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authors: Gurnani, Bharat; Kaur, Kirandeep
title: Augmenting postgraduate ophthalmology residency training during the COVID-19 pandemic
date: 2021-10-03
journal: Indian J Ophthalmol
DOI: 10.4103/ijo.ijo_2136_21
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using an earbud or a scleral depressor. 3 . The dummy eyeballs can be employed for practicing manual keratometry by identifying mires on the eyeball. In addition, they can have surgical video discussions where they can exchange scientific ideas. 4. The wet lab can be utilized for practicing and tying sutures on a thermocol or a lemon. This initial technique can be taught by a senior, and later, scoring can be done based on the performance of the trainee. 5. The goat's eyeballs or leftover cadaveric eyeballs can be used to practice scleral tunnel incision, side port incision, tunnel sutures, rhexis in goat's eyeball, trench, and quadrant emulsification in goat's eye, and anterior vitrectomy. 6. One innovative technique we follow is that the goat's eyeballs can be hardened by baking them in the microwave so that the nucleus becomes hard and gives a real-time feel of trenching and emulsification. In addition, the goat's nucleus can be replaced with a human nucleus and soap pellet to give a real-time feel of phacoemulsification.

We believe that this training module can be implemented across different centers for maximizing medical and surgical output when the pandemic is at its peak. [5] 

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