Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 11 , Pages 1956-1960 , November 2009

Impact of a structured surgical curriculum on ophthalmic resident cataract surgery complication rates

Received 20 March 2009 ,Revised 12 May 2009 ,Accepted 14 May 2009.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

 Dr. Lee is a member of the Residency Review Committee for Ophthalmology of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. The opinions expressed here do not represent those of either entity.

 Supported in part by an unrestricted grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., New York, NY, USA.

 Richard Olson, MD, H. Culver Boldt, MD, Michael Abramoff, MD, PhD, and other members of the Iowa Task Force for the Competencies, provided support and guidance. Linda Aycock provided the quality-assurance outcomes data. Ed Colloton, MD, volunteered to teach the residents in the wet laboratory. Patricia Duffel, Randy Verdick, and Laura Pitlick provided support of resident training.

PII: S0886-3350(09)00745-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.05.046

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 11 , Pages 1956-1960 , November 2009

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