title: [Simulation training in ophthalmology].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Simulation in medicine is an indispensable tool to improve doctors' responses to different situations, enhancing their performance. However, simulation in ophthalmology is a very recent trend, mainly because of the high complexity of developing newer teaching tools, with the need for highly realistic models, mostly in surgical ophthalmic simulation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The whole development of simulation in ophthalmology, from the very first attempts that used basic models, to the newer virtual reality models, allows for a comprehensive, faster, and more efficient development of skills necessary in basic and advance procedures in ophthalmology, creating a better learning environment, improving costs, and developing a very promising panorama, in which simulation can be incorporated in teaching programs all around the globe.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Simulation in ophthalmology allows for better results in the formation of ophthalmologists, and it is becoming a new tool to achieve better results in medical and surgical procedures, thus improving outcomes and quality of care.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Oftalmología Conde de Valenciana, Ciudad de México, México.
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Serna-Ojeda
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Oftalmología Conde de Valenciana, Ciudad de México, México.
authors.forename: Enrique O
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: Graue-Hernández
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Oftalmología Conde de Valenciana, Ciudad de México, México.
authors.forename: Pablo José
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Guzmán-Salas
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Oftalmología Conde de Valenciana, Ciudad de México, México.
authors.forename: José Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Loaiza
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / Q000193:education*; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000193:education*