PURPOSE To verify Ophthalmology resident's and supervisor's perceptions regarding learning and teaching strabismus surgery. DESIGN Descriptive Study. METHODS SUBJECTS 1(st) and 2(nd) year residents. Each resident studied the standard strabismus surgery technique on a CD-ROM, then performed a rabbit rectus muscle recession and a strabismus surgery on a patient. A structured questionnaire ...

PURPOSE To determine the incidence of and risk factors for posterior capsule rupture and vitreous loss during phacoemulsification performed by ophthalmology residents. SETTING Academic ophthalmology resident training center, Tehran, Iran. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. METHODS This study included patients who had phacoemulsification by ophthalmology residents from August 2010 to August 201...

In recent months a debate has arisen among Spanish ophthalmologists about reducing the number of ophthalmology residents in Spain. It is difficult to give a straight answer, but the aim of this editorial is to contribute some information to the debate and shed some light in the search for an answer. The working environment of our specialty has changed dramatically in recent years. Five or six y...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to identify differences in ophthalmology resident candidates and practicing ophthalmologists' career perceptions. A secondary aim was to evaluate specific demographic factors (e.g., gender, ethnicity, career interests, etc.) among residency candidates regarding their career perceptions. METHODS A survey instrument (Critical factors in Career Perception...

Since their introduction over a decade ago, virtual reality (VR) simulators have grown in use at many graduate medical education (GME) programs.1 Simulation-based training in ophthalmic surgery is no exception. In 2015, 78 percent of United States (US) ophthalmic GME programs had access to virtual eye surgery training.2 However, the paucity of published VR curricula has precluded the systematic...

PURPOSE To report the rate of flap-related complications in LASIK surgery performed by in-training ophthalmology residents and to analyze the risk factors for these complications. METHODS We analyzed 273 flap dissections in 145 patients from March 2013 to February 2014. We included all LASIK surgeries performed by 32 ophthalmology residents using a Moria M2 microkeratome. All the flap-related...