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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Science : Optometry

655-340 Diseases of the Eye

Coordinator:

Dr A J Vingrys

Pre/Corequisite/s:

Prerequisites: Histology 516-201; Ocular Anatomy 516-203; Structure and Function of the Brain 516-208. Co-requisites: General Pathology 531-307; Microbiology 526-306; Functional Disorders of Vision 655-330; Ophthalmic Prosthetics 655-350.

Timetable:

All Year

Contact:

78 lectures (three a week) and 13 x 2-hour demonstration classes

Objectives:

On completion of this subject, students will:

  • be thoroughly familiar with the nature, origins, course and prognosis of diseases of the eye;

  • have an understanding of the treatment of the most commonly presenting eye diseases;

  • have acquired the skills necessary for the examination of the eyes for signs of eye disease and the ability to make a diagnosis.

Content:

The pathology, cause, course and clinical management of ocular diseases and systemic diseases having ocular manifestations. The clinical methods for the recognition, assessment and management of ocular disease.

Assessment:

Two 2-hour end-of-semester written examinations; a practical/oral examination (10%) and a slide test on eye disease recognition (15%) at the end of the second semester.

Prescribed Texts:

  • Berko R (ed), The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, 16th ed. 1992 Merck Sharp & Dohme.
  • Kanski JJ, Clinical Opthalmology, 3rd ed. 1994 Butterworths.
  • Pavan-Langston D, Manual of Ocular Diagnosis and Therapy, 2nd ed. 1985 Little Brown.
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