F. TEACHING DOSSIER 1972-1997, MICHAEL EASTERBOOK, M.D.
DATE OF PREPARATION: December 1, 2015
1. Undergraduate
Education
2. Graduate
(Resident) Education
3. Surgical
Education
4. Continuing
Medical Educational Activities
5. Community
Education
TEACHING
1. Undergraduate
Since joining the University Teaching Staff, Department of Ophthalmology 1972, I have been involved in the undergraduate educational process in a variety of ways.
In the early 1970's and 1980's I gave a yearly lecture to the undergraduate students when didactic lectures were part of the undergraduate curriculum.
Since 1986, I have taught third-year medical students in groups of 6-12 funduscopy and diseases of the retina at the Wellesley Hospital and/or Toronto Hospitals. 15 hours
At the Wellesley Hospital I have also taught 25 second-year medical students in afternoon sessions the principles of ophthalmology and general examination of the eye since 1986. 4 hours
Although not cross-appointed to the department of physical education, since the early 1980's, I have given a lecture to the third year physical education students on mechanisms and prevention of eye injury, and more recently, visual training and refractive surgery for the recreational athlete. 3 hours
I have guided projects with students from the Ontario College of Art as Applied to Medicine.
Awards
In 1987,
I was awarded the Toronto General Hospital award for
teaching
excellence in undergraduate medical education.
2. Resident (Graduate) Education
1. The most unique contribution that I have made to the postgraduate education is the development of a postgraduate training program for teaching ophthalmology to family practice residents. This program is designed and structured to provide the family practice resident with the diagnostic skills to evaluate and treat ophthalmological disorders that the family physician will see in practice. In addition it is designed to give the family practice resident knowledge and insight into problems that need to be referred to a consultant ophthalmologist.
Program Structure:
The resident in family practice is attached to the clinic without other residents or fellows. This allows a formal teaching session of 4 hours duration with the attending ophthalmologist. Specific skills are taught and evaluated, including the use of a slit lamp and ophthalmoscope in the diagnosis and evaluation of ophthalmological problems commonly seen by the family practitioner. The clinics are readily available, with 10 half-days of clinic and 5 attending ophthalmological staff. The program has been well-received by the family practice residents since its inception a decade ago.My teaching clinic is two half days per week. 360 hours
I have been approached by the OMA section of ophthalmology to provide similar ophthalmology teaching to family physicians working in remote areas of Ontario.
2. I have run a weekly half day general ophthalmology clinic with specific interest in uveitis from 1972 to the present. Every patient is seen and/or discussed with me by the resident interesting uveitis cases from my office or other hospitals are brought into the clinic for resident teaching, demonstrating such entities as chronic cyclitis, active toxoplasmosis, Koeppe and Bussuca nodules, etc. 180 hours
3. In the early part of my career, in the 1970-80's, I hosted a yearly journal club on uveitis in my home which was well attended by residents. 5 hours
In the early 1970's and 80's I was responsible for teaching 1st and 2nd year residents core uveitis lectures. 4-6 hours
I have given lectures to the rheumatologists and family practice residents on request over the years at the Wellesley Hospital.
4. I have been actively involved in teaching rounds, initially at the Toronto General and subsequently at the Toronto Western Hospital, where residents present cases and are questioned actively by all staff.
I am involved in resident evaluations which are done after every rotation at the Toronto Western Hospital and St. Michael's Hospital.
5. Until 2014, one afternoon a week I participated in teaching rounds at the oncology clinic at Princess Margaret Hospital, and then spend the afternoon with the oncology patients and the ophthalmology residents who rotate through the service on a regular basis.
In 1976 Dr. E. Devant - a first year resident - and I, developed an experimental model of candida endophthalmitis in the rabbit, funded by the Toronto General Hospital Research Department. (See publications)
In 1982, Dr. Khamus - a first year resident - and I used critical flicker fusion frequency in an attempt to detect chloroquine retinopathy at an earlier stage of the disease. (See publications)
In 1997, Dr. David Lowe, a sports medicine fellow, spent time with us in the eye clinic; this rotation is becoming part of the sports medicine fellowship through the University of Toronto Physical Education Department.
At present, I teach residents two mornings a week at St. Michael’s Hospital and Toronto Western Hospital.
Awards
In April 1993 I was awarded the postgraduate ophthalmology teaching award for the Toronto Hospital.
3. Surgical Education
Teaching is conducted in the operating room where I assist the resident in the surgical procedure and ensure the patient is evaluated postoperatively. The surgical schedule varies, occupying approximately 8-12 hours per month of direct surgical teaching. The residents perform 0-80% of the surgery,depending on their level of competence and expertise. The indications for surgery and the results of surgery are discussed. I often see residents at the beginning of their training in order to share the experiences I have learned from over the years, particularly in cataract surgery.
4. Continuing Medical Education (local, national and international) to Professional Colleagues
Since 1972 I have been regularly involved in continuing education of ophthalmologists and other groups of physicians.
Educational
Courses Taught: these courses are in addition to the
lectures in my curriculum vitae
1972
1. Herpes
Simplex, Keratitis, and Panel Discussion. Refresher
Course,
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Toronto.
April 11, 1972.
1973
2. Tumors
of the External Eye. Walter Wrights Clinical Day. February
16, 1973.
3. Ocular
Inflammation and External Disease. Ophthalmology for
Family
Physicians, University of Toronto. January 29, 1973.
4. Macular
Histoplasmosis. Symposium on Macular Degeneration and
Retinal Vascular Diseases, Refresher Course, University
of Toronto.
April 5, 1973.
1974
5. Uveitis
Therapy, Diagnosis and Management. Ocular Plastics &
Therapeutics, Refresher Course, University of Toronto.
April 5, 1974.
6. The Use
of the Laser in Ophthalmology. Wellesley Hospital Clinical
Day for Family Practitioners. May 1, 1974.
1975
7. Clinical
Presentations in Uveitis. The Walter Wright Clinical
Day,
Toronto General Hospital. July 31, 1975.
1978
8. Management
of Choroiditis. Refresher Course, Department of
Ophthalmology, University of Toronto. April 28, 1978.
9. Exhibit
on Eye Injuries in Racquet Sports. Wellesley Hospital
Day for
Family Physicians. March 29, 1978.
1979
10.
Antibiotics and Intraocular Infections. Update on Drug
Therapy in
Ophthalmology, Sponsored by the Canadian Ophthalmology
Society,
Toronto. January 30, 1979.
11. Intraocular
Infections. Update in Ophthalmology, Toronto General
Hospital's 150th Anniversary. May 7, 1979.
12. Management
of Ocular Toxoplasmosis. Royal College of Physicians
&
Surgeons: Symposium by Ophthalmology and Infectious
Disease, Ottawa.
September, 1979.
1980
13.
Racquet Sports Injuries. Department of Ophthalmology,
Refresher
Course, University of Toronto. February 5, 1980.
1981
14.
Management of Ophthalmic Trauma in the Polytraumatized:
Trauma
Rounds, Toronto General Hospital. January 14, 1981.
15. Affectations
of the Superior Conjunctiva. Refresher Course,
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Toronto.
February 6 and 7,
1981
16. Management
of Blepharitis. Refresher Course, Department of
Ophthalmology, University of Toronto. February 6 and
7, 1981.
17. What's
New in Glaucoma. Wellesley Hospital Clinical Day for
Family
Physicians. May 5, 1981.
18. The Red
Eye. The Wellesley Hospital Clinical Day for Family
Physicians. March 5, 1981.
1982
19.
Update in Eye Protection for Squash and Racquetball
Players, Course
Director. American Academy of Ophthalmology, San Francisco,
November 4, 1982.
1983
20.
Should my Cataract Patient have an Intraocular Implant?
Wellesley
Hospital Clinical Day for General Practitioners, Inn
on the Park,
Toronto. March 16, 1983.
1984
21.
The Retina as a Mirror of Systemic Disease. The Wellesley
Hospital
Clinical Day. April 4, 1984.
22. Easterbrook
M, Vinger P, Pashby T; course directors. Update in
Research on Eye Protection in Racquet Sports. American
Academy of
Ophthalmology. November 14, 1984.
23. The Yag
Laser; Past, Present and Future. The Wellesley Hospital.
Clinical Day for General Practitioners. April 1984.
1985
24.
Easterbrook M, Pashby T, Vinger P; course directors.
Eye Protection
in Racquet Sports. American Academy of Ophthalmology.
San
Francisco. October 3, 1985.
1986
25.
The Diabetic Eye. Poster. Wellesley Hospital Clinical
Day for General
Practitioners, April 9, 1986.
26. Eye Injuries
in Professional Hockey Players. Poster. Wellesley
Hospital Clinical Day for General Practitioners. April
9, 1986.
27. War-Games
and Prevention of Eye Injury. Poster. Wellesley
Hospital Clinical Day for General Practitioners. April
8, 9, 1986.
28. Easterbrook
M, Pashby T, Vinger P; course directors. Ocular Sports
Injuries. American Academy of Ophthalmology, New Orleans.
November, 1986.
1987
29.
Prevention of Eye Injuries in War-Games. Wellesley Hospital
Clinical Day for General Practitioners. April 15, 1987.
30. Update
in Eye Protection in Racquet Sports 1987. Wellesley
Hospital
Clinical Day. April 15, 1987.
31. Easterbrook
M and Pashby T. Prevention of Eye Injuries in War-
Games. Poster. University of Toronto Medical Building.
October 24, 1987.
32. Eye Injuries
in Professional Hockey Players. Poster. University of
Toronto Medical Building. October 24, 1987.
33. Protective
Eye Protection in 1987 for Racquet Sports. Poster.
University of Toronto Medical Building, October 24,
1987.
34. Easterbrook
M, Vinger P, Pashby T; course directors. Update in
Eye Protection. American Academy of Ophthalmology. Dallas,
Texas,
U.S.A. November 7-12, 1987.
35. Prevention
of Eye Injuries in War-Games. Poster. Bobby Orr Sports
Medical Clinic, Toronto. November, 1987.
36. Eye Protection
in Racquet Sports. Poster. Bobby Orr Sports
Medicine Clinic, Toronto. November 1987.
1988
37.
Prevention of Eye Injuries in Sport. Ontario Medical
Association
Refresher Course for Family Physicians, Toronto. February
13, 1988.
38. Eye Injuries
in Racquet Sports. Poster. University of Toronto Day.
University of Toronto Medical Building. October 15,
1988.
39. War-Games
and Ocular Injury. Poster. University of Toronto Day.
University of Toronto Medical Building. October 15,
1988.
40. Easterbrook
M, Elman M, Pashby T, Jeffers J; course directors.
Prevention of Ocular Injury in Sport. American Academy
of
Ophthalmology. Las Vegas, U.S.A. October 19, 1988.
1989
41.
Eye Injuries in Sport: Cause and Prevention. The American
Student
Optometric Association. Sheraton Centre, Toronto. January
6, 1989.
42. Prevention
of Eye Injuries in Sports. A Day in Primary Eye Care
for
Family Physicians. The Prince Hotel, Toronto. February
11, 1989.
1990
43.
Visual Training: Theory, Techniques and a Prospective
Study.
American Academy of Ophthalmology, Atlanta Georgia,
USA. November
1, 1990.
44. Easterbrook
M, Vinger P; course directors. Update in Eye Prevention
in Sport. American Academy of Ophthalmology. Atlanta,
Georgia,
USA. November 1, 1990.
1991
45.
Preventing Eye Injuries at the Rink/Court: Seminar in
Current
Practice. Department of Family and Community Medicine,
Mount Sinai
Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. February 21, 1991.
46. Eye Trauma
in Sport. A Day in Primary Eye Care for Family
Physicians. Prince Hotel, Toronto. March 2, 1991.
47. Facts
Sheet: Eye Protection in Sport. American Academy of
Ophthalmology Sports and Occupational Safety Committee,
Tucson,
Arizona. March 9, 10, 1991.
48. Struck
in the Eye on the Court/Playing Field: What Next? Wellesley
Hospital Clinical Day for General Practitioners, Toronto.
March 27, 1991.
1992
49.
Excimer Laser for Myopia and Astigmatism, Current Concepts.
Wellesley Hospital Annual Clinical Day, Toronto. April
15, 1992.
50. Present
Standards and Problems with Eye Guards for Racquet
Sports. American Academy of Opthalmology, Dallas, Texas.
1992.
1993
51.
Easterbrook M, Vinger P; course directors. Update in
Eye Protection
in Sports and Visual Training. American Academy of Ophthalmology,
Chicago, USA. November 11-14, 1993.
1994
52.
Easterbrook M, Vinger P, Granet D, Zagelbaum B; course
directors:
Sports Ophthalmology and Visual Training: Prevention
of Eye Injury
in Sports, Mechanism and Training Techniques. American
Academy of Ophthalmology Meeting, San Francisco. October
30 -
November 3, 1994.
1996
53.
Prevention of Eye Injury in Sport. Primary Conference,
Primary
Eye Care for Family Physicians. Inn on the Park, Toronto.
March 2,
1996.
1997
54.
Prevention of Eye Injuries in Professional and Recreational
Sport.
Day in Primary Care for Family Physicians, Toronto.
March 1, 1997.
In summary
1. Local Educational Activities
A. At the
University of Toronto Medical Day I have shown several
posters on
Prevention of Eye Injury in Sport.
B. At the
Wellesley Hospital Clinical Day for family physicians,
I have given a
variety of presentations to the 800-1200 participants,
almost yearly.
C. I have
been active in the ophthalmology education programs
for family
physicians run by the OMA, and I have given several
talks over the last few
years at the refresher course given for family practitioners
in the spring.
D. I believe
that the educational and teaching programs initiated
for the
Wellesley Hospital family practice may be unique in
Canada with respect to the
opportunities it offers for hands-on experience and
decision-making in
preparation for family practice in Ontario.
2. National Educational Activities
A. I played
an active part on the continuing education committee
of the
Canadian Ophthalmological Society from 1984-1989, and
have presented papers
at almost every annual meeting since 1972.
3. International Courses Organized
i) I was
director with Paul Vinger of the first course given
at the American
Academy of Ophthalmology on mechanisms and prevention
of eye injury in
sport. Dr.'s Tom Pashby, Bruce Zagelbaum and David Granite
joined us in
subsequent years.
The course
was given with an excellent response, such that the
Academy
invited us to return for an additional time period.
The instructors, I believe,
set the standard in mechanisms and prevention of eye
injury in all sport.
The course was interactive and a course syllabus was
provided. The Academy
taped our courses on occasion and makes the tapes available
to Academy
members and nonmembers on request.
ii) I was
course director of the Symposium on the Epidemiology
and Prevention
of Eye Injury in Sport at the 14th World Congress of
Sports Medicine in
Amsterdam in 1990.
iii) I was
course director, with Paul Vinger, of the 3rd International
Symposium of Ocular Trauma in Mexico in March 1994.
5. Community Education
Over the
years I have been very active in promoting eye protection
in sports
to community groups. I have addressed various sports
bodies nationally and
internationally in my commitment to the reduction of
eye injuries in sport.
Invited Lectures
to Community and Non Professional Organizations: these courses are in addition to those in my curriculum vitae
1. Eye Injuries in Sports. Canadian Athletic Trainers'
Association, Toronto.
May 11, 1974.
2. Racquet
Sports Injuries and their Prevention, Lions Eye Care
of Niagara and
St. Catherine¹s. January 23, 1980.
3. Prevention
of Eye Injuries in Racquet Sports. Refresher Course,
Department
of Ophthalmology, McGill University, Montreal. Squash
Quebec-McGill Student
Union. February, 1980.
4. Prevention
of Eye Injuries in Sport. Markham Centennial Centre.
Thursday, April 17, 1980.
5. Eye Injuries
in Squash. Ontario Junior Squash Championship, Bridlewood
Club, Toronto. April 16, 1980.
6. Squash
Eye Injuries and their Prevention. The Canadian Junior
Squash
Championship, Ottawa Athletic Club, Ottawa. May 4, 1980.
7. Prevention
of Squash Eye Injuries. The Ontario Open Squash Championship,
Bridlewood Club, Toronto. May 10, 1980.
8. Prevention
of Eye Injury in Racquetball. The Canadian Racquetball
Annual
Meeting, Montreal. May 17, 1980.
9. Prevention
of Eye Injuries in Racquet Sports. Opticians' Association
of
America Annual Convention, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
May 31, 1980.
10. New and
Old Eye Guards for Squash Players. The Canadian Squash
Racquets
Association, Annual Meeting, Toronto. June 21, 1980.
11. Eye Injuries
are Preventable in Squash. Junior Development Committee,
United States Squash Racquets Association, Philadelphia,
USA. September 9,
1980.
12. Canadian
Standards and Prevention of Eye Injuries in Squash.
United
States Squash Racquets Association, Philadelphia. September
21, 1980.
13. Prevention
of Eye Injuries in Sport. National Society to Prevent
Blindness,
Roosevelt Hotel, New York, New York. September 22, 1980.
14. Report
on Racquet Sports. Eye Protection Standards of Canadian
Standards'
Association. National Society to Prevent Blindness,
New York. December 8,
1980.
15. Eye Injuries
in Racquetball. Supreme Racquetball Club, Winnipeg.
October 25, 1980.
16. Athletic
Injuries: Prevention and Treatment. Squash Injury Symposium,
Holiday Inn, Toronto. October 20, 1980.
17. Preventing
Eye Injuries in Squash. United States Squash Racquets
Association National Inter-Collegiate Championships,
Yale University USA.
March 27, 1981.
18. Canadian
Experience of the CSA in Racquet Sports. Meeting of
the Task
Force of Mechanical Requirements of the American Standards
of Testing and
Materials F08 Racquet Sports Eye Safety Committee, Kitchener,
Waterloo.
March 1, 1981.
19. Polycarbonate
Prevents Eye Injuries. Canadian Standards' Association.
Consumer Advisory Panel, Hotel Sheraton, Toronto. March
31, 1981.
20. Third
International Symposium on Effective Teaching of Racquet
Sports:
University of Illinois, Urbana. Campaign: Prevention
of Eye Injuries in
Racquet Sports. June 13, 1981.
21. Eye Guards
for Squash. Squash Quebec, Montreal P.Q. October 17,
1981.
22. Eye Guards
and CSA Standards. ASTM F8 meeting, Nashville, Tennessee.
October 29, 1981.
23. Prevention
of Eye Injuries in Sports. Fitness and Sports
Injuries Workshop, Penn Centre, St. Catherine¹s.
September 6, 1982.
24. Eye Injuries
are Preventable. International Squash Racquets Federation
Annual Meeting, Toronto. September 29, 1982.
25. Prevention
of Ocular Racquet Injuries. Ontario Surgical Nurses'
Association. May 4, 1983.
26. Update
in Canadian Standards Association Testing of Eye Guards:
Sports Eye
Safety Committee Meeting, National Society to Prevent
Blindness, New York,
N.Y. USA. January 27, 1984.
27. Mandatory
Eye Protection in Children Playing Racquet Sports. University
of Pennsylvania Sports Meeting, Atlantic City, USA.
May 3, 1984.
28. The Eye
in Systemic Lupus Erythymatosis. Systemic Lupus Erythymatosis
Foundation, Toronto. May 27, 1984.
29. Prevention
of Eye in Industry, War-Games and Racquet Sports. By
the
Ontario Medical Association for Global Television. July
24, 1985.
30. Comparing
Canadian and American Standards re Testing Eye Guards
for
Racquet Sports. Canadian Standards Association Meeting.
September 20, 1985.
31. Canadian
Racquet Sports Injuries. Sports Safety Committee Meeting,
National Society to Prevent Blindness; formation of
Advisory Council for Eye
Protectors for Racquet Sports. New York, USA. November
15, 1985.
32. Canadian
Results of Eye Guard Testing. Eye and Face Protective
Equipment
Certification Council, Newark, New Jersey, USA. February
21, 1986.
33. Glaucoma,
Cataracts and Lasers: 1988 Update. Wellesley Hospital,
Auxiliary.
February 23, 1988.
34. Eye Standards
for Eye Injury Prevention in Canada. National Society
to
Prevent Blindness Sports Certification Council. Chicago,
Illinois. April 5, 1988.
35. Badminton
Eye Injuries: Cause and Prevention. Annual Meeting of
the
Canadian Badminton Association, Ottawa, Canada. June
11, 1988.
36. Assessment
and Prevention of Eye Injuries in the Recreational Athlete,
Granite Club. March 7, 1989.
37. Canadian
Experiences in Decreasing Eye Injuries in Squash. Australian
Squash Racquets Association, Canberra, Australia, October
19, 1989.
38. Eye Injuries
in Badminton. Can My Athlete Struck in the Eye Return
to
Play? Ontario Badminton Association, Semi-Annual Meeting,
Etobicoke
Educational Centre, Toronto. September 28, 1991.
39. Prevention
of Eye Injuries in Badminton. Western Ontario Badminton
Association, Woodstock, Ontario. May 3, 1992.
40. Eye Guards
for Squash: The Past and the Present. International
Squash
Racquets Federation, Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British
Columbia.
September 10, 1992.
41. Assessment
at Courtside of a Squash Player with an Eye Injury:
Can He/She
Return to Play? International Squash Racquets Federation,
Annual Meeting,
Vancouver, British Columbia. September 10, 1992.
42. Prevention
of Eye Injuries in Badminton. Ontario Badminton Association.
High Performance Christmas Camp. Granite Club, Toronto.
December 21, 1992.
43. Eye Injuries
in Badminton. Ontario Badminton Association Meeting,
Alliston, Ontario. January 16, 1993.
44. Prevention
of Eye Injuries in Racquet Sports. Muskoka Badminton
Association, Bracebridge, Ontario. January 11, 1995.
45. Emergency
Treatment of Athletic Eye Injuries. Royal St. George's
College,
Toronto, Ontario. February 8, 1995.
46. Prevention
of Eye Injuries in Sport. Royal St. George's College,
Toronto,
Ontario. February 8, 1995.
47. Refractory
Surgery and the Athlete. Royal St. George's College,
Toronto,
Ontario. February 8, 1995.
48. Mandatory
Eye Protection for European Squash Players. European
Squash
Association, Dublin, Ireland. November 11, 1996.
49. Mandatory
Eye Protection for Juniors in Squash. European Squash
Federation Annual Meeting, Odense, Denmark. April 26,
1997.
50. The Importance
of Making Eye Guards Mandatory for Junior Squash
Players in Europe; Canadian Experiences and Recommendations.
Annual
Meeting European Squash Federation, Bilund, Denmark.
April 26, 1997.
51. Parasites,
Worms and Small Animals on the Eyelid; Interview with
Dr. R.
Buckman, Discovery Channel. Human Wildlife, April 6,
2002.
52. Blindsided.
Assist. J. Manzer, Ophthalmology Prism: Eyes, Spring,
2003.
53. What you should ask your ophthalmologist about monitoring patients on anti – malarials. Lupus Canada, Annual General Meeting and Clinical Update, Markham, Ontario. April 21, 2012.
54. Lasik, dryness and cataracts in Lupus patients. Lupus Canada, Annual General Meeting and Clinical Update, Markham, Ontario. April 21, 2012.
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