In recent decades, there has been an increasing trend toward assessing competence of practical skills using specific competency based systems also known as Ophthalmology Surgical Competency Assessment Rubrics (OSCARS), and these have been successfully incorporated into various ophthalmic training curriculae around the world 6 , 32 , 33 These rubrics often deconstruct an entire procedure into individual steps that can then be individually analysed and measured, creating a score that can then be compared against future assessments.
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