EGS-Accredited Training Centres for a Glaucoma Fellowship: Requirements

1. Teaching centres

1.1. Mandatory requirements

Academic teaching and training centre or affiliated centre with recognised national capacity for teaching and training in the field of glaucoma
Adequate number of glaucoma patients (approximately 50 per week) to allow teaching and training of the fellow as required in the EGS fellowship syllabus
Equipment fulfilling the needs of the EGS glaucoma syllabus for diagnosis, therapy and follow-up of patients with glaucoma (EGS fellowship syllabus)
Surgical equipment fulfilling the needs of the EGS glaucoma syllabus cataract and glaucoma surgery (EGS fellowship syllabus)
A full-time presence or shared part-time presence of a glaucoma supervisor ensuring a daily supervision of the trainee
Medical and paramedical staff trained in the field of glaucoma
Administrative staff able to assist the trainee in all administrative tasks
Medical library or electronical free access to ophthalmological literature and literature focused on glaucoma
Exposure to internal and external teaching sessions, meetings, congresses
Medical protection (insurance cover) for any clinical activity (medical and surgical)

1.2. Recommended requirements

Wet lab facilities or surgical simulator for surgical training
For the clinical fellowship (as defined by the EGS fellowship definition paper) there should be an opportunity to allow supervised clinical research that would take no more than 20% of the fellow’s clinical activity time
For the research fellowship (as defined by the EGS fellowship definition paper) there should be an opportunity to allow supervised clinical activity of no more than 20% of the fellow’s research activity.

2. Fellowship program director (s) / supervisor (s)

2.1. Mandatory requirements

Full time or shared part time presence of fellowship program director (s)/ supervisor (s)
Nationally and internationally acknowledged specialist (s) in the field of glaucoma
A minimum of 10 years’ experience in glaucoma management since his/her glaucoma fellowship or an equivalent subspecialty training in the field of glaucoma
Activity in clinical and/or basic research
Experience and dedication to teaching
Active daily supervision of the fellow by one or several glaucoma specialists /trainers
Active support in clinical or basic research projects
Attendance of the fellow at departmental scheduled programs, such as ward rounds, teaching sessions, journal club
Evaluation of the fellow (EGS evaluation grid and logbook) every three months during an appraisal meeting which includes written feedback
At the end of the training period the trainer provides a final evaluation as well as a recommendation letter

3. Evaluation of the candidate

3.1. Self – evaluation by the fellow

A monthly self - evaluation by means of the EGS fellowship timetable template and logbook is highly recommended (EGS evaluation grid and logbook)

3.2. Evaluation by the trainer

An evaluation is conducted by the trainer every three months during an open discussion with the fellow. The conclusions of this appraisal are documented in the logbook, signed and dated by both trainer and fellow
At the end of the fellowship, the fellow as well as the trainer independently fill in the EGS evaluation grid and logbook (EGS evaluation grid and logbook)
In case of an insufficient and unsatisfactory evaluation outcome, the program director has to advise the fellow without delay
At the end of the training period the trainer provides a final evaluation (EGS evaluation grid and logbook) as well as a recommendation letter
There is no formal examination at the end of the fellowship