Vasanthi Iyer
Vasanthi Iyer is physician M+G and since 2011 institute trainer with the Education & Profession team within the Child Health expertise group. In addition to training and coaching the new batch of junior doctors KNMG, Vasanthi deals with issues such as academization of the training and the quality cycle in accordance with the rules of the RGS (Registration Committee for Medical Specialists). She is also concerned with making connections between research, education, policy and practice in the field of youth within and outside TNO. Main themes are: youth, training, quality, lifestyle and prevention strategies.
Research area
- As a member of the Education team, Vasanthi enthuses budding young junior doctors. Read here for more about the training.
- She advises the Training and Education Committee of the AJN (AJN Jeugdartsen Nederland).
- As liaison with the RGS, recognition of TNO as a training institute is an important task.
- In addition, in 2018 she was appointed AJN Ambassador Visus InZicht
- She is also leader of the network Zicht op Buiten.
- In November 2023, the network became the winner of the Flora van Laar Prize. Vasanthi accepted the award.
Recent publications
2024
More and more children with eye problems, hospital waiting lists grow: too much screen time. Rietkerk, E. More and more young children are developing eye problems. As a result, it also takes longer and longer for them to get to the hospital. Youth physician Vasanthi Iyer and orthoptists are sounding the alarm.
2023
- Prevention issue of lobbying and long term commitment. Linders, M.
- Vasanthi Iyer: 'Two hours a day of outdoor play keeps children's eyes healthy'. Engbers, S.
2022
- Vision disorders in preterm-born children and the additional role of screen time. Iyer, V. Kroon, M.L.A. de, Klaver, C.C.W., Reijneveld,S.A.
- Rates of spectacle wear in early childhood in the Netherlands. Iyer, V., Enthoven, C.A., Dommelen, P. van, Samkar, A. van, Groenewoud, J.H., Jaddoe, V.V.W., Reijneveld, S.A., Klaver, C.C.W.
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