Huseyin Baran Ozdemir, MD, FEBO, FICO Department of Ophthalmology, Gazi University School of Medicine, Special interest: Vitreoretinal surgery, medical retina, uveitis. e-mail: baranozdemir@gmail.com After a challenging 6 years of medical education in Turkey, graduate doctors need to take the exam known as ‘Specialization Examination in Medicine’ to choose a specialty. This exam is held every
Yishay Weill, MD – Residency at Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem Israel.– Currently a Clinical Fellow in Cornea, External Ocular Diseases and Refractive Surgery at the Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada.Yishayweill@gmail.com Israeli med-school is usually a 6–7-year journey. Upon graduating there is one year of internship before one can start residency. Ophthalmology residency in Israel
To read Ruth Williams’ opinion piece ‘Ophthalmologists the younger ‘,on YO efforts from EyeNet magazine, go to; Ophthalmologist the Younger – American Academy of Ophthalmology (aao.org)
I am Dr. Matthias Claeys, president of the Belgian Ophthalmological Association of Residents (OBAO). During basic medical training, I came into contact with ophthalmology through various humanitarian missions with the NGO See & Smile in Africa, which spiked my interest. I subsequently started a residency-in-training in the university hospital of Ghent (UZ Ghent), where I
