This special issue edited by Guest Editors Drs. Karl Golnik, Dan Liang and Dangying Zheng （Figure 1）, comprehensively addresses many of principles and changes that have occurred over the past couple of decades. The intent of all of the educational principles, techniques and assessments described in this special issue of the Annals of Eye Science is to produce better ophthalmologists and ultimately better patient care. We hope they could benefit the teaching and training of young surgeons all over the world, even patients.
Best practices in ophthalmic education
Diversity and more investment needed in Chinese medical education
A comparison of ophthalmic education in China and America
The good doctor: more than medical knowledge & surgical skill
The importance and patterns for humanities education of Chinese ophthalmology residency
A fundamental (often neglected) lecture skill: presenting with credibility
The fallacy of the traditional classroom: why we need to flip the classroom
Flipped classroom approach to ophthalmology clerkship courses for Chinese students of eight-year program
Teaching in the operating room: trends in surgical skills transfer in ophthalmology
Principles of assessment and effective feedback
Workplace-based assessments
Program & faculty evaluation
Program accreditation
Continuing professional development: progress beyond continuing medical education
Disclosure:
The series “Medical Education for Ophthalmology Training” was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Eye Science without any sponsorship or funding. Karl Golnik, Dan Liang and Dangying Zheng served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the series.