CATARACT ACADEMY PROGRAM
Become the surgeon you want to be
With this 9-week program, you will develop the skills to become a cataract surgeon and will open the doors to a more promising future.
You have invested a lot of time and effort into your career, years of studying, and working long and complicated hours.
Still, you keep struggling to make ends meet. You are feeling stuck. Like you had no options.
You are unable to offer your patients integral solutions.
You want to become a surgeon to make a real difference in other people’s lives, but there aren’t many options out there that suit your needs.
The courses all the prestigious universities offer are either too long or too expensive.
Besides, you can’t afford to spend two years with no income.
You owe it to yourself to live the life you have always dreamt.
What if you could become a surgeon without having to spend tons of time and money in the process?
With the Cataract Academy Program, you can do just that. After you finish this program, you will be able to:
Our Students
Who is teaching this Program?
Ivo is one of the founders of Oftalmouniversity and Phacomentors and the mastermind behind the Cataract Academy Program.
He is an Ophthalmologist with an intense focus on cataract surgery training. In the past five years, he has trained hundreds of students, many of whom are now successful surgeons with their own practices, and works in several of the most prestigious hospitals in the world.
Trained in the UNAM University, Mexico in anterior segment surgery with a Masters Degree in Medical Education at Dundee University, Scotland.
He is also Medical Director of the Oftalmo University CDMX Campus, one of the most advanced virtual simulation centers in the world.
Ben LaHood, MD
Ophthalmologist with a focus on cataract surgery. Ben completed his fellowship in refractive surgery in Adelaide, Australia with a focus on premium IOLs and currently works as an ophthalmologist in Auckland, New Zealand. He is passionate about research and teaching cataract surgery.
Jonathan Lake, MD
Ophthalmologist with an intense focus on cataract surgery. Trained as a cataract and cornea surgeon in Santa Casa College of Medical Science, Sao Paulo, Jonathan is now head of the anterior segment department there. Post Doctorate at Federal University in Sao Paulo. Currently working as the CMO of Opty group in Brasilia.
Who is this Program for?
Residents
If you are looking to learn more efficiently, this program will save you time by presenting the information in the most systematic, practical way. You will have all the resources available that will work synergistically alongside your training program.
Ophthalmologists
After taking this program, you will have the confidence to perform cataract surgery and you will become the competent cataract surgeon you have been dreaming of becoming. You will be able to change the way you practice medicine by having a big impact on your patients.
Cataract Surgeons
If you already are a surgeon, this course will teach you about the newest techniques and latest technologies. It’s all about repeatability, complex cases, and better results.
Who is this Program NOT for?
People that don´t want to be challenged
Because this program will do just that, with cutting-edge learning methodologies and state-of-the-art technologies that will constantly exceed your expectations.
People who don´t want to be taken out of their comfort zone
Comfort zones are predictable. Unchallenging. Comforting. Being comfortable is nice, but it won’t take you to new places.
People who don´t want to take action
Yes, you are going to be able to do it from the comfort of your home, but it’s important that you do the work. To make sure you do, your mentor will be there to hold you accountable.
What do you get?
9 MODULES
9 modules packed with always up-to-date information, the latest technologies, and the most disruptive methods that will help you develop the skills to become one of the most sought-after cataract surgeons in the globe.
MENTORSHIP
Dr. Ivo Ferreira will support you every step of the way. You will be able to have group Q&As and support calls with him every week for 10 weeks and get all your questions answered.
COMMUNITY
A community of like-minded professionals: Immediately after you sign up for the program, we will send you the link to our private Facebook Group, created especially for professionals like you. You will be able to discuss ideas, ask questions, post interesting information, and the best part? Your mentors will also be there answering questions on a daily basis!
LIFETIME ACCESS
When you purchase this course, you will get permanent access and with no additional costs to all future updates made to the content.
CERTIFICATE
A Program completion Certificate. Provided by Phacomentors inc, and Oftalmo University.
HANDS ON SIMULATION GRANTED ACCESS
After this first Program, you will be able to apply for the second part of our Program in the OU Campus which is a 7 to 14 full-day training program.
HOW WE TEACH: Our methodology
In our methodology, we artificially divided the skills you will learn into 3 pillars. We arrived at these 3 pillars after a lot of research and experience training surgeons around the world.
Psychomotor Skills
These are the fine motor skills that a microsurgeon needs to develop. Hand position, working through a small incision, and in a very small space are very complex skills to master.
Cognitive Skills
Decision making, problem solving and planning are one of the most important skills that a competent surgeon needs to master. After you dominate motor skills you need to dominate how to reason in the most efficient way during surgery.
Mental Skills
One of the most developed and perfected areas of training is the Phaco Mind Lab. In this pillar, we train you on how to reach a peak performance state during surgery. How to be focused, relaxed, and confident during every situation in surgery.
This Program will change the way you practice medicine forever!
Program Structure
The role of the online course is to build a robust mental preparation for the surgical training to follow.
The structure of each module is tailored to accomplish that:
- There will be 9 separate online modules.
- The student will receive each week online assignments which they must complete before the next module is available.
- Each online module will have a short exam at the end to ensure content is reasonably understood. Until the exam is passed the next module will not be available.
- Each module will be tailored to be short and have a decidedly high cadence for how key learning goals are conveyed.
- Online modules will never tell a student what they have to do in cataract surgery for a specific step, but rather why they would do that specific step using defined techniques. This forces every student discovers they possess a more complete understanding of a concept related to phaco surgery.
- Carefully selected or created animations, surgeon video talks, and simulation demonstrations will populate each online module to allow for active adult learning vs passive learning.
Topics covered
- Introduction to Phaco principles
- What is to be a surgeon?
- The journey to becoming a cataract surgeon
- Cognitive and Mental training for surgeons
- The cataract surgery Patient
- The Day of surgery
- Cataract surgery preoperative assessment
- The Cataract surgery team and workflows
- The Cataract surgery Operating Room
- Basic Phacodynamics
- The cataract surgeon
- Basic Phacoemulsification Step by step
- Advanced Phacoemulsification Step by step
- Phacoemulsification Complex Cases management
- Phacoemulsification Complication management
- Premium Cataract surgery
- Advanced Phacodynamics
Syllabus
- Module 1: Phaco Principals and why every surgeon should love phaco
- Module 2: The Surroundings – What do I need to do Phaco in my practice?
- Module 3: Your Journey to Surgical Readiness
- Module 4: Mental training for surgeons
- Module 5: Prior to surgery
- Module 6: Team & OR
- Module 7: Phacodynamics
- Module 8: Anesthesia – Visualization – Ergonomics
- Module 9: Phaco Steps
- Module 10: Simulation
Program Structure
MULTIPLE VIDEOS
Exclusive multi-camera views. Short videos to optimize time and attention span.
CASE BASED LEARNING
Interactive cases and problem-solving. Situations to exercise critical thinking.
PRESENTATIONS & ANIMATIONS
Tailor-made Keynote and video presentations and animations to help in concept transfer.
QUIZZES
Embedded quizzes within each module to assess the progress. Scores and Reports automatically compiled by the education platform.
Students will have active participation in each stage of the course.When you finish the online mentorship and pass the evaluation, you will receive your first OU certificate.
After the first Program, you will be able to apply for the second part of our Program in the OU Campus which is a 7 to 14 full-day training program.
THE OU CAMPUS
Here you will learn with a Mentor by performing virtual simulations in the VRMagic Eyesi Simulator and with real phaco machines, microscopes, consumables, IOLs, and Bioniko Artificial eyes.
CATARACT ACADEMY PROGRAM
Here is what you get:
- Immediate and unlimited access to all the modules.
- More than 105 lessons of pure value.
- Weekly LIVE Q&As with one of the mentors
- Guaranteed admission to one of our OU Campus (OU Campus Barcelona or OU Campus Mexico City) after you pass the final evaluation.*
- Private support group.
- Program completion certificate.
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