LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• Assess your current cataract surgery techniques 
• Differentiate and integrate best techniques to elevate your techniques 
• Apply different techniques to improve your cataract surgery outcomes
  

CANMEDS ROLES: Medical Expert, Scholar

Agenda
3:45 Introduction
      Setting up for success: Bed, microscope and draping
      Mastering incisions: How to turn off your autopilot
      Ditch your cystotome
      Help: My rhexis ran out – What now?
      Discussion
      The perfect hydrodissection and why you should pursue it
      True cortical cleaving hydrodissection: A lost art?
      Multilaminar hydrodelineation: Your best friend for soft lenses
      Decompressing the white cataract
      Discussion
      Sculpt and crack with purpose
      Nailing your first chop every time
      Learn to hemiflip and never rotate a lens again
      Phaco flip: How to manage a whole nucleus
      Discussion
      Cortical removal: Suck, don’t strip
      Dry aspiration: The pro’s best friend
      "Stealth mode" would hydration and when it matters most
      Discussion
5:15 Adjourn