Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre (BMEC) Surgical Skills Facility is funded to assist ophthalmic trainees locally and nationally to acquire surgical skills in the field.
The facility features four microscopes and two cameras feeding to a LCD TV screen, to facilitate teaching. There is also a surgical skills board available for suturing training.
National courses run throughout the year. Trainees from West Midlands Deanery also use the facility to help with their surgical requirements. Currently, the School of Ophthalmology runs one session of phaco training in any calendar month.
At present, we have one session per month to be supervised by a consultant and one to be supervised by a senior trainee. Each session will run from 9am to 12.30pm.
For further information on simulation training courses, please contact BMEC to get your name on one of these sessions.
Sessions could be booked for glaucoma procedures, suturing practices, etc. There will be a nominal fee towards the costs of maintaining and buying equipment. This should be made against your study leave budget.
The facility can be rented for commercial or non-commercial courses.
Fellowships
Being a tertiary referral centre in a teaching hospital, BMEC has trained hundreds of ophthalmologists across the UK and from overseas over the years.
For more information, please contact Rattandeep Nandra, medical staffing coordinator at BMEC.
The following fellowships are available at BMEC:
Cornea
- One post CCT (or equivalent) fellowship for 12 months.
Glaucoma
- Two junior fellowships for 12 months – suitable for those who want experience in Ophthalmology in order to pursue a career in the field.
- One year post CCT (or equivalent) fellowship.
Medical retina
Two post CCT (or equivalent) fellowships for 12 months.
Neuro-ophthalmology (currently on hold)
- One post CCT (or equivalent) fellowship for 12 months
Oculoplastics
- One post CCT (or equivalent) fellowships for 12 months.
Ocular Trauma
- One post CCT (or equivalent) fellowships for 12 months
Vitreo-retinal surgery
- Two post CCT (or equivalent) fellowships for 12 months.
Uveitis
- One junior fellowship for 12 months – suitable for those who want experience in Ophthalmology in order to pursue a career in the field.
Contact details
0121 507 4440, (Monday to Friday, 9am – 4pm)