About Podcast: Eyes for Ears is an Ophthalmology podcast focused on bringing you topic review for board and exam prep, interviews highlighting issues and stories relevant for young ophthalmologists and preparation for residency. Co-hosted by Ben Young and Andrew Pouw.

Frequency: 1 episode / week

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About Podcast: Ophthalmology’s leaders convene at the Ophthalmology Innovation Summits held several times a year. OIS Podcasts keeps the conversation going the entire year. In weekly podcasts, Host Ehsan Sadri interviews the most influential industry executives, investors, KOLs, and researchers about what they see as the most exciting approaches to finding new ways to treat eye disease.

Frequency: 2 episodes / week

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In this MedEdTalks Micro-CE podcast, Rishi P. Singh, MD, and Dilsher S. Dhoot, MD, discuss current barriers to care of patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) and other management considerations for providers.

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The Retina Channel Podcast

Recent editorial in Ophthalmology about ophthalmologists’ preparedness during and beyond the COVID-19 crisis.

In a panel discussion with Dr. Koushan, Drs. Daniel Ting, Olivia Li and Steven Yeh discuss the preparedness of ophthalmologists in the COVID-19 crisis.

The discussion is based on the most recent Ophthalmology editorial.

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Key Lime Podcast

As ophthalmologists many of us have multiple roles in the course of our day – including being a clinician, a researcher and an educator. Medical school and residency generally prepare us for the medical knowledge, clinical and research skills we need for our careers. However, learning to become an educator is often something we are left to figure out on our own. I enjoy the teaching part of my job so much, that I decided to pursue a master’s in health professions education a few years ago. As I met other medical educators from around the world during my studies and at conferences, I noticed a common theme kept recurring once they learned I was Canadian. I kept hearing that Canada is well respected as a leader in medical education! I personally had no idea, but quickly learned that our CanMEDS are an educator favorite (and have been adopted in several other countries), the International Conference on Residency Education (ICRE) put on by our Royal College is very popular, and also people LOVE the Key Literature in Medical Education (KeyLime) Podcast also put on by our Royal College. I started listening to this podcast after hearing so many people mention it and I have to say I really look forward to each episode! This podcast comes out weekly and will highlight a medical education article in just 20 minutes. It is not speciality specific and is a great, easy way to keep up to date on what is happening in the medical education world. One podcast I would recommend in particular was a review on a paper published in 2018 in Ophthalmology– “Episode #166 Art, Eyeballs and #MedEd.” This study is about using training in the visual arts to teach observation skills to medical students. Check it out here http://keylimepodcast.libsyn.com/166-art-eyeballs-and-meded and don’t forget to claim your MOC section 2 credit!

Cheers,

Recommended by Anu Mishra, MD, MSHPEd, FRCSC
Practice Resource Centre Committee Member Canadian Ophthalmological Society

Key Literature in Medical Education (KeyLIME) is a weekly podcast produced by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.  Articles that are important, innovative, or will impact your educational practice are discussed, bringing you the main points in under half an hour.

In episode 191, Creating a risky recipe for learning, host Dr. Linda Snell reviews the paper Assessment, feedback and the alchemy of learning by Watling CJ, and Ginsburg S. The paper delves into the tension between assessment’s focus on judgement and decision making and feedback’s focus on growth and development

Target Audience
Students, Scholars, Teachers

CPD Credits
Earn 0.5 MOC credits under Section 2 for each podcast

The Doctor’s Life Podcast is a weekly podcast featuring discussions with fellow doctors and scientists on how to achieve success in clinical medicine and non-clinical careers while staying healthy in mind, body and spirit and balancing living a rich, purposeful life. Hosted by Physician Development Coach and Founder of the Physician Vitality Institute, Dianne Ansari-Winn, MD.

The Financially Intelligent Physician with Dr. David Norris and The Joy of Burnout with Dr. Dina Glouberman are two of many fascinating podcasts that delve into complex topics that impact physicians’ everyday lives. The podcast covers the basic tools that every doctor should know, from practice and business management to mental health and emotional well-being.

I have a secret…I love listening to podcasts! There is something very relaxing to me about simply turning off a screen, slipping on some headphones and listening to someone tell a story. Whatever your interests may be, I would bet you that there is a podcast on it! I recently learned that you can also claim podcasts as a scanning activity under Section 2 MOC for 0.5 credit per podcast. Since claiming credits to listening to “Serial” or “Dr. Death” would probably raise some eyebrows at the Royal College, I decided to do a little digging for ophthalmology podcasts that I could get CME credits for.

A retina colleague of mine suggested “Straight from the Cutter’s Mouth: A Retina Podcast.” Through interviews and discussions with leading retina specialists, they cover a wide range of topics from practice management, career development, medical and surgical retina, and also have a regular journal club.  You can access their podcasts from their main website, or through iTunes. You may find some episodes will be more or less relevant to you depending on your scope of practice.  

Overall, I have found that it is pretty easy to scroll through the podcasts and get a sense of their relevance for me by their titles. I think anyone who practices surgical/medical retina or comprehensive ophthalmology will likely find a few episodes of interest. I recently listened to “Episode 64: Yag Laser for Floaters”, which was a great review of three papers recently published looking at the role of Yag Laser Vitreolysis in these cases.  I probably would not have come across these papers otherwise.

So next time you are sitting in traffic on your way to work, why not play a podcast, learn something new and claim some MOC credits at the same time?

Recommended by Dr. Anu Mishra 
Anu Mishra, MD, MSHPEd, FRCSC
Practice Resource Centre Committee Member

EyeTube offers a collection of bi-weekly podcasts pertaining to innovations in eye care across all sub-specialities in ophthalmology. Episode topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• pediatric ophthalmology
• diagnostics/imaging
• ocular surface/ocular surface disease
• contact lenses and solutions
• diet and nutrition
• ulcers
• meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD)
• glaucoma 

Patient-physician relationships and patient complaints are examined subject areas that are discussed in new and meaningful ways from physicians in the field. Episodes provide viewers with a diversity of subject areas and refreshing perspectives from practitioners.

Explore expansive topical tools you can use within your physician practice.

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