DNB

M.N Eye Hospital has been successfully conducting the DNB programme more than 8 years and it has successfully trained many postgraduates of whom are now famous and established eye surgeons throughout India.

Features of DNB programme:

Clinical

This forms the first and foremost part of the training. It deals with training the candidate to see and examine the patients in the OPD. Initially an induction programme takes place where the candidates are taught basics such as refraction and then followed by slit lamp examinations. Each candidate is posted with consultants in the opd where they learn complete clinical workups. Indirect ophthalmoscopy, iop measurement, gonioscopy and handling all ophthalmic instruments is taught to post graduates.

Classes

The classes are taken on case presentation, lectures thrice a week and continous medical education programme once a week. Attendance is absolutely compulsory for all the classes. Presence of Less than 80%attendance of postgraduates and a poor academic record will lead to withholding of completion certificates.

Tests and examinations

At the end of the first year, the postgraduates undergo an internal examination on basics of ophthalmology: anatomy, physiology, optics of the eye. There are written and oral tests conducted with marks at the end of lectures on each topic being taught in class. Appraisal of log book and attendance is carried out every 3 months. Once in 6 months, DNB sends an external for appraisal of candidates wherein as per DNB guidelines, candidates are assessed in practicles as well as written examinations.

Logbook

Each candidate is given a log book for recording their interesting clinical cases seen, cases discussed, presented, surgeries done and minor procedures done. Proper maintenance of log books is a must for all candidates.

Surgical expertise

Surgical training is started once the candidate becomes well versed with handling all kinds of clinical cases right from examinations to treatments. The candidates are posted in the operating room on a rotation basis and at these postings each candidate is exposed to step wise presurgical and surgical workup.

This is then followed by stepwise surgical exposure under supervision of expert consultant surgeons. Only when the candidate is found to be well versed in all the surgical steps are they given independent surgeries. The surgeries decided upon the aptitude of the candidate and the surgical hands of the candidate. At the end of the training each candidate is well equipped with all the basic ophthalmic surgeries.