title: Residency evaluation and adherence design study: Young ophthalmologists' perception of their residency programs II: Academics and Research dissertation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To know the perception of young ophthalmologists about their dissertation and academics during residency training in order to improve the research output during present residency programs in India.
  
  
  METHODS
  A survey was conducted by Academic and Research Committee of the All India Ophthalmological Society, the world's second largest ophthalmic professional's organization, in 2014-2016 of young ophthalmologists (those who completed residency between 2005 and 2012) to gauge usefulness of dissertation or thesis during postgraduate residency.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 1005 respondents, of whom 531 fulfilled inclusion criteria. On a scale of 0-10, residents rated level of supervision of their dissertation as adequate (mean 5.9/10, standard deviation [SD] = 3.1, median = 6). The level of infrastructure available was for dissertation rated as 5.9/10 (median = 7, SD = 3.1), and 6.2/10 was the score that residents said about value added by the dissertation (median = 7). The dissertation was presented at local (33.5%), state (28.1%), national (15.4%), and international (4%) levels. Students, not supervisors, did most of the local and state level presentations. It was published in some forms at local 210 (39.5%), state (140, 26.4%), national (94, 17.7%), and international (39, 7.3%) levels. On a scale of 0-4, seminars (3/4) and case presentations were (3/4) rated higher than didactic lectures (2.2/4), journal clubs (2.2/4), and wet laboratory (1.1/4).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Peer-reviewed publications from Indian residency training dissertations were few. Residents felt dissertation added value to their training, but there was a huge range among the responses. Journal clubs and wet laboratories were not graded high in academic programs, unlike seminars and case presentations.
authors.affiliation: All Ophthalmological Society, New Delhi; Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College; Community Eye Care Foundation, Dr. Gogate's Eye Clinic, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Parikshit Madhav
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Gogate
authors.affiliation: All Ophthalmological Society, New Delhi; B B Eye Foundation, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Partha
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Biswas
authors.affiliation: All Ophthalmological Society, New Delhi; Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Sundaram
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Natarajan
authors.affiliation: All Ophthalmological Society, New Delhi; Department of Ophthalmology, Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Barun Kumar
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Nayak
authors.affiliation: All Ophthalmological Society, New Delhi; Netradham Eye Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Santhan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gopal
authors.affiliation: All Ophthalmological Society, New Delhi; KamlaNethrlaya Eye Clinic and Surgical Centre, Banglore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Yogesh
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.affiliation: All Ophthalmological Society, New Delhi; Disha Eye Hospitals, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Samar K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Basak
mesh_terms: D004212:Academic Dissertations as Topic; D000328:Adult; D035843:Biomedical Research; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004514:Education, Pharmacy, Graduate / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000639:trends*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000072163:Ophthalmologists / Q000193:education*; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000193:education*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires