Introduction |
Aims and objectives [Word] |
This
one week attachment will teach you to evaluate a patient with an ophthalmic
disorder, and gain an understanding of principles underlying the management
of some major ophthalmic conditions. Ophthalmology will be taught
in the same Period as ENT and Renal. Students will attend 1 week in
each subject. See Allocations [Excel]
for precise dates of your attachment. |
Ophthalmology
will be assessed in the Finals examinations. |
Dress code: You will be expected to look smart and presentable. Open necked shirts are fine, but please ensure that they are tucked in. Your badge should be worn so that it is visible and your name can be clearly read. |
Reporting
instructions |
Charing Cross Hospital |
to be confirmed |
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital |
Please email Dr Naresh Joshi on the Friday before your placement to confirm that he is able to meet with you on Monday. If so, please arrange to meet at 8:30 am on the Monday, usually in the treatment centre, ground floor. Do not change into theatre kit. Otherwise report to the Eye Clinic at 9 am and ask for Mr Malik or the Registrar. Ensure that you have collected your ophthalmology week attendance form from the undergraduate office. |
Western
Eye Hospital |
Reporting instructions and timetable [Word] |
Diabetes and the eye [ppt] - Mr Graham Duguid |
Common
eye diseases and their management |
Cataract - webstream - Mrs
Veronica Ferguson, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Charing Cross Hosp |
Diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration [ppt] - webstream - Ms Gilli Vafidis, Consultant Ophthalmologist,
Central Middlesex Hospital |
Glaucoma [ppt] - Mr
Poornima Rai, surgical trainee in ophthalmology |
Recommended
reading: Ophthalmology at a Glance by Jane Olver, Lorraine
Cassidy, Blackwell publishing, 2005. ISBN 0632064730 |
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