AI Article Synopsis
- The availability of ophthalmologists is crucial for making eye care accessible to all.
- China reduced medical education and residency training for ophthalmologists to meet high demand, a strategy the Philippines might consider.
- However, the reduction in training duration and lack of proper monitoring in China led to negative consequences for eye care services.
Article Abstract
The availability of ophthalmologists is vital to making eyecare accessible to everyone. Medical education and ophthalmology residency training in China was reduced to address the high demand for ophthalmologists. This is something the Philippines can consider to increase the number of ophthalmologists in the country. However, decreasing the duration, together with insufficient monitoring of medical education and ophthalmology residency training, were not without consequences in eyecare in China.
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