title: [CBO/ALCON teaching method of phacoemulsification: results of Hospital de Olhos do Paraná].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the results obtained with a new phacoemulsification teaching method in the specialization course of Hospital de Olhos do Paraná.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective study evaluated the results of a "reversal" method used in the CBO/ALCON teaching program at the Hospital de Olhos do Paraná. The method is based on the student progression through five checkpoints starting from the end of the surgery towards the beginning and analysis of intra- and postoperative complications at each one of the checkpoints.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 84 operated eyes, 77 (91.67%) presented final visual acuity of 20/40 or better. Among the complications, the main one was the posterior capsular rupture and occurred in 11 (13.09%) of 13 (15.48%) eyes with complications.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The "reversal" teaching method used in the CBO/ALCON teaching program is appropriate to the student, his instructor, as well as to the patient.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Olhos do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ana Flávia de Castro
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: Eduardo Machado Estevão
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Pires
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: Otávio
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Siqueira Bisneto
authors.forename: Eduardo Sone
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Soriano
authors.forename: Hamilton
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Moreira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001938:Brazil; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018918:Phacoemulsification / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013038:Specialization / Q000592:standards*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity