The Best Retina Practice “10-year of dream” Department of Ophthalmology Prince of Songkla University.

The Best Retina Practice“10-year of dream”

Department of OphthalmologyPrince of Songkla University

Background

Retina diseases

medical cases surgical cases

investigations instruments

Treatments surgery

(laser,PDT)

3 steps to the dream

standard retina unit

Retina excellent service

Retina excellent center

standard retina unit (start 1998)established the unit, standard investigations & treatments

1998

Established unit

2000

first well-trained retina

specialist

2001

Introduced digital fundus camera

and FA

2002-2003

Introduced modern vitrectomy

machines

2003

First international publication

with impact factor

Set up retina special clinic

and FFA clinic

first well-trained retina

specialist

Introduced digital fundus camera

and FFA

Retina excellent service set up new treatments, high standard surgery

2003

Introduced new Tx : PDT

2004

Complicated surgery

Retina excellent center plan

Retina excellent center plan(since 2004, revised 2006 & 2008)

• Start the formal plan since 2004 now• To be the center and leader of the region country• 4 parts

1. excellent service

2. excellent training

3. excellent research

4. excellent education and meeting

Excellent Service

• Teams (staff, nurses, assistants, etc)• Facilities - clinic and better surgery - equipments (FFA, ICG, OCT, ERG,….) - LAN system in all rooms• Refer assistant

KPI; patients increase 10%/ year √ patient satisfaction √ success rate in RRD (difficult cases) √ waiting list decrease ? x

angiography

Optical coherence tomography

electroretinography

OR

LAN system

Excellent training

• Fellowship program (start 2004)

4 new retina specialists ; already trained• Resident teaching retina club, conference, exam, etc

KPI; resident and fellow pass the exam √

Excellent research

• Research club• R to R, upgrade the facilities for excellent data• LAN system, data collection• 2 research assistants and assistant system • Research plan department plan • Fellow research, yearly reported

KPI; published researches 1-2 /year √ international researches 1/year √

Excellent education and meeting

• Educational meeting for general ophthalmologist

in the south• Special retina meeting

KPI; general meeting 1 time/year √

retina meeting 1 time/year √

“ we have come a long way but we have a long way to go”

thank you