Surgical Training

Posts on surgical training, simulation, methodology, mentorship, and the path to becoming an excellent surgeon.

When Everything Feels Upside Down, It May Be the Best Time to Become an Excellent Surgeon

“Being an excellent surgeon is easy. Becoming and staying an excellent one is the hard part.” Dr. Ivo Ferreira In ophthalmology, and especially in microsurgery, many things today feel upside down. We talk constantly about technology, new platforms, premium lenses, surgical efficiency, artificial intelligence, and better outcomes. And of course, all of that matters. We […]

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What Do You Really Stand For? Translating Values into Surgical Excellence

Translating Values into Surgical Excellence by Dr. Ivo Ferreira In The Pleasure of Finding Things Out? No. In What Do You Really Stand For?, Paul Green makes a powerful argument. Values are not statements. They are behaviors under pressure. They are revealed not when things are easy, but when decisions are difficult, time is limited,

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