Comments on: COVID-19 pandemic – Testing times for postgraduate medical education

Renaissance of ophthalmic medical and surgical educational training during COVID-19 pandemic

“…The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the healthcare systems and brought unprecedented changes in the medical and surgical training patterns across the globe. [ 1 ] With exponential rise in cases and COVID-19 challenges, training came to standstill and students were forced to do regular COVID-19 duties, miss classroom lectures, compromise bedside clinical teaching, surgical training, and exams got postponed or cancelled. [ 2 ] The only alternatives were e-learning, zoom lectures, dry and wet lab training, and growing use of teleophthalmology for attending patients.…”

Augmenting postgraduate ophthalmology residency training during the COVID-19 pandemic

“…Although surgical training forms the core of ophthalmology postgraduate training but as a trainee resident, other skills also deserve equal attention for a holistic training program. [ 3 ] Here, we want to add a few important points for maximizing resident training output when the patient flow is less and surgical training is at a halt.…”