Postgraduate Course: Diagnostics and Technologies in Clinical Practice (OPTH12005)
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 12 (Postgraduate) | 
Credits | 10 | 
 
| Home subject area | Ophthalmology | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
None | 
Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | Diagnostics and technologies in clinical practice for ophthalmologists. | 
 
 
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 2, 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 | 
12/01/2015 | 
 
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
100
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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 )
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| Additional Notes | 
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
75 %,
Coursework
25 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information | 
 
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes 
Students who complete this course successfully will be able to demonstrate in-depth knowledge and understanding of: 
 
Diagnostics and technologies, interpretation and application in clinical practice, relating to detailed anterior segment retinal and optic nerve analysis and imaging; ocular angiography; ultrasonography; radiology and other neuro-imaging; ocular and neuro-physiology; biochemistry; haematology; pathology; microbiology; biometry; visual fields (automated, manual); appropriate systemic investigations, e.g., immunology and imaging. | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
| Discussion Boards 25%, Written Exam 75% |  
 
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 50, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2, Summative Assessment Hours 3, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 45) 
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| Keywords | ophthalmology, eye disease, angiography, optics, anterior and posterior segment OCT, A and B-ultraso | 
 
 
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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