Aravind Eye Hospital is the largest eye care service provider in the world. Apart from the volume of eye care service delivery, it has a strong commitment towards ophthalmi
teaching and clinical research. Experienced faculty members trained abroad in their own subspecialities in Retina and Vitreous, Cornea, Glaucoma, Uvea, Orbit and Oculoplastics, Squint and Paediatric Ophthalmology head the respective clinics and teach and train the residents on the clinical aspects and applied research methodology with the help of modern information technology systems. The residents are strongly encouraged to participate in various symposium and class discussions and to present papers at State and National level conferences. They are also trained and encouraged to publish relevant clinical material in the national and international journals. Apart from the regular training programme, the residents benefit from constant interaction with a host of international faculty who come to share their experiences at regular intervals. This institute offers opportunities to the residents on par with the leading world institutes in Ophthalmology.

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Magnitude of blindness, Workload, unmet need, Barriers to surgery, IEC, Counselling, Social marketing, Anatomy of eye and common eye diseases, Case selection criteria, DBCS, Strategy development, Identifying the partners in the community, Health education and marketing / publicity tools, Aravind community outreach model, Planning & organising community outreach programmes, Community outreach programmes, Networking, Communication.

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Considering the burden of increasing blindness, the new initiative, Vision 2020 aims to dramatically increase the volume, quality, and sustainability of eye care services throughout the world. A major challenge is the need to rapidly expand the eye care program in a cost-effective manner recognizing that the resources would be limited. For this program management expertise is very essential to make best use of available resources and serve the unmet need. This was reiterated during the South East Asia Regional workshop in September 1999 on Vision 2020.

The objective of this training is to enable the participants to acquire knowledge, skills and attitude to become effective in the eye care programme management. The aim of this course is to help the candidates:

* Learn to assess the magnitude of the problem and its implications
* Understand the gaps in service levels and issues relating to requirement and actual availability of resources
* Understand factors and challenges specific to eye care in programme development
* Internalize the core concepts and strategies in the design and delivery eye care services.
* Gain knowledge and skills on planning and prioritising for the eye care programmes and services including evidence based decision making
* Develop an understanding of various monitoring and evaluation methods/processes
* Gain knowledge and skills on grant monitoring and financial management
* Learn about managing change and solving problems
* Appreciate the role of networking and alliances for a greater impact

We are partnering with more than 200 hospitals through teaching, training and consultancy. Requests have been coming from partners in all parts of the world to either supply managers or to take charge of the administration. We have also recently decided to take on management of hospitals with a hospital at Amethi being the first experiment. This external opportunity has a great growth potential. There is need to have trained management professionals who can independently manage and run an eye hospital along the lines of Aravind.
The training for the fellows has been designed in such a way to provide structured inputs on the clinical, management and community aspects of eye care; to develop the managerial skills and capacities; to have interaction and networking with experts in the field of health management and eye care; interaction with community organizations & INGO’s and so on. On the job training would be given in all the administrative and clinical areas (including the sub-specialty areas) of the system. During the training period the Fellows are placed in several challenging positions within the Aravind system and in several partner hospitals around the country.
These Fellows, on completion of the training, will be employed by us as Managers.
For those managing clinical areas, their primary responsibilities will be:
* Increasing the patient load
* Managing the increased patient flow
* Reducing waiting time
* Ensuring high patient satisfaction
* Helping the senior personnel in the ongoing activities like training programs, project management, research projects
* Day to day operations management
* Generating Statistical information for decision making and planning.