Comparing the impact of surgical expert versus non-ophthalmologist instructors on virtual-reality surgical performance: A randomized controlled trial.

Purpose: To compare Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery (MSICS) microsurgical performance in course participants who received virtual reality simulation-based training by either a surgical expert or a non-ophthalmologist instructor.

Setting: Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Design: Randomized controlled trial.