"Communication" and "Collaboration" skills are nurtured and evaluated during clinical and surgical rotations to ensure that each resident is able to communicate and appropriately collaborate with patients, patients’ families, fellow students and colleagues (including medical students, residents, clinical fellows, referring and consultant physicians), and other members of the health care team (including nurses, social workers, orthoptists, ophthalmic technicians, Eye Bank personnel, and workers from the Canadian National Institute for the Blind).