Dispelling myths and misconceptions in simulation based education

Improving the safety of surgical training is the principle aim of simulation training. Barriers to the introduction of simulation techniques into training programs are the misconceptions that simulation training must be high‐tech and therefore expensive, that it is too time consuming for trainers and that it is only for cataract surgery. This talk will focus on dispelling these myths and misconceptions and to demonstrate how to deliver an affordable simulation training program for all ophthalmic surgical subspecialties. It will also describe how to use a “digital classroom” to deliver high fidelity surgical training without wet‐labs and how this approach is being used to provide remote mentoring of trainees who do not have access to experienced local trainers.