Specialties
Teaching Conferences
UC Davis has an extensive collection of regularly scheduled lecture programs and conferences. These provide a solid foundation in both basic science and clinical ophthalmology.
Surgical and Morbidity Conference
This is a working conference in which operative and post-operative problems are discussed among the full-time faculty and the residents. The purpose of this conference is to provide the resident staff with a teaching experience that will impact on quality assurance in the care of patients.
Optics Conference
The department sponsors a course in Clinical Optics each year to provide the resident staff with a basic working knowledge of theoretical optics and their clinical applications. During these sessions, the residents are also provided with practical problems in clinical optics as well as Subspecialty Lectures. Each Monday evening residents are given a lecture series which spans neuro-ophthalmology, strabismus, glaucoma, cornea and external disease, retina-vitreous, and oculoplastics. This is on-going throughout the year. This series is designed to provide the resident with the full spectrum of basic clinical ophthalmology twice over a three year period.
Fluorescein Conference
Scheduled once a week, this conference affords the resident the opportunity to learn how to read and interpret fluorescein and indocyane green angiography for a wide variety of clinical retinal problems.
Pathology Conference
Held each Thursday morning., this conference encompasses a series of lectures and a review of representative pathologic specimens prepared by Dr. Alan M. Roth.
Professor Rounds
Professor rounds are held each Friday morning. Case presentations are discussed in detail by residents and staff with emphasis on the latest literature and treatment modalities. Approximately six times a year visiting guest speakers are scheduled on specific subspecialties of ophthalmology.
Annual Research and Clinical Symposium
Each year the department produces an annual symposium with resident and faculty participation. At this function each resident presents a research topic of his or her own choosing. Projects range in emphasis from purely clinical to basic research.
Research Projects
Residents complete research project of their choice during their second and third year for presentation at the department's Annual Research and Clinical Symposium. The projects may be in either basic or clinical research. These experiences are not specifically aimed at promoting a career in ophthalmic research, but rather at providing a solid base for the understanding and evaluation of ophthalmic literature.
Medical Student Education
Residents participate in the instruction of third- and fourth-year medical students in the fundamentals of ophthalmology by reviewing their clinical work-ups and assisting them in basic exam techniques.