With July 1 just a few days away, a new class of senior residents will climb up the learning curve … More
Tag: resident cataract surgery
1134: Equal Opportunity or Equal Outcome?
Imagine two different doctors: Dr A and Dr B, both of whom are doing their residency training in ophthalmology. Dr … More
1133: Capsule grabbed with phaco probe
Ideally, you want the tip of the phaco probe to stay in the central zone of the anterior segment and … More
1119: resident attempts a white cataract
This is case number 50 for a resident who is being supervised by a senior attending faculty member. It is … More
1111: Playlist: Surgical Learning
All great surgeons are students for life: continually learning and evolving surgical techniques to keep up with the latest techniques … More
1088: Recent residency graduate critique
This video was submitted by an ophthalmologist who recently graduated from residency training. He has about 350 phaco cases of … More
1066: senior resident stop-and-chop
This cataract surgery is being performed by a senior resident in the USA (PGY-4 level which means post-graduate year number … More
1033: USA resident’s first phaco chop
This video shows a resident surgeon’s first phaco chop. The key is that the resident is putting the effort to … More
1032: Portugal resident’s first phaco chop
This video shows a resident surgeon’s first phaco chop. The key is that the resident is putting the effort to … More
1031: resident phaco chop critique
Our video is from an anonymous resident surgeon in The Philippines who is performing a phaco chop variant during this … More
1012: Resident White Cataract Chop
The drive to continually improve our surgical skills starts in residency and then continues for the rest of our careers. … More
Crucial lessons learned in residency
A complication during surgery can be a mistake or it can be a lesson. The difference between them is that … More
Resident Case: improve white cataract chop
In this anonymous video from a resident in Germany, we look to improve the horizontal chop technique in a dense … More
Resident Case: improve stop-and-chop
In this anonymous video from a resident in the USA, we look to improve the stop and chop technique. This … More
Resident Case: improve tilt and chop
In this anonymous video from a resident in Argentina, we look to improve the tilt and chop technique. This young … More
Resident Case: improve vertical chop
In this anonymous video from a resident in India, we look to improve the vertical chop technique. This young surgeon … More
Resident Case: improve flip and chop
In this anonymous video from a resident in South Korea, we look to improve the flip & chop technique. This … More
List of Key Videos for Residents
A young doctor in training asked me to put together a list of key videos prior to her first day … More