Postgraduate Course: Advanced Macular Disease (OPTH11010)

Course Outline
School	Deanery of Clinical Sciences	College	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course type	Online Distance Learning	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	Advanced understanding of macular disease.
Course description	Not entered

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Course Start Date	18/09/2017
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Online Activities 61, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 3, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 33 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 50 %, Coursework 50 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Discussion Boards 25%, Written Exam 50%, Reflective e-Learning Portfolio 25%
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Students who complete this course successfully will be able to demonstrate a thorough understanding and detailed knowledge of: 1) Managing post-treatment patients in the community and recognition of criteria for re-referral. 2) Recognition of compounding co-morbidities (Diabetic Retinopathy, branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO), high blood pressure (BP)).