Cataract Blindness and Simulation-based Training for Cataract Surgeons : An Assessment of the HelpMeSee Approach

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Title: Cataract Blindness and Simulation-based Training for Cataract Surgeons : An Assessment of the HelpMeSee Approach
Description: Cataracts cause about half of all cases of blindness worldwide, largely in developing countries. HelpMeSee Inc. is developing a simulator-based method for rapid cataract surgical training that RAND researchers determined could significantly help to close the backlog of cataract cases, expected to be 32 million globally by 2020. For this to occur, challenges in the areas of outreach, quality monitoring, and public acceptance must be met.
Authors: Broyles, James R., Lim, Yee-Wei, Hu, Jianhui, Glick, Peter
Resource Type: eBook.
Subjects: Cataract, Cataract--Surgery
Categories: MEDICAL / Surgery / General, MEDICAL / Allied Health Services / Medical Technology, MEDICAL / Optometry, MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine
Database: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
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Abstract:Cataracts cause about half of all cases of blindness worldwide, largely in developing countries. HelpMeSee Inc. is developing a simulator-based method for rapid cataract surgical training that RAND researchers determined could significantly help to close the backlog of cataract cases, expected to be 32 million globally by 2020. For this to occur, challenges in the areas of outreach, quality monitoring, and public acceptance must be met.
ISBN:9780833077271