ACVO William Magrane Basic Science Course 2023 Registration Open!

 
 


17th ACVO William Magrane Basic Science Course in Veterinary and Comparative Ophthalmology

The Basic Science Committee is excited to announce that registration IS OPEN for the 2023 course!

This year, the Basic Science Course will again be offered as a series of online lectures and discussions following the same general format used in 2020 and 2021. It will run for approximately 8 weeks and comprise three consecutive parts.  First, pre-recorded (“asynchronous”) lectures and notes will be available for preview for about 3 weeks.  This will be followed by an approximately 3-week period of live (“synchronous”) online discussions, online image recognition sessions (“slide rounds”), and online social events. Finally, all materials (including recordings of the lectures, online discussions, and image recognition sessions) will remain available for review for approximately 2 weeks.

Tentative dates for these 3 periods are as follows:

  • Asynchronous Preview Period: Friday May 12th through Sunday June 4th, 2023

  • Synchronous Live Sessions: Monday June 5th through Sunday June 25th, 2023

  • Asynchronous Review Period: Monday June 26th through Monday July 10th, 2023

This format provides each attendee maximum flexibility in the way they learn. Over the 8 weeks, you can watch all recorded lectures and discussions as many times as you wish – and on your own schedule.  In addition, you can log-in live to any discussion sessions to hear new and additional material and to have your questions answered by the course speakers. Plus, you can participate in live image recognition sessions (slide rounds) or watch them on delay.

Because this course attracts attendees from almost every major time zone around the globe, live discussions are scheduled at times suitable for as many attendees as possible. But, if you are unable to attend any sessions live, recall that they are all recorded and available for you to view at your convenience until the end of the course. To avoid confusion regarding time zones, the course uses Universal “Zulu” Time (UTC).  For a converter from UTC to your local time zone click here.

At this stage, the live discussions and slide rounds are planned for two typical time periods (sometime between 13:00h and 16:00h UTC and sometime between 19:00h and 24:00h UTC) Monday through Saturday from June 5-25th, 2023. During the first week (May 12-19th, 2023), an Orientation/Welcome session will be held twice (at similar times as to the live discussions) so as to familiarize attendees with the online systems prior to the main 3 weeks of synchronous discussions. Attendees need attend only one of these two identical sessions. A complete draft syllabus will be released ASAP.

Course information, announcements, and history can be found on the new ACVO Basic Science website, ACVOBasicScience.org.

Teresa Black