Offering Virtual Reality Simulation-Based Training Courses 

In Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery, Phacoemulsification, Complications Management, and Suturing.

Who are we? 

HelpMeSee is an innovative global nonprofit organization with a mission to restore sight and bring hope to people living with severe visual impairment and blindness due to cataract. With over 100 million people worldwide affected by this condition, HelpMeSee has developed a strategy that focuses on providing competency-based surgical education for ophthalmologists. Leveraging training methodologies and principles proven in aviation, HelpMeSee delivers scalable healthcare workforce training solutions at our own training centers and in partnership with some of the world’s most prestigious eye institutions to improve the lives of people suffering from treatable blindness and vision loss. HelpMeSee develops cutting-edge, virtual reality surgical simulation technology, as well as multimedia-rich eBooks and eLearning platforms to train surgeons.  

About HelpMeSee training  

With the Eye Surgery Simulator at the core, HelpMeSee’s instructor-led training courses are integrated training courses that include interactive eBooks, eLearning, facilitated discussions with a certified instructor, and guided sessions that allow the learner to expand their knowledge of the procedure and improve their surgical skills through repeated practice. 

Technology Features 

HelpMeSee Eye Surgery Simulator is virtual reality training equipment. It offers high-fidelity spatial, visual, and tactile realism. It is designed to provide a controlled practice environment to acquire ophthalmology surgical procedure proficiency and other microsurgical skills to a novice surgeon or an experienced surgeon in an environment virtually indistinguishable from real surgery. Its simulation-based learning system (SBLS) features sophisticated, instructor-led courseware with standardized task-based steps and scenarios, with complications.

Learners can achieve proficiency with objectively measurable performance scores offered by SBLS.

Learner-centric mentoring provided by certified instructors on-site complements SBLS.  

Lifelike 3D visuals of eye anatomy and surgical instruments

Realistic tissue-tool interaction sensory feedback

Performance parameter and video monitoring

Hand-eye-foot coordination and ergonomics

Training Features

The HelpMeSee curriculum utilizes various instructional activities that are planned to enable meeting objectives at every stage of the learning journey. It includes a pre-study eBook and eLearning, classroom sessions, simulator sessions, team training, debrief sessions, and more. This ensures a comprehensive learning experience.

Learn more about the training advantages of the HelpMeSee Simulation-based Training program.