ICO-OSCAR for pediatric cataract surgical skill assessment

Authors

Meenakshi Swaminathan, Sankara Nethralaya, Medical Research Foundation, Chennai, India. Electronic address: drms@snmail.org.
Srikanth Ramasubramanian, Sankara Nethralaya, Medical Research Foundation, Chennai, India.
Rachel Pilling, Bradford Teaching Hospitals, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
Junhong Li, Shanxi Eye Hospital, Shanxi Medical University, China.
Karl Golnik, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Eye Institute.

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Pediatric cataract surgical skill assessment is important to ensure the competency of the trainees, especially pediatric ophthalmology fellows. Using a rubric would ensure objectivity in this process. The ICO-OSCAR pediatric cataract surgery rubric has been developed with global variations in techniques of pediatric cataract surgery in mind.

Medical Subject Headings

Cataract; Cataract Extraction; Child; Clinical Competence; Education, Medical, Graduate; Educational Measurement; Humans; Internship and Residency; Ophthalmology

Publication Date

8-1-2016

Publication Title

Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

E-ISSN

1528-3933

Volume

20

Issue

4

First Page

364

Last Page

5

PubMed ID

27392952

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1016/j.jaapos.2016.02.015

Recommended Citation

Swaminathan, Meenakshi; Ramasubramanian, Srikanth; Pilling, Rachel; Li, Junhong; and Golnik, Karl, "ICO-OSCAR for pediatric cataract surgical skill assessment" (2016). Neurology. 1574.
https://scholar.barrowneuro.org/neurology/1574