The aim of this study is to overview the features of the most comprehensive ophthalmology pre-clerkship training programs in the British Colombia medical school undergraduate medical education. The main question focuses on the basic elements of the curriculum in terms of recommendations for pre-clerkship undergraduate medical education program by AMMC.

Information related to the pre-clerkship ophthalmology programs of ten medical schools are extracted in the Natural Language Processing (NLP) and projected against The principles of pre-clerkship skills education.

Competency goals & skill objectives are very comprehensive and highly specified. The competency goals and skill objectives that should be attained by the 4 week ophthalmology rotation students are delicately categorized in to general, essential and desirable objectives in the British Colombia 3rd and 4th year undergraduate medical school program. The essential and desirable objectives are further specified by both knowledge and skill items. To be able to recognize the symptoms and signs of the following eye emergencies, to perform initial therapy appropriate to their ability and know when to refer are further emphasized.Learning Opportunities: To see some sub-specialties of Ophthalmology, the use of diagnostic instruments and ophthalmic surgery are the learning opportunities that almost all medical schools pretend to provide in their program. It is strongly recommended that the students familiarize themselves with the very basics of evaluating an ophthalmic patient including pertinent history and examination as taught in the third year small group teaching sessions. These skills will be reviewed in an orientation session.

The most guiding principles are to teach medical students sufficient ophthalmology, to enable recognition of common eye complaints and their etiology as well as recognition of less common but life or sight threatening emergencies presenting as eye findings a set of principles that should inform the creation and implementation of the clerkship curriculum under study and well matches with the principles of pre-clerkship skills education.