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Saturday, April 26, 2014
ASCRS News Today
What are you looking forward to doing in Boston?
"I really enjoyed the
Pinto class—that was
the thing I was looking
forward to the most."
–Lennis Tugman, MBA,
Corpus Christi, Texas
"Connecting with all
the brilliant surgeons
who are here."
–Dianne Margle,
Bethlehem, Pa.
"Cornea Day. I'm
looking into some
courses tomorrow,
so just absorbing
what's being offered."
–Michael Garvey, MD,
Portland, Maine
"I'm going to catch
up on my CME. I'm
going to get to meet
some old friends and
maybe make some
new ones."
–Jake Moore, MD,
Corpus Christi, Texas
"Seeing old friends."
–Balamurali Ambati,
Salt Lake City
Street Talk
Skills Transfer Sessions provide
hands-on surgical practice
S
urgeons can learn a lot
from attending clinical
sessions at meetings, but
it's
hard to beat the value
of hands-on practice.
Attendees at the Skills Transfer
Sessions get valuable hands-on
practice with surgical techniques.
This year's Skills Transfer
Sessions include:
• Advanced Phaco
• Anterior Vitrectomy
•
Limbal Relaxing Incisions/Periph-
eral Corneal Relaxing Incisions
• Iris Suture
• Extracapsular Cataract
Extraction/Small Incision
Sutureless Cataract Surgery
• Trabs and Tubes for the
Comprehensive Ophthalmologist
"Learning new surgical proce-
dures can be a daunting task for
most ophthalmologists," said
Bonnie
An Henderson, MD,
Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston.
Dr. Henderson is chair of the Skills
Transfer Subcommittee. "Listening
to a lecture or watching a few videos
is often not enough to become
comfortable enough to perform
the procedure on a live patient. The
Skills Transfer labs held at ASCRS are
incredibly
valuable for practicing
and developing competency before
attempting the procedure on a
patient."
There are sessions for all levels
of surgeons, including beginners,
experienced surgeons, and those
who need a refresher, Dr. Henderson
said.
In addition to the course
instructors, each course will feature
a number of faculty who can help
students
as they practice the various
surgical techniques that they have
learned. This helps provide individu-
alized support.
"The faculty have been selected
not just for their surgical expertise
but also for their teaching abilities,"
said Dr. Henderson. "They are
dedicated teachers who will spend
the
necessary time to explain each
step of a procedure."
The Skills Transfer Sessions
require a separate registration fee
of $320 each. Some of the Skills
Transfer Sessions have prerequisite
courses. See the Final Program for
more details.
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by Vanessa Caceres
Bonnie An Henderson, MD, is the
Skills Transfer Subcommittee chair
