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Hi,
i'm a ms3 going into ophtho.
I've never been told I Had any stero / binocular vision problems. I never gave it a second thought untiil I read this post. I mean, who really goes around looking into microscopes these days? we don't even get much exposure in med school - as most histology is now on CDs. I know i've had trouble looking into microscopes in the past -- would my optomotrist have told me if there was a major problem with my sterovision? (i mean is that a normal part of the exam? )
anyway, also wondering if this has anything to do with those stero-vision pictures that were really popular a few years ago where a 3-d image would pop out at you if you stared at the pictures long enough -- b/c for hte life of me i could never see those!
i'm an m3 and so id like any feed back you can give. oh and to the other person who knows they have stero-problems another alternative is doing a occuloplastics fellowship ? ?
good luck!
snowinter
i'm a ms3 going into ophtho.
I've never been told I Had any stero / binocular vision problems. I never gave it a second thought untiil I read this post. I mean, who really goes around looking into microscopes these days? we don't even get much exposure in med school - as most histology is now on CDs. I know i've had trouble looking into microscopes in the past -- would my optomotrist have told me if there was a major problem with my sterovision? (i mean is that a normal part of the exam? )
anyway, also wondering if this has anything to do with those stero-vision pictures that were really popular a few years ago where a 3-d image would pop out at you if you stared at the pictures long enough -- b/c for hte life of me i could never see those!
i'm an m3 and so id like any feed back you can give. oh and to the other person who knows they have stero-problems another alternative is doing a occuloplastics fellowship ? ?
good luck!
snowinter
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snowinter said:
The vast majority of those "magic eye" pictures work by requiring the viewer to focus their eyes at the plane of the page, but point their eyes behind it. For some, this is very difficult.
It someone has convergence insufficiency, or convergence excess (in particular) viewing through any sort of binocular instrument is difficult.
95% of the time, it can easily be remedied through vision therapy. I've worked with dozens of high school and college biology students who could not view through a microscope binocularly. Most of these problems can be alleviated with some simple exercises with a Brock string, and a vectogram though office based computer VT is also extremely helpful.
Jenny
one person I know successfully completed a residency and a peds ophtho fellowship despite being monocular (20/20 in the good eye, ambulatory vision in the other eye).
This person had a steeper learning curve when they were learning cataract surgery (had to rely on depth cues) but is now successfully a pediatric ophthalmologist in a local practice. They were very upfront about this when they applied to residency and fellowship. So, it can be done. But it will be more difficult, of course; enough experience can train you to be a good if not adequate surgeon. Anyone else heard of similar experiences?
This person had a steeper learning curve when they were learning cataract surgery (had to rely on depth cues) but is now successfully a pediatric ophthalmologist in a local practice. They were very upfront about this when they applied to residency and fellowship. So, it can be done. But it will be more difficult, of course; enough experience can train you to be a good if not adequate surgeon. Anyone else heard of similar experiences?
