Global eye care company Alcon last Friday announced the Alcon Retina Fellows Institute, a one-of-a-kind training opportunity. The unique educational offering supports retina fellows during a weekend-long training at the Alcon Experience Center in Fort Worth, Texas. The inaugural program, which took place earlier in November, invited 40 fellow attendees to enhance their education through experiential surgical trainings. This hands-on program emphasizes well-rounded learning over lecturing by featuring the latest innovations in retina surgery led by a small group of world-class faculty.
Through the Institute, Alcon highlights its commitment to continuous education of the eye care community by helping to develop the next generation of retinal surgeons. The dynamic training program aims to create well-rounded fellows by bridging gaps in education and experience with hands-on trainings for key procedures in a surgical laboratory setting. The program is split into a variety of segments during which participants rotate through a schedule of lessons ranging from fluidics and sutureless IOLs, to the ergonomics of operating room setup and independent surgery. Each fellow is offered the chance to actively learn the latest techniques in face-to-face trainings with an elite faculty of retina specialists.
The Alcon Retina Fellows Institute will be an annual event in which attendees have the opportunity to visit the Alcon Experience Center in Fort Worth, a state-of-the-art facilities providing eye care professionals with comprehensive eye health education, hands-on experiential learning opportunities and cutting-edge virtual reality technology for an immersive training experience. Additional Alcon Experience Centers can be found in Spain (Barcelona), Japan (Tokyo and Osaka), Australia (Sydney), Colombia (Bogotá), and soon to be in Brazil (São Paulo) and China (Beijing).
See the full news release from Alcon.