Clinical Assistant Professor
Introduction to Cataract Surgery
What You'll Learn
- Understand the fundamentals of how to perform each step of cataract surgery successfully.
- Understand how to manage cataract surgery challenges.
4 Modules
8 Hours
2 hrs per module (approx.)
Rating
About Introduction to Cataract Surgery
This comprehensive course will give you the fundamental knowledge needed to begin performing cataract surgery by phacoemulsification and extracapsular removal. Each step from preoperative evaluation to postoperative care will be covered to help prepare you for the operating room.
Skills You'll Gain
- Anatomy
- Healthcare Quality
- Patient Communication
What You'll Earn
- Certificate of Completion:
- Certificates of completion acknowledge knowledge acquired upon completion of a non-credit course or program.
Welcome Message
Welcome to Introduction to Cataract Surgery, a foundational course focused on the core principles and step-by-step techniques of cataract surgery. Learners explore pre-operative evaluation, phacoemulsification, extracapsular extraction, and strategies for managing surgical challenges. Designed primarily for trainees, this course also serves as a valuable refresher for practitioners seeking to strengthen their surgical knowledge.
This abbreviated syllabus description was created with the help of AI tools and reviewed by staff. The full syllabus is available to those who enroll in the course.
Course Schedule
Module 1: Prior to the Operating Room
- Reading: Course Expectations
- Reading: Help us learn more about you!
- Reading: READ: Unit 1 - Prior to the Operating Room
- Video: 01.01 - Preoperative Evaluation
- Video: 01.02 - Refractive goals
- Video: 01.03 - How to Choose an Intraocular Lens: Part 1
- Video: 01.04 - How to Choose an Intraocular Lens: Part 2
- Video: 01.05 - Perioperative Medications
- Discussion Prompt: Unit 1 Discussion
- Graded: PRE-TEST
- Graded: Unit 1 Content Quiz
Module 2: In the Operating Room and Getting to the Cataract
- Reading: READ: Unit 2 - In the Operating Room and Getting to the Cataract
- Video: 02.01 - Surg-onomics
- Video: 02.02 - Anesthesia
- Video: 02.03 - Wound Construction
- Video: 02.04 - Viscoelastics
- Video: 02.05 - Capsulorhexis
- Video: 02.06 - Hydrodissection and Hydrodelineation
- Discussion Prompt: Unit 2 Discussion
- Graded: Unit 2 Content Quiz
Module 3: Removing the Cataract and Intraocular Lens Placement
- Reading: READ: Unit 3 - Removing the Cataract and Intraocular Lens Placement
- Video: 03.01 - Phacodynamics
- Video: 03.02 - Phacoemulsification Techniques: Divide & Conquer and Phaco Chop
- Video: 03.03 - Irrigation and Aspiration
- Video: 03.04 - IOL Materials and Design
- Video: 03.05 - Single Piece IOL loading and insertion
- Video: 03.06 - 3-Piece IOL Loading and Insertion
- Video: 03.07 - How to Insert an Anterior Chamber Lens Implant
- Discussion Prompt: Unit 3 Discussion
- Graded: Unit 3 Content Quiz
Module 4: Cataract Complications and Extras
- Reading: READ: Unit 4 - Cataract Complications and Extras
- Video: 04.01 - Capsule Complications
- Video: 04.02 - Conversion to Extracapsular Cataract Extraction
- Video: 04.03 - Capsular Tension Rings (13:07)
- Video: 04.04 - Small Pupil (14:00)
- Video: 04.05 - Astigmatism management in Cataract Surgery
- Video: 04.06 - Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery
- Discussion Prompt: Unit 4 Discussion
- Reading: Post-course Survey
- Reading: Keep Learning with Michigan Online!
- Graded: Unit 4 Content Quiz
- Graded: POST-TEST
Grading Policy
The course uses mastery-based grading. Learners must score 80% or higher on each graded assessment to pass, and there are a total of four content quizzes and one post-test graded assignment.
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Advanced Level
Designed for those already in the industry
