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 skill–based 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 used pig eyes have only superficially similar surgical characteristics to human eyes, reducing the benefit of the time invested.