Postgraduate Course: Advanced Macular Disease (OPTH11010)
Course Outline
| School | School of Clinical Sciences | 
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine | 
 
| Course type | Online Distance Learning | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | 
Credits | 10 | 
 
| Home subject area | Ophthalmology | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
None | 
Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | Advanced understanding of macular disease. | 
 
 
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  None | 
 
| Additional Costs |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15  Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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Learn enabled:  No | 
Quota:  None | 
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Web Timetable  | 
	
Web Timetable | 
 
| Course Start Date | 
15/09/2014 | 
 
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
100
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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 )
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| Additional Notes | 
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information | 
 
Learning Outcomes 
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:  
1. 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. 2) Recognition of compounding co-morbidities (Diabetic Retinopathy, branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO), high blood pressure (BP)). 
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Assessment Information 
| Discussion Boards 25%, Written Exam 50%, Reflective e-Learning Portfolio 25% |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
| Academic description | 
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| Syllabus | 
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| Transferable skills | 
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| Reading list | 
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| Study Abroad | 
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| Study Pattern | 
Students will be expected to participate actively in online discussion activity and to complete at least 10 hours of self-directed study per week. The total workload for the course will be approximately 100 hours. 
 
Total Hours: 100 ( Online Activities 61, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 3, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 35 ) 
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| Keywords | Optometry, Optometrist, Ophthalmology, Eye Disease, Macular Degeneration, Dystrophy, Retinal Pigment | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Prof Baljean Dhillon 
Tel: (0131 6)50 9240 
Email: Baljean.Dhillon@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Miss Sarah Jones 
Tel: 0131 527 3496 
Email: s.jones@rcsed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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