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
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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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| Academic year 2020/21, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
| Course Start Date |
21/09/2020 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| 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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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
75 %,
Coursework
25 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| 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).
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Ophthalmology, Eye Disease |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Baljean Dhillon
Tel: (0131 6)50 9240
Email: Baljean.Dhillon@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Sarah Jones
Tel: (0131) 651 4932
Email: sarah.jones@ed.ac.uk |
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