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Experience and perception of cataract training within the national health service and independent sector in the UK: a regional trainee survey

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Fig. 1: Survey responses.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK

    Yunzi Chen, Qasim Mansoor, Yun Lin Ang, Yewande Babalola, Tejaswi Bommireddy, Harshika Chawla, Muhammad Raza Cheema, Yanmei Chen, Yunzi Chen, Matthew J. Hartley, William Hodgkinson, Rehab Ismail, Alexander Mehta, Ankur Mehta, Declan C. Murphy, Salman Sadiq, Thomas Salisbury, Timothy Schrire, Sam Simpson, Shweta Singh, Boon Lin Teh, Nikolaos Tzoumas & Vishal Vohra

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK

    Darren S. J. Ting

  3. Academic Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

    Darren S. J. Ting

  4. Newcastle Eye Centre, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    Yun Lin Ang, Yewande Babalola, Tejaswi Bommireddy, Harshika Chawla, Muhammad Raza Cheema, Yanmei Chen, Yunzi Chen, Matthew J. Hartley, William Hodgkinson, Rehab Ismail, Alexander Mehta, Ankur Mehta, Declan C. Murphy, Salman Sadiq, Thomas Salisbury, Timothy Schrire, Sam Simpson, Shweta Singh, Boon Lin Teh, Nikolaos Tzoumas & Vishal Vohra

  5. Sunderland Eye Infirmary, Sunderland, UK

    Yun Lin Ang, Yewande Babalola, Tejaswi Bommireddy, Harshika Chawla, Muhammad Raza Cheema, Yanmei Chen, Yunzi Chen, Matthew J. Hartley, William Hodgkinson, Rehab Ismail, Alexander Mehta, Ankur Mehta, Declan C. Murphy, Salman Sadiq, Thomas Salisbury, Timothy Schrire, Sam Simpson, Shweta Singh, Boon Lin Teh, Nikolaos Tzoumas & Vishal Vohra

  6. Ophthalmology Department, Darlington Memorial Hospital, Darlington, UK

    Yun Lin Ang, Yewande Babalola, Tejaswi Bommireddy, Harshika Chawla, Muhammad Raza Cheema, Yanmei Chen, Yunzi Chen, Matthew J. Hartley, William Hodgkinson, Rehab Ismail, Alexander Mehta, Ankur Mehta, Declan C. Murphy, Salman Sadiq, Thomas Salisbury, Timothy Schrire, Sam Simpson, Shweta Singh, Boon Lin Teh, Nikolaos Tzoumas & Vishal Vohra

  7. Ophthalmology Department, Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle, UK

    Yun Lin Ang, Yewande Babalola, Tejaswi Bommireddy, Harshika Chawla, Muhammad Raza Cheema, Yanmei Chen, Yunzi Chen, Matthew J. Hartley, William Hodgkinson, Rehab Ismail, Alexander Mehta, Ankur Mehta, Declan C. Murphy, Salman Sadiq, Thomas Salisbury, Timothy Schrire, Sam Simpson, Shweta Singh, Boon Lin Teh, Nikolaos Tzoumas & Vishal Vohra

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North East Trainee Research in Ophthalmology Network (NETRiON)

  • Yun Lin Ang
  • , Yewande Babalola
  • , Tejaswi Bommireddy
  • , Harshika Chawla
  • , Muhammad Raza Cheema
  • , Yanmei Chen
  • , Yunzi Chen
  • , Matthew J. Hartley
  • , William Hodgkinson
  • , Rehab Ismail
  • , Alexander Mehta
  • , Ankur Mehta
  • , Declan C. Murphy
  • , Salman Sadiq
  • , Thomas Salisbury
  • , Timothy Schrire
  • , Sam Simpson
  • , Shweta Singh
  • , Boon Lin Teh
  • , Nikolaos Tzoumas
  •  & Vishal Vohra

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YC, DT, QM contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by YC, NETRION, The first draft of the manuscript was written by YC, DT and QM commented on subsequent versions of the manuscript.

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Chen, Y., Ting, D.S.J., Mansoor, Q. et al. Experience and perception of cataract training within the national health service and independent sector in the UK: a regional trainee survey. Eye (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-022-02258-1

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