Cataract surgery, phacoemulsification cataract extraction simulation surgery training Surgery Cataract surgery, phacoemulsification cataract extraction simulation surgery training
Conditions
Interventions
Invitation letters will be sent out to the Chief of Services at participating hospitals and distributed to all eligible trainees. Trainees would have no ophthalmic microsurgical simulation training or
Sponsors
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Basic ophthalmic surgical trainees from five HA clusters (eight hospitals) in Hong Kong 2. No ophthalmic microsurgical simulation training or phacoemulsification experience in the operating theater prior to enrolment 3. Signed informed consent 4. Deemed eligible by the College of Ophthalmologists of Hong Kong following review of surgical logbooks
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Does not meet inclusion criteria
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Technical performance measured by 2 masked expert graders using the ICO-OSCAR rating scale while reviewing video-recorded operations collected and assessed in June 2020 | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Total operation time measured from study video records at the end of each cataract surgery 2. Phacoemulsification time obtained from phacoemulsification machine at the end of each cataract surgery 3. Phacoemulsification power obtained from phacoemulsification machine at the end of each cataract surgery 4. Number of run-away capsulorrhexis measured from cataract surgery videos after all cataract surgery videos have been graded 5. Number of posterior capsule rupture measured from cataract surgery videos after all cataract surgery videos have been graded 6. Number of vitreous loss requiring anterior vitrectomy measured from cataract surgery videos after all cataract surgery videos have been graded | — |
Countries
Hong Kong
Outcome results
None listed