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INTRODUCTION The benefits of simulation training are increasingly being recognised in the ophthalmic surgical curriculum [1, 2]. Virtual reality simulation allows repetition of a surgical task in a non-risk environment to ensure familiarity with a procedure, and hopefully improved manual dexterity. There is no formal assessment for trainee surgeons (either in simulation or in vivo) documenting non-dominant hand development. We wished to establish objectively if training of the non-dominant hand would improve bimanual function and surgical performance, and investigate if improving trainees’ bimanual surgical competence resulted in improvements in confidence.