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Ophthalmology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:03.10.2022 11:24:26
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | OFK_003 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Ophthalmology | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Guna Laganovska | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Ophthalmology | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 13 Pilsonu Street, VSIA P.Stradiņa KUS, Block No. 25, oftalmolkat rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67069549 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 5 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 20 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Anatomy, biology, physics and physiology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide opportunities for students to acquire knowledge and understanding of the anatomy of the eye, diseases of the anterior part of the eye, cataracts, glaucoma, retinal diseases, eye injuries, paediatric ophthalmology and orbital diseases. To acquire skills of providing emergency medical care, visual acuity examination, diagnosing ophthalmological diseases, comprehending treatment and prevention principles. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Cataracta. Refraction. | Lectures | 2.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||||
| 2 | Glaucoma. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||||
| 3 | Eye trauma. Uveitis. Red eye. | Lectures | 2.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||||
| 4 | Retinal diseases. | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Individual work with professional literature on ophthalmology and e-study materials. The students measure visual acuity independently and examine the eye with the slit-lamp. The students write an examination protocol. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | A test during each practical class, a test at the end of the course (assessment depending on the knowledge: pass / fail). The end-of-course examination: OSCE. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (OSCE) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | On successful completion of the study course the students will have acquired in-depth knowledge and will be able to show eye anatomy on visual aids, to describe physiology of the eye, to explain the most frequent eye disease etiopathogenesis, epidemiology, diagnostic and therapeutic principles and the prognosis. | ||||||||
| Skills: | On successful course completion the students will be able to: • measure visual acuity; • examine the ocular fundus by ophthalmoscope; • handle acute situations in ophthalmology; • examine eye patients to assess the need and volume of ophthalmic assistance. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | On completion of the course programme the student will be ready to work with ophthalmic patients in General Practitioner’s surgery and to continue their further studies. The student will be able to perform primary ophthalmic care in compliance with ethical and legal aspects, to evaluate the judgement of an ophthalmologist and to plan the examination and treatment of a patient; to interpret the results of ophthalmic examination, to relate these results to the specific clinical situation and to link them with the joint examination process. | ||||||||
| Clinical Skills: | |||||||||
| No. | Skill | Level | |||||||
| 1 | Visual acuity examination without correction | A - Beginner level | |||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Acu slimības. G.Laganovskas redakcijā. Nacionālais apgāds, 2008 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Basic and Clinical Science Course Section 1 to 13 / The Eye M.D. Association. – American Academy of Ophthalmology 2020/21 | ||||||||
| 2 | Clinical Ophthalmology A Systematic Approach / Jack J Kanski. – Elsevier Limited 2007. – 931 p. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Lekciju materiāli e-studiju vidē | ||||||||
