Tabletop Microsurgical Training Setup For The Price of a Pair of Loupes

For trainees at the beginning of their microsurgery journey, skill acquisition is challenged by the need to navigate steep learning curves, with such opportunities often afforded during high-stake periods of procedures. Alternative opportunities, such as practice using tabletop training microscopes, are commonly limited by both their availability (i.e. the existence of such facilities at a unit) and access (e.g. out of hours)1. Work by Ericsson, a leader in the field of expertise and skill acquisition, has identified conditions which are required for reliable skill development towards expertise ('coined' deliberate practice'[DP])2,3.

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