2.1 Year 1 Semester 1
Ophthalmic and General Basic Sciences
Revision
Primary Exams
2.1.1 COURSE
- Anatomy 1 (Head & Neck)
- Anatomy 2 (Ophthalmic)
- Physiology 1 (General Principles)
- Physiology 2 (Ophthalmic Physiology)
- Pathology 1 (General Principles,
- Immunology & Microbiology)
- Pathology 2 (Ophthalmic)
- Biochemistry, Molecular & Cell Biology
2.2 Year 1 Semester 2
Optics and refraction
Clinical methods acquired in General clinics
casualty clinics and ward rounds
Minor operations
Accident and emergency
Ophthalmology
Internal assessment
2.2.1 COURSE
- To describe the basic principles of optics and refraction.
- To list the indications for and to prescribe the most common low vision aids.
- To perform the basic anterior segment (e.g., basic refraction, basic retinoscopy, slit lamp biomicroscopy) and posterior segment examination skills (e.g., dilated fundus examination, use of magnification and lenses, 90 Diopter lens, three mirror Goldmann contact lens) and to understand and use basic ophthalmic instruments (e.g., tonometer, lensometer).
- To triage and manage ocular emergencies (e.g, central retinal artery occlusion, giant cell arteritis, chemical burn, acute angle closure glaucoma, endophthalmitis, open or closed globe injuries).
- To perform minor external and adnexal surgical procedures (e.g., chalazion excision, corneal foreign body removal, use of foreign body corneal drill for removal of a rust ring, conjunctival biopsy, corneal scraping, isolated entropion).
- To identify the key examination techniques and management of basic and most common medical problems in the subspecialty areas of glaucoma (e.g., primary open angle glaucoma), cornea (e.g., dry eye, microbial keratitis), orbit and oculoplastics (e.g., common lid lesions, ptosis), retina (e.g., macular disorders, retinal detachment, diabetic retinopathy), and neuroophthalmology (e.g., optic neuropathy, ocular motor neuropathy, pupillary abnormalities, visual field defects).
- To describe indications for, performance of, and complications of common anterior segment surgery, (e.g., cataract extraction, trabeculectomy, peripheral iridectomy), and to assist at surgery.
- To describe the common but serious genetic ocular disorders (e.g., retinal and macular dystrophies).
- To recognize the most common ophthalmic histopathology findings and to recognize basic histopathology of common ocular lesions (e.g., retinal detachment, pterygium, corneal button removed at keratoplasty).
2.3 Year 2 Semester 1
Practice of refraction, General Clinics, Casualty,
Wet lab, Ward Rounds, Tutorials, Journals review, Specialist clinics
Seminars: Disorders of adnexal and external eye Disorders
Internal assessment
2.3.1 COURSE
(In addition to Year 1 Course)
- To describe the more advanced principles of optics and refraction.
- To list the indications for and uses of more advanced low vision aids.
- To perform more advanced anterior segment (e.g., more complex refractions, including contact lens and post-operative refractions, intermediate retinoscopy, including moderate astigmatism, examination of young children, intermediate techniques of slit lamp biomicroscopy) and posterior segment examination skills (e.g., more advanced techniques of dilated fundus examination, including scleral depression, use of magnification and lenses to diagram and describe retinal lesions).
- To recognize and treat ocular emergencies (e.g, central retinal artery occlusion, giant cell arteritis, chemical burn, acute angle closure glaucoma, endophthalmitis, traumatically open globe), as well as the short and long term complications of these disorders.
- To perform more advanced external and adnexal surgical procedures (e.g., isolated ectropion and isolated entropion repair, removal of small, localized, and benign lid lesions, pterygium excision).
- To identify the key examination techniques and management of the less common surgical problems in the subspecialty areas of glaucoma (e.g., secondary open angle and closed angle glaucoma), cornea (e.g., fungal and other less common microbial keratitis, corneal transplantation), ophthalmic plastic surgery (e.g., extensive benign and common lid lesions, ptosis), retina (e.g., primary retinal detachment, mild to moderate proliferative and nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy and laser treatments), and neuro-ophthalmology (e.g., less common optic neuropathy, supranuclear palsies, myasthenia gravis, more complex visual field defects).
- To perform common anterior segment surgery (e.g., cataract extraction, trabeculectomy, peripheral iridectomy).
- To recognize, and refer if indicated, some major genetic ocular disorders (e.g.,neurofibromatosis I and II, tuberous sclerosis, von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, retinoblastoma, retinitis pigmentosa, macular dystrophy).
2.4 Year 2 Semester 2
Extra Faculty Rotations in Neurology, Endocrinology, Haematology,
Pathology, ENT, Plastic surgery and Neurosurgery
2.5 Year 3
Practice of refraction, General Clinics,
Ward Rounds, Tutorials, Seminars, Journals review, Specialist clinics
2.5.1 COURSE
- To perform more advanced external and adnexal surgical procedures (e.g., lacrimal gland procedures, complex lid laceration repair, e.g., canalicular and lacrimal apparatus involvement).
- To identify the key examination techniques and management of complex but common medical and surgical problems in the subspecialty areas of glaucoma (e.g., complicated or post-operative primary and secondary open and closed angle glaucoma), cornea (e.g., unusual or rare types of microbial keratitis), ophthalmic plastic surgery (e.g., less common and more complex lid lesions, re-operation or complex or recurrent ptosis), retina (e.g., complex retinal detachment, tractional retinal detachments and severe proliferative diabetic retinopathy, proliferative vitreoretinopathy), and neuro-ophthalmology (e.g., unusual optic neuropathy, neuroimaging, supranuclear palsies, uncommon visual field defects).
- To perform and treat complications of common anterior segment surgery, (e.g., cataract extraction, trabeculectomy, peripheral iridectomy).
- To recognize, evaluate, and treat, if possible, the major genetic ocular disorders (e.g., neurofibromatosis I and II, tuberous sclerosis, von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, retinoblastoma, retinitis pigmentosa, macular degenerations).
- To recognize uncommon or rare but classic ophthalmic histopathology findings.