Cataract Blindness and Simulation-Based Training for Cataract Surgeons An Assessment of the HelpMeSee Approach

• Main Author: Broyles, James R. (auth)
• Other Authors: Glick, Peter (auth), Hu, Jianhui (auth), Lim, Yee-Wei (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2012
• Subjects: Medical equipment & techniques; Optometry / opticians; Clinical & internal medicine; Health Sciences
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Cataracts cause about half of all cases of blindness worldwide, largely in developing countries. HelpMeSee Inc. is developing a simulator-based method for rapid cataract surgical training that RAND researchers determined could significantly help to close the backlog of cataract cases, expected to be...