Re: McCannel: Simulation surgical teaching in ophthalmology (Ophthalmology 2015;122:2371-2)

Simulation Surgical Teaching in Ophthalmology.

“Practice makes perfect” is an age-old idiom few can disagree with. Yet in ophthalmic surgical teaching, practice has not had the emphasis it has in other motor skillebased disciplines. Even a well-stocked wet laboratory likely does not have a large quantity of eyes available for practicing, limiting robustness of skill development that could be achieved by frequent repetition. The commonly use...

Surgical confusions in ophthalmology.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the hypothesis that surgical confusions rarely occur but are unacceptable to the public; occur in predictable circumstances; involve a wrong lens implant more often than a wrong eye, procedure, or patient; and can be prevented using the Universal Protocol. METHODS A retrospective series of 106 cases, including 42 from the Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance Company and 64 fro...

[Simulation training in ophthalmology].

BACKGROUND Simulation in medicine is an indispensable tool to improve doctors' responses to different situations, enhancing their performance. However, simulation in ophthalmology is a very recent trend, mainly because of the high complexity of developing newer teaching tools, with the need for highly realistic models, mostly in surgical ophthalmic simulation. DISCUSSION The whole development...

[Simulation in ophthalmology].

CLINICAL CASES Four cases of patients simulating eye problems are reported. The patients included: an adopted 9 year-old girl complaining of bilateral visual loss, a 10 year-old girl with school and family problems complaining of decreased visual acuity, a 22 year-old female mentioning unilateral visual loss after a car accident, and a 30 year-old female complaining of decreased visual acuity a...

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