Microsurgical skills

The University of Sydney is offering a short course in microsurgical skills for ophthalmology. The course is suited to junior doctors considering a career in ophthalmology, non-training or pre-vocational eye registrars, and first-year vocational training registrars. This course will provide you with the foundational skills necessary to advance your surgical skills in periocular, skin and cataract surgery.

Ten hours of online lectures are followed by a three day intensive practical at the Sight for Life Laboratory on the Sydney Hospital campus. A team of consultants, senior registrars and fellows from Australia, New Zealand and the UK supervise the wet labs and workshops with a staff to student ratio of 3:1.

Please note that from 2023 onwards, this course will form a compulsory element of training for first year ophthalmology registrars. If you have completed the course prior to gaining a registrar position, you will be required to do the course again in your first year of training and will be liable for the full course fee.