Researchers in China have validated microsurgical skills using a grape-based training model.
Led by Professor Xiaoyan Ding, Zhongshan University, researchers assessed 83 ophthalmology residents, 42 of whom undertook a four-hour surgical skill programme using fruit models, while the remainder trained with a virtual reality (VR) modulator and silicone suture pads. Writing in the British Journal of Ophthalmology, the research team said grape-training models were equal to VR simulators and silicon suture pads for microsurgical skills training and could have advantages given their lower economic cost and easy availability.
For more, see www.nzoptics.co.nz/articles/archive/surgical-salad-training-for-budding-ophthalmologists
