Hospital and medical school orientation are provided as well as training in routine eye examination by departmental faculty and technical personnel. There is additional training in standard diagnostic instrumentation, patient scheduling, and coding, medical record procedures and eye bank operation. New residents are scheduled for full after-hours call after the first four weeks of their residency. Each resident is enrolled in the American Academy of Ophthalmology's basic science self-study course, with self instruction supplemented by weekly study sessions involving all residents. In addition, residents participate in our monthly grand rounds and monthly clinical conferences.
Clinical staff gives numerous regularly scheduled lectures.
These lectures are augmented by fluorescein angiography, cornea and glaucoma conferences. Pathology lectures and slide reviews are held within the department at least once a month. Equipment is available to practice surgical and microsurgical techniques. Residents' practice is mandatory. In addition there are annual meetings of the Kansas City Society of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology and grand rounds both at the University of Kansas and the University of Missouri-Kansas City.