The short term course allows the trainee to perform operations on about 20 eyes, under the supervision and guidance of the clinic surgeons over a period of 10 days. The trainee will learn incision architecture, capsulorhexis, hydisssection and hydro dileaneation, nucleus sculpting and division, various phaco techniques, cortical cleanup, as well as lens implantation. While the trainee will perform the surgery, the experienced consultant and teacher will be on hand to guide the trainee at each step, and to take over surgery if there is a likelihood of a problem. Each procedure will be taped, and the tape reviewed along with the experienced surgeon. If there is a perceived need, didactic lectures will also be taken every evening. |
This will be similar to the short term course, except that the number of eyes that the trainee will get to operate on will be 60, of which 20 will be unsupervised (in case the senior consultant is satisfied). At the end of this course, it is expected that the trainee will master the technique of phacoemulsification, and will be in a position to do surgery independently. |
