“…Programs are changing from time-based to competency-based evaluations. [10][11][12]15,[37][38][39][40] As portrayed in Part 1 of this series, although many microsurgical training models have been described few have been validated. 1 Those that were validated include the highfidelity rat femoral artery model, 5,38 the medium-fidelity nonliving biologics such as chicken 4,23 and pig legs, 41 and low-fidelity models such as an online curriculum, 23 diathermy-tip cleaner pad with sewing needles, 17 porcine eye, 24 rubber pad, 42 practice card, 5 polyurethane card, 4 and silicone tubing.…”