Intensive cataract training: a novel approach.
Eye (Lond)
; 27(6): 742-6, 2013 Jun.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23598673
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To evaluate the safety of an intensive cataract surgery training programme.METHODS:
An intensive cataract surgery training programme was implemented in August 2010 for year 3 ophthalmology trainees in the East Midlands Deanery North Rotation (United Kingdom). Trainees participated in extra-ocular surgery and 50 h of virtual reality cataract surgery simulator training over a 2-year period. Their third year comprised 6 months of intensive phacoemulsification training in a tertiary centre followed by a 6-month period of consolidation in a district general hospital. The complication rates and case numbers were evaluated after the first 2 years of implementation.RESULTS:
At 2 years, three trainees had completed a full year of intensive training. In the first 6 months of training, Trainee 1 completed 156 cases, Trainee 2 completed 194 cases, and Trainee 3 completed 151 full cases as primary surgeons with an average rate of posterior capsule rupture (PCR) of 1%. At 12 months, Trainee 1 completed 291, Trainee 2 completed 318, and Trainee 3 completed 294 cases, with an average PCR rate of 0.66%. The trainees required 84 lists on average to complete 150 full cataract procedures.CONCLUSION:
The combination of simulation and the new intensive training programme is safer than the traditional programme for cataract surgery training.
Full text:
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Cataract Extraction
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Education, Medical, Continuing
Type of study:
Evaluation_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
En
Journal:
Eye (Lond)
Journal subject:
OFTALMOLOGIA
Year:
2013
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United kingdom
Publication country:
ENGLAND
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ESCOCIA
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GB
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GREAT BRITAIN
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INGLATERRA
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REINO UNIDO
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SCOTLAND
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UK
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UNITED KINGDOM