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Hello,
I am currently in my 3rd year and I really looking closely at optho. At this point I am confident that I could match, I enjoy the patient interaction, I love the complexity of the eye, and I think the surgeries are just amazing.
The thing that keeps popping in my mind, however, is whether I am just not cut out for optho given my relatively poor manual dexterity. With practice I became an average knot-tyer/suturer in surgery and I fear that even though I like the field that I just will be useless when it comes to operating in the eye.
How steep is the learning curve? How skilled are people before they match into residency?
Thanks,
DW
I am currently in my 3rd year and I really looking closely at optho. At this point I am confident that I could match, I enjoy the patient interaction, I love the complexity of the eye, and I think the surgeries are just amazing.
The thing that keeps popping in my mind, however, is whether I am just not cut out for optho given my relatively poor manual dexterity. With practice I became an average knot-tyer/suturer in surgery and I fear that even though I like the field that I just will be useless when it comes to operating in the eye.
How steep is the learning curve? How skilled are people before they match into residency?
Thanks,
DW