| Abstract skills |
| Module 1—Cataract Forceps Training Module |
| Task 1. Cubes with no gravity |
Grasping 6 cubes with forceps and moving them from peripheral anterior chamber into central suspended sphere. Colour change indicating completion. No gravity |
| Task 2. Triangles with gravity |
Grasping 6 triangles with forceps and moving them from peripheral anterior chamber into central suspended sphere. Colour change indicating completion. Gravitational tendency for triangles to drop towards lens |
| Module 2—Cataract Anti-Tremor Training |
| Task 3. Straight path |
Transferring ball on contact with rod along a straight line guide across anterior chamber |
| Task 4. Circular path |
Transferring ball on contact with rod along a circular guide line around peripheral anterior chamber |
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| Procedural skills |
| Module 3—Capsulorhexis |
| Task 5. Capsulorhexis using circle guide
Tendency to run—low |
Viscoelastic insertion. Initiation of rhexis with cystotome. Change instrument to forceps to complete continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis. Low tendency to radial extension |
| Task 6. Capsulorhexis using circle guide
Tendency to run—medium |
As task 5. Medium tendency to radial extension |
| Task 7. Capsulorhexis using circle guide
Tendency to run—high |
As task 5. High tendency to radial extension |
| Module 4—Phaco divide and conquer module |
| Task 8. Cracking of four grooved quadrants |
Insertion of phaco probe and second instrument to crack and rotate four grooved quadrants |
| Task 9. Phaco of four cracked quadrants |
Setting of phaco power and aspiration settings. Insertion of phaco probe and second instrument phacoemulsify four cracked quadrants |
