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Indian Ophthal Fellowships and Reviews
Short Term SICS and Phaco Training review
Shri Sankara Deva Nethralaya
Guwahati, Assam
1 month course (for SICS and Phaco each)
You get 20 cases for SICS
20 cases for phaco
You start with dry lab and wet lab in first week
Once the trainer there okays you, then you get posted in OT
You attend daily classes at 7.30 or 8 am
Then proceed to OT and observe
Your turn to operate comes in the afternoon session
You get 1 case per OT
(If you're good, they might give you few more at the end)
After your case, you have to head to OP and select your case for next day and do pre-op workup for that pt, and then you can leave
You get cases Mon- Sat
Sundays off
Short term SICS charges 25k
Short term phaco charges 40k
(Rates might have changed now, please confirm with hospital)
If you're able to apply thru ORBIS program, then short term training is free.
No criteria of minimum SICS numbers required to do their short phaco training.. so you can do the short term phaco training after your short SICS training.