Is Undergraduate Ophthalmology Teaching in the United Kingdom Still Fit for Purpose?

An editorial in the publication Eye examines the reasons behind why an increasing number of junior doctors and general practitioners in the UK are losing confidence in their ophthalmic knowledge. Such factors cited in the declining confidence include: a declining use of the fundoscope [1], associated loss in confidence with recognizing sight-threatening pathologies [2], and a consequential rise in inappropriate referrals to tertiary eye units [3].

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