This interactive online course with twenty case vignettes is designed to teach residents about the various elements and layers of a normal retina in an OCT scan, how to accurately identify and describe retinal pathologies and the location of abnormalities in OCT images, and how to diagnose retinal pathology and suggest next steps in the evaluation or treatment of eye disease.

This course provides a curriculum for residency programs and state societies to teach about the role of advocacy in the profession of ophthalmology while meeting the advocacy, professionalism, and accountability requirements set by the ACGME. It is a launching pad for engagement in advocacy for patient care, the profession, and involvement with state societies.

The Pathology Atlas offers virtual microscopy images from the field, contributed by ophthalmic pathologists. Review normal-eye anatomy and ophthalmic diseases and conditions across the spectrum of eye care. Please leave a comment below, or send an email message to the Academy at pathatlas@aao.org to provide feedback or inquire about this resource. The Pathology Atlas is now accessible to anyone irrespective of Academy membership. Please register a new, free account (if you don't have one already) to login.

This course reviews major issues in the eye care of geriatric patients, and why ophthalmologists play an increasingly important role in the care of this demographic. Dr. Andrew Lee reviews screening tips and the major comorbidities in the elderly, including depression, dementia, hearing loss, fall risk, and elder abuse.

This courses includes pre- and post-tests and includes discussion of the retinoscope, retinoscopy examples, spherical aberration and dynamic retinoscopy. Please note that this course works best in Firefox with Flash enabled, and may not work in other browsers.

This course on comprehensive vision rehabilitation answers the following questions: How does vision rehabilitation fit into ophthalmic care? Which patients can benefit from vision rehabilitation? How is visual function assessed? And what can vision rehabilitation offer patients? Please note that this course works best in Firefox with Flash enabled, and may not work in other browsers.

This courses includes pre- and post-tests and discusses contact lens fitting and soft contact lens adverse reactions. Please note that this course works best in Firefox with Flash enabled, and may not work in other browsers.

On completing this module, the resident should be able to describe the types of astigmatism and the lenses used to correct them and calculate astigmatism corrections including power crosses and spherical equivalents. Please note that this course works best in Firefox with Flash enabled, and may not work in other browsers.

In this course, residents will learn how to describe the normal anatomy and physiology of the crystalline lens, describe the association of lens pathology with aging, and recognize basic surgical techniques for the treatment of cataracts. Please note that this course works best in Firefox with Flash enabled, and may not work in other browsers.