New ophthalmology residents confront a steep learning curve that this manual is designed to ease. Bridging general clinical practice with targeted eye care, it provides step-by-step guidance on examination techniques and core protocols, empowering first-year trainees to build essential skills quickly.

Ophthalmology residents face one of the steepest learning curves. Practical Ophthalmology: A Manual for Beginning Residents is the American Academy of Ophthalmology (Academy), step-by-step resource specifically designed to help first-year (PGY-1) ophthalmology residents close the gap between general clinical medicine and ophthalmology.

Written and edited by residency program directors, this practical resource explains step by step the examination techniques and clinical protocols that are critical for residents to learn in the early months of the integrated internship year.