Virtual Ophthalmology Rotations—A Real Possibility during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond

Edmund Tsui; Michael B. Wells; Mubarik Mohamed; Christian M. Felix; JoAnn A. Giaconi

doi:10.1055/s-0040-1716714

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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Academic Ophthalmology 2020; 12(02): e195-e199
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1716714

Editorial

Virtual Ophthalmology Rotations—A Real Possibility during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond

Edmund Tsui^*

¹UCLA Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California

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Michael B. Wells^*

²The Ohio State University Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Havener Eye Institute, Columbus, Ohio

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Mubarik Mohamed

²The Ohio State University Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Havener Eye Institute, Columbus, Ohio

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Christian M. Felix

¹UCLA Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California

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JoAnn A. Giaconi

¹UCLA Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California

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