This is being circulated to all Trainees, Head of Schools, Training Programme Directors, College Tutors and all Trainers
Dear Colleague
Previously, in 2012, the Chair of the Training Committee wrote to
clarify the definitions for the four descriptors for surgery. I am now
writing to clarify how trainees should record any surgical
complications, in particular for cataract surgery.
Increasingly, the Curriculum Sub-committee has been made aware that
trainees do not record their complicated cataract operations in a
consistent way as they are not clear about how to do this. It is vital
for their Educational Supervisor to be able to identify complications
and for the trainee, potentially, to demonstrate a reduction in their
complication rate to an acceptable level over their training. They must
also be able to document their ability to manage the complications of
cataract surgery, in particular capsule rupture and vitreous loss, prior
to obtaining CCT and becoming an independent practitioner. The four
descriptors are:
