Introduction to Cataract Surgery
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Introduction to Cataract Surgery at Coursera Overview
Duration | 10 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Advanced |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Introduction to Cataract Surgery at Coursera Highlights
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got a tangible career benefit from this course. - Earn a shareable certificate upon completion.
- Flexible deadlines according to your schedule.
Introduction to Cataract Surgery at Coursera Course details
- 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.
Introduction to Cataract Surgery at Coursera Curriculum
Unit 1: Prior to the Operating Room
01.01 - Preoperative Evaluation
01.02 - Refractive goals
01.03 - How to Choose an Intraocular Lens: Part 1
01.04 - How to Choose an Intraocular Lens: Part 2
01.05 - Perioperative Medications
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READ: Unit 1 - Prior to the Operating Room
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Unit 1 Content Quiz
Unit 2: In the Operating Room and Getting to the Cataract
02.01 - Surg-onomics
02.02 - Anesthesia
02.03 - Wound Construction
02.04 - Viscoelastics
02.05 - Capsulorhexis
02.06 - Hydrodissection and Hydrodelineation
READ: Unit 2 - In the Operating Room and Getting to the Cataract
Unit 2 Content Quiz
Unit 3: Removing the Cataract and Intraocular Lens Placement
03.01 - Phacodynamics
03.02 - Phacoemulsification Techniques: Divide & Conquer and Phaco Chop
03.03 - Irrigation and Aspiration
03.04 - IOL Materials and Design
03.05 - Single Piece IOL loading and insertion
03.06 - 3-Piece IOL Loading and Insertion
03.07 - How to Insert an Anterior Chamber Lens Implant
READ: Unit 3 - Removing the Cataract and Intraocular Lens Placement
Unit 3 Content Quiz
Unit 4: Cataract Complications and Extras
04.01 - Capsule Complications
04.02 - Conversion to Extracapsular Cataract Extraction
04.03 - Capsular Tension Rings (13:07)
04.04 - Small Pupil (14:00)
04.05 - Astigmatism management in Cataract Surgery
04.06 - Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery
READ: Unit 4 - Cataract Complications and Extras
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