Ophthalmology
Syllabus, A-level, 3OF280
This course has been discontinued.
- Code
- 3OF280
- Level
- A
- Subject(s)
- Medical Science
- Grading system
- Pass (G), Fail (U)
- Finalised
- 2 June 1977
- Responsible department
- Department of Surgical Sciences
Entry requirements
Required previous knowledge is decided by the Committee for Undergraduate Medical Education.
Aims
This course is designed to give the students of ophthalmology practical and theoretical knowledge relating to the diagnosis and treatment of the most common diseases so as to enable them as general physicians to correctly evaluate eye cases that they encounter and to treat the less severe cases themselves.
Content
The education will be given in the following main areas:
Ophthalmological examination techniques
Physiological optics and tests of visual awity
Diseases of the eyelids and lachrymal system
Diseases of the outer and inner eye
Traumatology
Squint
Social ophthalmology
Neuro-ophthalmology
Instruction
The teaching comprises 8 weeks and runs parallel with the course in oto-rhino-laryngology. It consists of formal lectures, demonstrations and group education. The practical education consists of practical work by the students at the out-patient department for training in examination techniques. Opportunity is given for participation in ocular surgery.
Assessment
A pass mark for the course requires satisfactory presence at the different forms of teaching, satisfactory performance at the practical work, and a pass mark for the oral or written examination. This consists of short questions and essay-type questions. In addition the student is required to make diagnoses from slides.