Table 1.
Basic surgical skills and their respective requirements according to six of the seven different national and international curricula compared in this manuscript.
| Procedure | Canada | US min | ICO Min | RCOPH | RCOPH Actual (median) | AIOS | PAAO | MEDIAN (RANGE) | SOE YO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cataract | 324 | 86 | 50 | 350 | 537 | 50 | 60 phaco 5 ECCE | 86 (50–537) | 50 |
| Glaucoma (filtering/shunt) | 9 | 5 | 10 | 30# | 51 | 5 | 10 | 10 (5–51) | |
| Strabismus (horizontal muscles) | 48 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 32 | 5 | 10 | 10 (5–32) | 10 |
| Oculoplastic (lid laceration, chalazion, entropion, ectropion, ptosis) | 10–49 | 28 | 20 | 40 | 97 | n/a | n/a | 28 (20–97) | 50 |
| Laser – Yag Capsulotomy | 10–49 | 5 | 5 | 2 | n/a | n/a | 5 | 5 (2–25) | FC |
| Laser Trabeculoplasty | 10–49 | 5 | 5 | 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 5 (4–25) | 20 |
| Laser iridotomy | 10–49 | 4 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 15 (2–25) | ||
| Laser PRP | 10–49 | 20 | 10 | 40 | 140 | n/a | 30 | 27.5 (10–140) | FC |
| Focal Laser DR | n/a | 5 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 5 (5) | ||
| Intravitreal injection | 10–49 | n/a | 20 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 15 (5–25) | FC |
| Vitrectomy | 0–4 | n/a | n/a | 20 assist | n/a | 2 assist | n/a | n/a | assist |
| Pterygium (basic) | 5–9 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 10 |
| Globe trauma | n/a | 4 | n/a | 2 | n/a | 2 | n/a | n/a | 3 |
| Corneal transplant | n/a | n/a | n/a | 6 assist | 9 | 2 assist | n/a | n/a | n/a |
All numbers are numbers of procedures that the resident should minimum perform during their residency in the stated curriculum. For calculation of median using the Canadian range 10–49 we have used 25. US United States of America, (ACGME), ICO International Council of Ophthalmology, RCOPH The Royal College of Ophthalmologists, AIOS All India Ophthalmological Society, PAAO Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology, SOE-YO European Society of Ophthalmology’s Young Ophthalmologist, n/a not available, FC Full competence.