‘Uncoordinated and poorly structured residency programs, lack of standardization in the curricula, and insufficient exposure to surgery are serious limitations to the professional growth and careers of young ophthalmologists in Europe’ Marie Louise Roed Rasmussen, MD, PhD, president-elect SOE YOs. See the full article in OSN: http://goo.gl/qHd9Jj
The Ophthalmologicum Balticum XV Forum was held in Riga, Latvia from August 19 – 21. Organised by the Prof Guna Laganovska, the SOE Latvian Board Member, the Forum attracted 400 delegates. The meeting included a large number of international faculty, and both Dr Jan Tjeerd de Faber, President of the SOE, and Professor Stefan Seregard, Immediate
Dr. Zuzana Hladíková Thanks to SOE Educational Grant I had an opportunity to spend a month at Universitäts Augenklinik Köln (Cologne), I chose the retinal subspecialty by Prof. Kirchhof. Based on my experience Cologne is a pleasant, clean and safe city with many parks a museums. My stay at Universitäts Augenklinik was very well organized
The second GOS/SOE joint meeting took place in June, 10-13th in Tbilisi,Georgia, with delegates from 16 countries participating. The meeting covered topics on modern approaches and new frontiers in medical and surgical profiles in ophthalmology.
“In this sad, embarrassing day for the U.K., it’s great to be with so many young European friends,” Anthony Khawaja, MD, PhD, outgoing chair of the SOE Young Ophthalmologists committee, said. “The only positive is that the young people overwhelmingly voted to remain, and unfortunately this affects their future the most.” Anthony Khawaja A lot
