Start Here: A New Reader's Guide to RPC Rounds

RPC Rounds has grown into a genuinely large resource — over 100 articles across a dozen subspecialty categories, plus a whole high-yield exam-format section. If you just found this blog, here's the fastest way to get oriented rather than getting lost scrolling through everything.

Who this blog is for

RPC Rounds is written for ophthalmology residents, fellows, and colleagues — not patients. Every article assumes clinical background and aims to be genuinely useful at the bedside or before an exam, not a simplified patient explainer. If you're a patient looking for care information instead, visit our Eye Department page.

The fastest way to find anything: use the search icon

Look for the small search icon (top-right of every page, or near the bottom on mobile). Type any topic, sign, or classification you're looking for — it searches across every article on the blog instantly, without needing to know which category it's filed under.

If you have 10 minutes: five genuinely high-yield reads

These were picked specifically because they correct common misconceptions or cover material that's easy to get wrong in exams and in practice:

• Anisocoria: A Practical Workup — the light-vs-dark localization trick that makes the whole topic click
• Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy — the classification system examiners love to test, explained cleanly
• Giant Cell Arteritis — the emergency you genuinely cannot afford to miss
• Dendrites & Pseudo-dendrites — the differential that trips up even experienced residents
• Triads in Ophthalmology — classic three-part associations, the kind vivas are built around

Building a foundation: one starting article per subspecialty

If you'd rather work through the blog systematically, here's one representative article from each major category — read these first, then explore the rest of that category's hub page for more depth:

Specifically preparing for an exam?

Head straight to the Ophthalmology Explorer section — it's built entirely in a rapid-recall format designed for exam prep: Most Commons, Classifications, Diagnostic Criteria, Gradings, Triads, and Confusers (the pairs of conditions everyone mixes up). This section is worth bookmarking on its own.

Want it in print, not just online?

If you prefer studying from a physical or downloadable format, Dr. Dhaval Patel's exam-prep books cover much of the same high-yield material in structured book form — including the "I-Notes" series organized by subspecialty.

A quick note on how current this content is

Every clinical article on this blog is written and cited against current evidence, not recycled textbook material — many pages explicitly flag where current practice has moved on from older teaching (look for the "Last updated" note near the top of articles). If you spot something that's changed since, or a topic you'd like covered, reach out — this blog keeps growing based on what residents actually find useful.