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Singh, David – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2020
This is a reflective piece that examines the nature of racial complaint with reference to Dr. Kris Rallah-Baker's concerns about the racism that characterised his medical education. It will further examine the anti-racist campaign that sprung up in support of Rallah-Baker with a view to illustrating the limits of conventional critical race theory…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Critical Theory, Race, Ophthalmology
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Vukicevic, Meri; Le, Anh; Baglin, James – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2012
In the typical human visual system, the macula allows for high visual resolution. Damage to this area from diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD), causes the loss of central vision in the form of a central scotoma. Since no treatment is available to reverse AMD, providing low vision rehabilitation to compensate for the loss of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Pathology, Reading Comprehension, Vision
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McCarthy, W. H.; And Others – Medical Education, 1977
A technique is described that uses the perception of a wide variety of doctors, including specialists in the field, other specialists, and general practitioners, to determine what should be taught to undergraduate medical students. The Spivey technique is applied to curriculum needs in ophthalmology. (LBH)
Descriptors: Consultants, Curriculum Design, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Mak, Donna; Plant, Aileen J. – Australian Journal of Rural Health, 2001
To recruit doctors to rural areas, an Australian scholarship program enables undergraduate medical students to spend 2 weeks each year for 4 years at the same rural location. Case studies illustrate how four such students' participation in trichiasis and diabetic retinopathy screening benefitted the Aboriginal communities in which they worked and…
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Case Studies, Clinical Experience, Diabetes