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Insights Into Eye Care Practice During COVID-19

Educational Objective
To understand how COVID-19 is affecting Eye Care Practices

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JAMA Ophthalmology

Published Online: August 5, 2020

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Article Information and Disclosures

Angela R. Elam, MD¹;

Joshua R. Ehrlich, MD, MPH¹;

Paul Lee, MD, JD¹

Author Affiliations

¹Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, WK Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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2020 Started as a year of celebration for the tremendous advances in ophthalmology that would make the promise of 20/20 visual acuity a reality for more people worldwide. Yet, our conventional perspectives have changed owing to changes following the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on societies around the world, its disparate outcomes in Black and older individuals in the US, and the changes in eye care practices that were associated with steps designed to control the spread of the virus.

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Article Information

Corresponding Author: Paul Lee, MD, JD, University of Michigan, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, 1000 Wall St, Room 8055A, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 (pleemd@med.umich.edu).

Published Online: August 5, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2020.3244

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Lee reports serving on the advisory board of Hoskins Center for Safety and Quality and the American Academy of Ophthalmology Foundation. No other disclosures were reported.

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Credit Designation Statement: The American Medical Association designates this Journal-based CME activity activity for a maximum of 1.00  AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to:

1.00 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;;
1.00 Self-Assessment points in the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery’s (ABOHNS) Continuing Certification program;
1.00 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;
1.00 Lifelong Learning points in the American Board of Pathology’s (ABPath) Continuing Certification program; and
1.00 CME points in the American Board of Surgery’s (ABS) Continuing Certification program

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