by HelpMeSee | Apr 22, 2024 | Through the Scope
An inside look at the HelpMeSee Simulation-Based Training program. As the world population ages and life expectancy increases, the projections for cataract blindness worldwide are bleak. According to Prevent Blindness, by 2050, the prevalence of cataracts will...
by HelpMeSee | Mar 26, 2024 | Through the Scope
The HelpMeSee Simulation-based Training model is helping revolutionize ophthalmology care. Approximately 100 million individuals worldwide are living with avoidable blindness or significant visual impairment due to cataract. (1) Of them, about 90% live in...
by HelpMeSee | Nov 30, 2023 | HelpMeSee News
HelpMeSee, a not-for-profit organization with a mission to end global cataract blindness, has received the Modeling & Simulation Award from the National Training and Simulation Association (NTSA). “We are honored and grateful to the NTSA for this prestigious...
by HelpMeSee | Nov 29, 2023 | HelpMeSee News
Does HelpMeSee’s Eye Surgery Simulator Phacoemulsification Course represent a new pedagogical paradigm for cataract surgeons? Phacoemulsification – the most commonly performed type of cataract surgery worldwide – is an essential technique in any future cataract...
by HelpMeSee | Nov 28, 2023 | HelpMeSee News
How HelpMeSee and Madagascar’s Ministry of Public Health are working towards a 20-fold increase the number of cataract specialists working in rural areas. How many ophthalmologists would you estimate are needed to serve a population of 29 million people? According to...
