TY - JOUR A1 - Grover, Ashok A1 - Honavar, Santosh A1 - Azad, Rajvardhan A1 - Verma, Lalit T1 - A national curriculum for ophthalmology residency training Y1 - 2018/6/1 JF - Indian Journal of Ophthalmology JO - Indian J Ophthalmol SP - 752 EP - 783 VL - 66 IS - 6 UR - https://journals.lww.com/ijo/pages/default.aspx/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2018;volume=66;issue=6;spage=752;epage=783;aulast=Grover DO - 10.4103/ijo.IJO_327_18 N2 - We present a residency curriculum for Ophthalmology in India. The document derives from a workshop by the All India Ophthalmological Society (AlOS) which adapted the International Council of Ophthalmology residency curriculum and refined and customized it based on inputs by the residency program directors who participated in the work shop. The curriculum describes the course content, lays down the minimum requirements of infrastructure and mandates diagnostic and therapeutic procedures required for optimal training. It emphasises professionalism, management, research methodology, community ophthalmology as integral to the curriculum. The proposed national ophthalmology residency curriculum for India incorporates the required knowledge and skills for effective and safe practice of ophthalmology and takes into account the specific needs of the country. ER -