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Learning without Borders
“I use it to learn surgical procedures because the videos are so clear and the procedures so well-explained that, with some guidance, it is easy to follow the steps.” —Saiko Mangumbe, MD, Zimbabwe
In the developing world, millions of people suffer from visual impairments because there simply aren’t enough eye doctors to care for them. While Moran’s Global Outreach Division works to train ophthalmologists around the globe, student access to high-quality textbooks and lectures is almost nonexistent in places like Tanzania or Haiti. Even in industrialized nations like the U.S., medical students receive minimal ophthalmic education— as little as a few hours. This can leave primary care doctors with minimal knowledge of the eyes. Moran’s Clinical Ophthalmology Resource for Education (CORE) website aims to close both of these educational gaps. The unique website provides open-access, peer-reviewed ophthalmic education for medical providers and students around the world. Since CORE’s inception in 2015, its impact has grown in leaps and bounds.
CORE HAS
876 VIDEOS and its growing content includes training in basic eye care, instructional surgical videos, and faculty lectures given to residents.
PHYSICIANS COLLECT VIDEOS AND MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY FROM 7,000-PLUS YEARLY SURGERIES AND MORE THAN 145,000 YEARLY PATIENT VISITS AT MORAN.
DID YOU KNOW? The eyes are the window to overall health, so a physician who does a routine eye exam can
MoranCORE.Utah.edu
detect clues in the eyes that often warn of issues
The site is produced in partnership with the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library at the University of Utah.
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