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Title: Clinical Ophthalmology
Instructor: Elizabeth Sharpe, M.D.
Location: Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
Number of students: 4
Duration: 2 and 4 weeks
Credit hours: 2.5 and 5
Course offered: Year Round
DescriptionThis elective is designed to introduce the student to clinical ophthalmology. The student will participate in didactic sessions including Grand Rounds, Journal Clubs and Friday afternoon lectures. Students will work one-on-one with ophthalmology residents and attending examining patients and observing surgery. A text will be provided as a checklist of practical goals which should be achieved over the course of the rotation.
Course objective
Instructional methodology (approximate # of hours per week)
- Review the anatomy and physiology of the eye
- Learn to perform a basic eye examination
- Become proficient in the treatment of common, non-vision threatening eye disorders
- Learn to recognize vision threatening eye diseases and institute timely referral
- Become familiar with ophthalmologic abbreviations
- Lectures - 4
- Rounds/Discussions - 4
- Patient Contact - 32
- Lab - optional
- Patient Load - none
- Call - none