Postgraduate Course: Ophthalmology 1 (OPTH12001)

Course Outline
School	Deanery of Clinical Sciences	College	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 12 (Postgraduate)
Course type	Online Distance Learning	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	Professional management of everyday elective and emergency ophthalmic pathology both medical and surgical.
Course description	Not entered

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Full Year
Course Start Date	18/09/2017
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Online Activities 55, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2, Summative Assessment Hours 3, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 38 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 75 %, Coursework 25 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Discussion Boards 25%, Written Exam 75%
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 in-depth knowledge and understanding of: 1) Skills relating to the professional management of everyday elective and emergency ophthalmic pathology both medical and surgical, in preparation for a consultancy post. 2) Patient history taking, examination, investigation and diagnosis-making skills to manage patients independently. 3) Principles of Good Medical Practice as laid out by the UK General Medical Council; principles of evidence based medicine; quality improvement and patient care; patient safety. 4) Basic epidemiology, statistics, clinical research techniques and principles of clinical audit and their application to ophthalmology; information handling; use of computers and information technology in medicine; health economics. 5) The role of the ophthalmologist as leader and member of a multi-professional clinical team, including communication skills; health promotion and disease prevention (HPDP); attitudes, ethics and responsibilities (AER).