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EW SHOW DAILY 40 well suited to younger clinicians who are comfortable in the digital world." "As new technologies emerge, physicians and educators need the freedom and encouragement to develop new learning methods," Dr. McMahon wrote. This is exactly what EyeWorld's 365 Curriculum, accessible free of charge for ASCRS members and non- members alike, is doing. "Through the 365 Curriculum's comprehensive, step-wise approach, we can affect actual, real change," said Bonnie An Henderson, MD, clinical professor of ophthalmology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston. "In this era, it is so easy to tailor your education to your individual needs," she said. "You don't have to just take what's pushed out to you anymore. You can design it to be what you want." Dr. Henderson said the 365 Curriculum is designed to encourage more efficient learning that is not "one size fits all." "You can get what you need to improve your practice. This is EyeWorld's first step toward that, but there will be more to come as we learn and technology improves," she said. EW Reference McMahon, GT. What do I need to learn today – The evolution of CME. N Engl J Med. 2016; 374:1403–1406. by Liz Hillman EyeWorld Staff Writer Q&As with experts, CME mono- graph activities, online CME devel- oped from live events, and more. The launch of this program and online portal comes at a time when Graham McMahon, MD, an endocrinologist and president of the Accreditation Council for Continu- ing Medication Education, called for changes in educational design to better serve physicians seeking professional development. 1 "Physicians seeking professional development can recognize when they're actively learning and tend to embrace activities that allow them to do so," Dr. McMahon wrote in a recently published Perspective for the New England Journal of Medi- cine. "Education that's inadequate, inefficient, or ineffective, particular- ly when participation is driven by mandates, irritates physicians who are forced to revert to 'box-checking' behavior that's antithetical to dura- ble, useful learning." Dr. McMahon went on to say that physicians can find professional development more fulfilling if they are aware of their own strengths and weaknesses. Those creating materials for these learners, he wrote, have an opportunity to better address their needs. One of the ways Dr. McMahon encouraged the latter is to continue making live events more interactive for attendees. He also advocated for "learner-controlled training," which he wrote "accommodates diverse learning styles and is particularly "ASCRS is delighted to be the accredited provider for this new program," said Laura Johnson, ASCRS director of continuing medical education (CME). CME credit will be available for many of the offerings within each of the curriculum. Topics the program will cover thus far include laser-assisted cat- aract surgery supported by educa- tional grants from Abbott Medical Optics (Abbott Park, Illinois) and Alcon (Fort Worth, Texas); presby- opia correction supported by Abbott Medical Optics, AcuFocus (Irvine, California), and Alcon; and ocular surface disease (OSD) supported by Shire Pharmaceuticals (Lexington, Massachusetts), Allergan (Dublin), Alcon, TearLab (San Diego), and TearScience (Morrisville, North Carolina). Core objectives for learners choosing to review the curriculum associated with OSD, for example, include learning how a dysfunction- al ocular surface can affect cataract and refractive outcomes; discussion of symptomatic and asymptomatic OSD; new OSD diagnostic tools, the objective evidence regarding their use, and how to incorporate them into practice; how to improve pro- tocols for screening, diagnosis, and classification of OSD; and the pros and cons of different OSD therapies and treatments. The yearlong courses will in- clude live programming, webinars, video interviews, participant-driven 365 Curriculum takes continuing education into the 21st century with tailored features E yeWorld is excited to launch an interactive education- al program and online portal—365 Curriculum— designed to help close professional practice gaps and fill in clinical education in a personalized format tailored to each clinician's learning goals. Rolling out this month, the new 365 Curriculum program will feature a yearlong curriculum in different clinical and surgical topics with educational materials offered in several modalities, including live programming at national and local meetings, which will be recorded and uploaded to the online portal; written monographs; and other on- line resources accessible on demand. "Each year, ASCRS identifies priority educational needs through professional practice gap analysis from data collected from the ASCRS Clinical Surveys," said Don Long, publisher of EyeWorld. While EyeWorld, with the support of educational grants, has hosted many singular events over the years to address some of these gaps, Mr. Long said the organization felt the next step was to put together a comprehensive course of study to focus on eliminating these practice gaps over a year. Each activity with- in the curriculum provides in-depth coverage on a facet of a broader topic, building on the education throughout the year and allowing physicians to participate in activities that best address their educational needs. Physicians are encouraged to complete the full curriculum, but others may find it most efficient to tailor their learning experience. ASCRS News Today Saturday, May 7, 2016 EyeWorld to launch online portal for customizable learning and professional development 365 Curriculum