Training of Eye Bank Professionals
Human Resources are a major concern in most developing countries in the global effort to
combat blindness.
The RIEB aspires to the highest standards of international eye banking. They
can be achieved only by providing rigorous training to personnel in every sphere of eye banking activity. To this end, the RIEB offers certification courses to
different cadres of eye bank personnel. At the RIEB training centre, eye bank professionals from India and other countries are educated in planning of eye
banking services, policy making in eye banking and eye banking techniques. The eye bank conducts workshops periodically to update eye bank professionals in the
basics, and advances made, in eye banking. The RIEB also undertakes research pertaining to donor cornea storage and donor cornea decontamination.
In collaboration with ORBIS International, USA, and EyeSight International,
Canada, the RIEB has establishes an International Training and Resource Centre for Eye Banking. The centre offers training in the following programs:
Please contact RIEB for prospectus and application forms at:
3061 2514/3061 2345, 2354 8266
Email : rieb@lvpei.org
RIEB also conducts the Indian Eye Banking
Education Programme (IEBEP) workshops once in 2 years to educate eye bankers in the basics and upgrades in eye banking.
Application
Information
Training slots available
Eye Bank technicians (3 months training - 3 slots per quarter)
December 2005 to February 2006 - 3 slots filled (One from EBSR to be confirmed)
March to May 2006 - 3 slots filled
June to August 2006 - 3 slots filled
Eye Donation Counsellor (1 month training - 2 slots per month)
2 slots per month available from April 2006 to August 2006
Observers - One week program
April 2006 - 1 slot filled, 1 slot vacant
2 slots per month available from May 2006 to August 2006
Managers - One week program
2 slots per month available from April 2006 to August 2006
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