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Necessary of clinical training in neurology department of ophthalmologists

JIANG Han-qiu1, ZHANG Xiao-jun1, LIU Li-juan2, WANG Jia-wei1.   

  1. 1. Department of Neurology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China; 2. Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China
  • Received:2015-06-17 Online:2016-01-25 Published:2016-01-28
  • Contact: JIANG Han-qiu,Email:hanqiu_j@126.com

Abstract:

The neuro-ophthalmology is an interdisciplinary of neurology and ophthalmology, and it is the edge subject that doctors of ophthalmology and neurology both focus on in recent years. More and more ophthalmologists realized that strengthen the understanding of neuro-ophthalmology diseases could help them to diagnose and identify many ophthalmology diseases. Thus, Department of Neurology in Beijing Tongren Hospital enrolled 33 ophthalmologists of different levels for neurology residency training.  Follow studying in neurology department, the level of diagnosis and treatment for neuro-ophthalmology were significantly improved in the ophthalmologists.  (Ophthalmol CHN, 2016, 25: 68-70)

Key words: neuro-ophthalmology, clinical training