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Previous Volume 336:1618 May 29, 1997 Number 22

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CD-ROM, with manual, 9 pp. By Thomas A. Farrell and colleagues. System needed: Multimedia IBM PC or compatible computer, with at least 4 MB RAM. (Also available for Macintosh system 7.0 and at least 4 MB RAM.) St. Louis, Mosby, 1996. $59.95 (single user). Multi-user license available. ISBN 0-7234-2336-9 (Windows); 0-7234-2239-3 (Macintosh).

There are several reasons why medical students are only marginally exposed to information about diseases of the eye. Among them are the fact that the ophthalmology rotation usually lasts only two to three weeks at the most and the difficulty of mastering the basic techniques of examination (e.g., slit-lamp and indirect ophthalmoscopy). Many medical practitioners will admit that besides this rotation, the only encounter with eye diseases they recall during medical school was at the board exams. Only later did they realize that a substantial number of primary care patients complain about eye conditions. It is from this starting point . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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