Ophthalmology consultations at a large teaching hospital

A. P. Schachat; P. J. McDonnell; B. G. Petty; H. D. Jampel; A. Patel; J. R. Wittpenn; P. A. Rapoza

Ophthalmology consultations at a large teaching hospital

A. P. Schachat, P. J. McDonnell, B. G. Petty, H. D. Jampel, A. Patel, J. R. Wittpenn, P. A. Rapoza

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We reviewed 100 consecutive ophthalmology consultations performed on inpatients at a large teaching hospital to help identify areas that may require greater emphasis in the medical school and housestaff curriculum. Nonophthalmologists rarely record visual acuities or perform dilated fundus examinations. If visual acuity determination were more consistently made a part of routine physical examinations, it is possible that more pathology would be detected and non-productive consultations could be minimized. We plan to emphasize these observations in our school's curriculum more than in the past.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	105-109
Number of pages	5
Journal	Metabolic, Pediatric and Systemic Ophthalmology
Volume	12
Issue number	4
State	Published - 1989

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Ophthalmology

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Ophthalmology consultations at a large teaching hospital

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