PURPOSE: Given a current lack of UK undergraduate microsurgical training, and only a paucity of Ophthalmic surgery-focussed practical educational courses for students, we introduced a novel national course engaging medical students interested in microsurgical specialties such as Ophthalmology.   METHODS: Collaborating with an international eye care pharmaceutical company, and Registrar to Consultant level Ophthalmologists, we delivered a one-day bespoke training programme incorporating lectures followed by breakout practical sessions. Lectures covered microsurgical techniques as well as ophthalmic-focussed content, including anatomy, phacoemulsification principles and procedure, and strabismus. 16 medical students gained supervised hands-on experience utilising state-of-the-art phacoemulsification systems to remove in situ cataracts from tactile synthetic simulation eyes via established surgical proforma, intraoccular lens implantation into the aphakic eyes, in addition to microsurgical suturing. We also provided high-fidelity ophthalmic surgical simulators with forceps training and capsulorrhexis modules, and virtual reality headsets for anatomy demonstration.   RESULTS: We administered pre- and post-course questionnaires to all delegates. 5-point Likert responses demonstrated statistically significant increases across metrics including confidence describing phacoemulsification steps from 1.75±1.13 to 4.44±0.63 (p<0.0001), confidence performing basic microsurgical techniques from 2.31±1.14 to 3.88±0.62 (p<0.0001), and to considering a career in surgery from 3.94±0.93 to 4.63±0.62 (p=0.0195). Qualitative feedback for the microsurgical training course included ‘an incredible, transformative experience’. Likert responses for lectures ranged from 4.50±0.82 to 4.81±0.40, and for practical sessions from 4.25±0.86 to 5.00±0.00.   CONCLUSION: Given these encouraging data we propose to collaboratively expand and implement this novel educational initiative, increasing undergraduate engagement with microsurgery and Ophthalmology.