Elective subjects for medical students preparing for a career in ophthalmology.
Questionnaires asking for information as to what medical school electives should be taken by a student contemplating a career in ophthalmology were sent to 280 practicing ophthalmologists. Seventy-two replies were received and indicated that a medical school background in neurosciences, ophthalmology, anesthesiology, otolaryngology, dermatology, and infectious disease are believed to be most important.
D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D005845:Georgia; D006801:Humans; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000193:education*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires