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 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 |  
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |  | Co-requisites |  |  
| Prohibited Combinations |  | Other requirements | None |  
| Additional Costs | None |  
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2021/22, Not available to visiting students (SS1) | Quota:  None |  | Course Start | Full Year |  | Course Start Date | 20/09/2021 |  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 techniquesand 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). |  
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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