do you have any advice about how to prepare for first year ophtho? How do you juggle internship, step iii and reading for your ophtho. What should we start reading(basic science series)?
Any advice would be great!!

thanks!! 👍

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[PDT4CNV]

Hello,
this is my first post, although i have been a regular visitor for over a year now. Do you have any advice about how to prepare for first year ophtho? How do you juggle internship, step iii and reading for your ophtho. What should we start reading(basic science series)?
Any advice would be great!!

thanks!! 👍

Don't worry about ophthalmology for most of your internship...if you can do an ophthalmology elective, I think it is worthwhile just so you are a little more comfortable with using the slitlamp and looking at the fundus. Do well on step III, that is more important than getting a head start on the basic science series.

If you are determined to do some reading before residency, there is a book called "Practical Ophthalmology: A manual for beginning residents" that is ok, and then buy an atlas. I like the Kanski atlas best, but there are a bunch of them. "Ophthalmology Secrets" is also a decent book to read off and on.

The problem you may have is that before you start "doing" ophthalmology, the material may be rather foreign to you so you may not retain much of what you read. Once you start ophthalmology your learning curve will be very steep. My advice would be to do an ophthalmology elective, maybe do some reading on the basics, but not worry too much about learning it all ahead of time.

 

[rubensan]

The problem you may have is that before you start "doing" ophthalmology, the material may be rather foreign to you so you may not retain much of what you read.

🙂 Thanks! I thought it was just me.

 

[NEIGUY]

Don't worry about ophthalmology for most of your internship...if you can do an ophthalmology elective, I think it is worthwhile just so you are a little more comfortable with using the slitlamp and looking at the fundus. Do well on step III, that is more important than getting a head start on the basic science series.

If you are determined to do some reading before residency, there is a book called "Practical Ophthalmology: A manual for beginning residents" that is ok, and then buy an atlas. I like the Kanski atlas best, but there are a bunch of them. "Ophthalmology Secrets" is also a decent book to read off and on.

The problem you may have is that before you start "doing" ophthalmology, the material may be rather foreign to you so you may not retain much of what you read. Once you start ophthalmology your learning curve will be very steep. My advice would be to do an ophthalmology elective, maybe do some reading on the basics, but not worry too much about learning it all ahead of time.

thanks for the advice!