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Topical Issues in Ophthalmology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:1.00
Study Course Accepted:24.04.2020 11:44:38
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | OFK_018 | 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 25, oftalmolkat rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67069549 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 32 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Anatomy, biology, physics and physiology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide opportunities for students to acquire in-depth knowledge and understanding of the further eye investigation techniques and relation of ophthalmic diseases to other diseases. The students acquire skills of fundoscopic examination, refraction test and they learn how to develop their microsurgical skills using the anterior part surgical simulator. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Practicums with anterior part eye simulator. Wetlabs. Suturing of cornea and sclaera. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 2 | Tear tests. Blepharitis. Contact lenses. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 3 | Refraction. Autorefractometry. Pupillometry. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 4 | Fundus examination. Ultrasound examination. Wetlabs. Retinal detachment surgery. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 5 | Perimetry. Tonometry. Examination of glaucoma. Wetlabs. Glaucoma surgery. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 6 | Oculoplastic surgery. Lid sutures. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 7 | Virtual reality in Ophthalmology. | Classes | 1.00 | study trip | |||||
| 8 | Ocular symptoms of general diseases. Exophthalmometry. | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Individual work with professional literature on ophthalmology and e-study materials. The students do refraction tests independently and perform eye test with direct ophthalmoscope. The students perform practical work with anterior part surgical simulator, performing stages of cataract surgery. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Practical work during each practical class which is assessed with pass/fail, at the end of the course – an OSCE exam (grade on a scale 1 – 10). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (OSCE) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | On successful completion of the course the students will have acquired in-depth knowledge and will be able to describe additional eye investigation techniques and to explain relation of ophthalmic diseases to other diseases. | ||||||||
| Skills: | On successful course completion the students will be able to: • perform a refraction test; • to put sutures on lid; • to put sutures under microscope; • perform cataract surgery using anterior part surgical simulator. | ||||||||
| 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 students will be able to take care of ophthalmic patients in GP’s surgery 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. | ||||||||
| 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 2018/19 . | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Lekciju materiāli e-studiju vidē:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophthalmology | ||||||||
| 2 | https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0013/1… | ||||||||
| 3 | http://emedicine.medscape.com/ophthalmology | ||||||||
| 4 | http://www.freebooks4doctors.com Ophthalmology | ||||||||
