Accessibility of Ophthalmic Simulation Training Across the UK

Medical students and foundation doctors are concentrating more on portfolio creation as a result of the increased competition for admission to UK ophthalmology programs in recent years. Senior colleagues often urge prospective applicants to get the so-called "low-hanging fruit" - achievable portfolio points that require comparatively little time input. Simulation training is one such possibility under the ST1 evidence framework for ophthalmology. Simulation seems to provide a significant return on investment, awarding one point for every four hours of pertinent activity. Beneath this seeming accessibility, though, comes a more complicated and unfair reality.