Ophthalmic Surgical Training: A Curriculum to Enhance Surgical Simulation

In Brief With ever increasing complexity of eye surgery and the zero tolerance for surgical misadventure, the challenge of training future eye surgeons is rapidly increasing. The importance of competence in ophthalmic surgical training was formally recognized by the American Board of Ophthalmology in 2002 when evaluation of surgical skills was added to the American Council of Graduate Medical Education mandate for resident education.