Welcome to the inaugural issue of Clinical Insights in Eyecare. The American Academy of Optometry is excited to provide this new platform to receive practical information, useful in everyday clinical practice, through a case report format.
Our Sections and Special Interest Groups (SIGs) will be instrumental in composing and responding to practice controversies. This month highlights a point-counterpoint discussion from the Glaucoma Section addressing management of angle-closure glaucoma.
Each month’s publication will also feature “journal scans,” in synopsis-style reporting, from journal articles in the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s flagship journal, Ophthalmology, and their subspecialty journals. These journals are not open access, so we are pleased to be able to provide this feature within each of our issues.
A special thank you to our topical editors, reviewers, and especially our writers/authors for their many contributions. There are several individuals and groups to thank for their support in launching this first issue. Our Academy Board Liaison Andrew Mick, Academy President Sue Cotter, emeritus OVS Editor-in-Chief Michael Twa, staff managing editor Kayla Ritten, Academy CEO Trish Shomion, Academy staff members Betty Taylor, Rich Jones, and Ian Mitchell, our publisher Scholastica, and our copyeditor J&J Editorial were all collectively instrumental by offering their expertise and guidance.
Please consider submitting a case report for future issues of the journal (https://clinicalinsightsineyecare.scholasticahq.com/for-authors). Because our emphasis is on case reports, we will publish original, previously unpublished case reports and series that are highly relevant to clinical eyecare. The case report should highlight a diagnostic dilemma, an application of clinical technology, and/or treatment effects/considerations. Please remember, case reports do not have to highlight rare events. Your submission might describe a clinical entity that is seen periodically in most clinics, but the current understanding of the pathophysiology, the diagnostic thought process, the evidence-based treatment options, and the clinical trials that help to define standards of care are not universally known in our community.
We look forward to offering our readers these clinical updates and hope to hear your comments on how we might improve with each issue.
We hope you enjoy the first issue!
Joseph P. Shovlin, OD, FAAO
Editor-in-Chief
Raman Bhakhri, OD, FAAO
Associate Editor