The Transition to Ophthalmology Residency: A National Survey of the Combined Ophthalmology PGY-1 Program

Amee D. Azad; Melissa Yuan; Marguerite Weinert; Tatiana R. Rosenblatt; Joan W. Miller; Alice Lorch

doi:10.1055/s-0043-1774393

Journal of Academic Ophthalmology (Jul 2023)

The Transition to Ophthalmology Residency: A National Survey of the Combined Ophthalmology PGY-1 Program

Amee D. Azad,
Melissa Yuan,
Marguerite Weinert,
Tatiana R. Rosenblatt,
Joan W. Miller,
Alice Lorch

Affiliations

Amee D. Azad: ORCiD; Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Melissa Yuan: Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Marguerite Weinert: Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Tatiana R. Rosenblatt: Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Joan W. Miller: Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Alice Lorch: ORCiD; Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1774393
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 15, no. 02
pp. e188 – e196

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Background In 2017, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education announced all ophthalmology residency programs would provide a combined transitional or joint preliminary program for first postgraduate year (PGY-1) residents, with mandatory implementation by 2023.

Published in Journal of Academic Ophthalmology

ISSN: 2475-4757 (Online)
Publisher: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Ophthalmology
Website: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-00033285

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