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The Best Retina Practice

The Best Retina Practice. “10-year of dream” Department of Ophthalmology Prince of Songkla University. Background. Retina diseases medical cases surgical cases investigations instruments Treatments surgery

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The Best Retina Practice

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  1. The Best Retina Practice “10-year of dream” Department of Ophthalmology Prince of Songkla University

  2. Background Retina diseases medical cases surgical cases investigations instruments Treatments surgery (laser,PDT)

  3. 3 steps to the dream standard retina unit Retina excellent service Retina excellent center

  4. standard retina unit(start 1998)established the unit, standard investigations & treatments Introduced digital fundus camera and FA Introduced digital fundus camera and FFA Set up retina special clinic and FFA clinic First international publication withimpact factor Established unit 1998 2000 2001 2002-2003 2003 Introduced modern vitrectomy machines first well-trained retina specialist first well-trained retina specialist

  5. Retina excellent service set up new treatments, high standard surgery 2003 Introduced new Tx : PDT Retina excellent center plan 2004 Complicated surgery

  6. Retina excellent center plan(since 2004, revised 2006 & 2008) • Start the formal plansince 2004  now • To be the center and leader of the region  country • 4 parts 1. excellent service 2. excellent training 3. excellent research 4. excellent educationand meeting

  7. Excellent Service • Teams (staff, nurses, assistants, etc) • Facilities - clinic and better surgery - equipments (FFA, ICG, OCT, ERG,….) - LAN system in all rooms • Refer assistant KPI;patients increase 10%/ year √ patient satisfaction √ success rate in RRD (difficult cases) √ waiting list decrease ? x

  8. angiography

  9. Optical coherence tomography

  10. electroretinography

  11. OR

  12. LAN system

  13. Excellent training • Fellowship program (start 2004)  4 new retina specialists ; already trained • Resident teaching  retina club, conference, exam, etc KPI;resident andfellow pass the exam √

  14. Excellent research • Research club • R to R, upgrade the facilities for excellent data • LAN system, data collection • 2 research assistants and assistant system • Research plan  department plan • Fellow research, yearly reported KPI;published researches 1-2 /year √ international researches 1/year √

  15. Excellent education and meeting • Educational meeting for general ophthalmologist in the south • Special retina meeting KPI;general meeting 1 time/year √ retina meeting 1 time/year √

  16. “ we have come a long way but we have a long way to go” thank you

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