The recent Royal College of Ophthalmologists’ survey of national Simulation Leads in 2021 identified a lack of dedicated time and/or financial resources limiting ophthalmic departments’ ability to provide high quality education through ocular simulation [1]. Engagement with ocular simulation has increased, and has been shown to improve competence and confidence, and lead to less intraoperative surgical complications (posterior capsule rupture/vitreous loss) for junior ophthalmic trainees [2, 3]. While the benefits of surgical simulation are recognised, attitudes of ophthalmic trainees towards surgical simulation have not been documented previously.

A SurveyMonkey questionnaire was sent to all ophthalmology trainees in Scotland between August to October 2021. The survey comprised ten questions addressing perceptions of surgical simulation, frequency of simulation activity and perceived barriers to accessing simulation. Question types involved multiple-choice, five-point ordinal Likert Scales and full-text answers.

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