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B015499 - OCULAR MEDICINE
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Course program
Academic Year 2013-14
Course year
Third year - Second Semester
Belonging Department
Physics and Astronomy
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
MED/30 - OPHTHALMOLOGY
Credits
12
Teaching Hours
96
Teaching Term
03/03/2014 ⇒ 13/06/2014
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
Ocular anatomy and histology
Physiology of vision
Elements of ocular pathology
Elements of ocular semiotics
Low Vision
Physiology of vision
Elements of ocular pathology
Elements of ocular semiotics
Low Vision
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Teachers will deliver educational material
Learning Objectives
Knolewdge acquired:
Basic knowledge of ocular anatomy and physiology, elements of pathology, semiotics and quality of vision with particular attention to the low vision.
Competence acquired
To be able to assess a patient with visual symptom or a visual loss, to recognize its cause that requires a medical or a rehabilitation treatment or an optical compensation
Skills acquired (at the end of the course):
Management of a patient affected by a visual symptom or visual deficit
Basic knowledge of ocular anatomy and physiology, elements of pathology, semiotics and quality of vision with particular attention to the low vision.
Competence acquired
To be able to assess a patient with visual symptom or a visual loss, to recognize its cause that requires a medical or a rehabilitation treatment or an optical compensation
Skills acquired (at the end of the course):
Management of a patient affected by a visual symptom or visual deficit
Teaching Methods
Total hours of the course (including the time spent in attending lectures, seminars, private study, examinations, etc...): 300
Hours reserved to private study and other indivual formative activities: 204
Contact hours for: Lectures (hours): 80
Hours reserved to private study and other indivual formative activities: 204
Contact hours for: Lectures (hours): 80
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Booking by e-mail
Type of Assessment
Exam modality: Multiple choice questions (MCQ) and oral examination
Course program
Course Contents (detailed programme):
Ocular Anatomy and Histology
Ocular embryology and development of the visual system, the orbit and its contents, structure of the nervous pathways, the ocular adnexa, the ocular globe
Physiology of vision
The light, retinal image formation, physiology of the cornea, sclera, lens, iris, vitreous body, emmetropia and ametropia, physiology of the ocular circulation, aqueous humor, ocular adnexa, retina, optic nerve and optic pathways
Elements of Ocular Pathology
Pathology of the orbit, eyelids, lacrimal apparatus, conjunctiva, cornea, sclera and episclera, lens, vitreous body, ocular hydrodynamics, uvea, retina, optic nerve and optic pathway, eye refraction
Low Vision
Patient summary and low vision classification, low vision aids, pediatric low vision, peripheral and central low vision
Ocular Semiotics
Direct and indirect ophthalmoscopy: tools and techniques- Fundus Camera Systems-Endothelial Microscopy-Confocal Microscopy-optional L.A.F. lens for fundus examination -Tonometry and Tonometers-Pachymetry-Ecobiometry-Imaging Techniques in Ophthalmology (OCT etc..) – Visual Field Examination: perimeters and campimeters.
Ocular Anatomy and Histology
Ocular embryology and development of the visual system, the orbit and its contents, structure of the nervous pathways, the ocular adnexa, the ocular globe
Physiology of vision
The light, retinal image formation, physiology of the cornea, sclera, lens, iris, vitreous body, emmetropia and ametropia, physiology of the ocular circulation, aqueous humor, ocular adnexa, retina, optic nerve and optic pathways
Elements of Ocular Pathology
Pathology of the orbit, eyelids, lacrimal apparatus, conjunctiva, cornea, sclera and episclera, lens, vitreous body, ocular hydrodynamics, uvea, retina, optic nerve and optic pathway, eye refraction
Low Vision
Patient summary and low vision classification, low vision aids, pediatric low vision, peripheral and central low vision
Ocular Semiotics
Direct and indirect ophthalmoscopy: tools and techniques- Fundus Camera Systems-Endothelial Microscopy-Confocal Microscopy-optional L.A.F. lens for fundus examination -Tonometry and Tonometers-Pachymetry-Ecobiometry-Imaging Techniques in Ophthalmology (OCT etc..) – Visual Field Examination: perimeters and campimeters.