title: Integrating the Internship into Ophthalmology Residency Programs: Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology American Academy of Ophthalmology White Paper.
abstract: Future ophthalmologists will need to have broad skills to thrive in complex health care organizations. However, training for ophthalmologists does not take advantage of all of the postgraduate years (PGYs). Although the traditional residency years seem to have little excess capacity, enhancing the internship year does offer an opportunity to expand the time for ophthalmology training in the same 4 PGYs. Integrating the internship year into residency would allow control of all of the PGYs, allowing our profession to optimize training for ophthalmology. In this white paper, we propose that we could capture an additional 6 months of training time by integrating basic ophthalmology training into the intern year. This would allow 6 additional months to expand training in areas such as quality improvement or time for "mini-fellowships" to allow graduates to develop a deeper set of skills.
authors.affiliation: University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. Electronic address: thomas-oetting@uiowa.edu.
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Oetting
authors.affiliation: Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, Florida.
authors.forename: Eduardo C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Alfonso
authors.affiliation: Jules Stein Eye Institute, Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.affiliation: Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
authors.forename: Louis B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Cantor
authors.affiliation: University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.affiliation: St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: Oscar A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.affiliation: Flaum Eye Institute, University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, Department of Ophthalmology, Rochester, New York.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Feldon
authors.affiliation: Jules Stein Eye Institute, Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: Bartly
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mondino
authors.affiliation: American Academy of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, California.
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Parke
authors.affiliation: Stanford Hospital & Clinics, Stanford, California.
authors.forename: Suzann
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pershing
authors.affiliation: Thomas Jefferson University/Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Tara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uhler
authors.affiliation: Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Nicholas J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Volpe
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes; D000068:Accreditation; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000193:education*; D024382:Professional Role; D014481:United States