Curriculum
Our integrated PGY-1 Ophthalmology internship curriculum includes 3 months of clinical ophthalmology and 9 months of ophthalmology-customized broad patient care experiences across internal medicine and surgical subspecialties. Comprehensive clinical and surgical ophthalmology training during the PGY 2-4 years encompasses the entire spectrum of ophthalmic care, with focused clinical experience and didactics in all subspecialty areas:
- Anterior segment diseases
- Cataract
- Cornea
- Glaucoma
- Medical retina
- Neuro-ophthalmology
- Ocular oncology
- Oculoplastic and orbital surgery
- Ophthalmic pathology
- Pediatric ophthalmology
- Refraction, contact lenses, and low-vision aids
- Strabismus
- Uveitis and ocular inflammation
- Vitreoretinal surgery
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Resident perspective
The surgical experience at Mayo Clinc starts as early as the PGY-1 year. We have multiple rotations where we get the chance to have hands-on experiences in the operating room.
Grayson Ashby, M.D.
Resident
- PGY-1 Rotation Schedule
- PGY-2 Rotation Schedule
- PGY-3 Rotation Schedule
- PGY-4 Rotation Schedule
PGY-1 Rotation Schedule
| Rotation | Length |
|---|---|
| Oculoplastic surgery | 4 weeks |
| Comprehensive ophthalmology | 4 weeks |
| Cornea | 4 weeks |
| Out-patient neurology / neuroradiology | 4 weeks |
| Emergency medicine | 4 weeks |
| Neurology | 4 weeks |
| Internal medicine | 4 weeks |
| Infectious disease | 4 weeks |
| Elective | 4 weeks |
| Medical genetics | 2 weeks |
| Plastic surgery | 2 weeks |
| Rheumatology | 2 weeks |
| Dermatology | 2 weeks |
| Cardiology | 2 weeks |
| Hematology | 2 weeks |
| MICU | 2 weeks |
| GI | 2 weeks |
PGY-2 Rotation Schedule
| Rotation | Length |
|---|---|
| Comprehensive ophthalmology | 4 months |
| Refraction/pediatrics/glaucoma | 2 months |
| Uveitis/oncology/pathology | 2 months |
| Neuro-ophthalmology | 2 months |
| Retina | 2 months |
PGY-3 Rotation Schedule
| Rotation | Length |
|---|---|
| Cataract/comprehensive | 3 months |
| Cornea | 2 months |
| Glaucoma | 2 months |
| Oculoplastics | 2 months |
| Pediatric ophthalmology | 2 months |
| Retina | 1 month |
PGY-4 Rotation Schedule
| Rotation | Length |
|---|---|
| Chief resident - Rochester | 9 months |
| VA Medical Center | 3 months |
Didactics curriculum
Our program approaches the science and art ophthalmology from a variety of different angles:
- Weekly AAO Basic and Clinical Science Course didactic lectures
- Weekly Department of Ophthalmology grand rounds
- Weekly resident case conferences
- Weekly COS rounds on PGY-2-oriented topics (July-December)
- Weekly case presentation conferences
- Bimonthly retina imaging (fellow-led)
- Monthly retina imaging (faculty-led)
- Semiweekly optics didactics series for PGY-2 trainees (July-October)
- Ocular pathology didactics
- Monthly video-based surgical outcomes conferences
- Monthly subspecialty journal clubs
- Quarterly morbidity and mortality conferences
- Quarterly video-based ocular trauma conferences
- Quality Academy didactics program
Surgical and Procedural Training
- EyeSi surgical simulator (24-hour access)
- Surgical wet lab with eye bank human donor eyes (24-hour access)
- LASIK certification course
- Corneal suture course / wet laboratory
- Oculoplastics suture course
- Ophthalmology Olympics (procedural training workshop)
- Dedicated resident retinal laser clinics
- Resident oculoplastic procedure clinics