Active e-learning in ophthalmology through live webinars: back to the theatre

Mario R Romano^{1

2}, Mariantonia Ferrara³, Carlos Rocha-de-Lossada⁴, Martina Angi⁵, Andrea Govetto^{6

7}, Rodolfo Mastropasqua⁸, Vito Romano^{9

10}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milano, Italy. mario.romano.md@gmail.com.
² Eye Centre, Humanitas Gavazzeni-Castelli, Bergamo, Italy. mario.romano.md@gmail.com.
³ Newcastle Eye Centre, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
⁴ Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
⁵ Ocular Oncology Service, Melanoma and Sarcoma Unit, Department of Surgery, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy.
⁶ Bristol Eye Hospital, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK.
⁷ Fatebenefratelli-Oftalmico Hospital, ASST-Fatebenefratelli-Sacco, Milan, Italy.
⁸ Department of Surgery, Medicine and Dentistry, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
⁹ Department of Corneal and External Eye Diseases, St Paul's Eye Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
¹⁰ Department of Eye and Vision Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.

Comment

Mario R Romano et al. Eye (Lond). 2021 Nov.

. 2021 Nov;35(11):3159-3160.

doi: 10.1038/s41433-020-01239-6. Epub 2020 Oct 28.

Mario R Romano^{1

2}, Mariantonia Ferrara³, Carlos Rocha-de-Lossada⁴, Martina Angi⁵, Andrea Govetto^{6

7}, Rodolfo Mastropasqua⁸, Vito Romano^{9

10}

¹ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milano, Italy. mario.romano.md@gmail.com.
² Eye Centre, Humanitas Gavazzeni-Castelli, Bergamo, Italy. mario.romano.md@gmail.com.
³ Newcastle Eye Centre, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
⁴ Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
⁵ Ocular Oncology Service, Melanoma and Sarcoma Unit, Department of Surgery, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy.
⁶ Bristol Eye Hospital, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK.
⁷ Fatebenefratelli-Oftalmico Hospital, ASST-Fatebenefratelli-Sacco, Milan, Italy.
⁸ Department of Surgery, Medicine and Dentistry, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
⁹ Department of Corneal and External Eye Diseases, St Paul's Eye Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
¹⁰ Department of Eye and Vision Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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