Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Clerkship Summary
 
   
Course Director: Maurice Rabb, MD
Ph: (312) 996-8023
no email available
   
Program Number: SPEC 719
 
Location: UICMC
 

Overview:

 

 

Prerequisites and Placement in the Curriculum : Students must have completed their M3 Core Clerkship in Medicine.

NOTE: Students are required to provide their own ophthalmoscopes. The Department of Ophthalmology does not have ophthalmoscopes available for student use.

purpose: This is a specialty rotation in ophthalmology. Students will learn the proper performance of a basic comprehensive eye examination which is essential for those who become primary care physicians.

Competencies: The primary objective is to learn to perform a comprehensive eye examination which will enable students to evaluate various ocular complaints and to better diagnose and/or appropriately refer to an ophthalmologist. Students will have an opportunity to work with residents and attendings in the general and specialty eye clinics, including emergency eye screening.

! Know the essentials of ocular anatomy.

! Measure and record visual activities.

! Assess pupillary relexes and ocular motility.

! Be familiar with the use of the slit lamp biomicroscopy in order to perform a basic eye examination of the external apparatus and the anterior segment of the eye.

 

! Learn the use of the direct ophthalmoscope in order to better evaluate the fundus of the eye.

! Evaluate the optic disc for the detection of glaucoma

! Continue to learn to evaluate visual fields by confrontation examination.

Instructional Features: Clinical care is provided at the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary in the Department of Ophthalmology outpatient clinics. Daily didactic sessions are held on a variety of topics pertinent to the specialty. Video and CD-ROM teaching aids are available for student use.

Assessment: Student performance is evaluated by faculty members. Knowledge and skills will be determined during clinical rotations through didactic discussions with various faculty members and a written examination.

Requirements

 

Hourly Breakdown Per Week

Duration

1 week

 

Lectures/Audiovisiuals/Faculty contact

24

Night Call

None

 

Laboratory/independent study

0

Weekends?

None

 

Outpatient

16

Students accepted

6

 

Inpatient

0

Housestaff used as faculty?

Yes

 

Total hours/week

40

 
Key words:

Ophthalmology, Emergency Screening, Retina, Glaucoma, Strabismus, Neuroophthalmology, Cornea and Direct Ophthalmology
   
Helpful Materials: none
 
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Please direct questions, comments, suggestions to:
Carolynn Crouch (ccrouc1@uic.edu) or Deb Moulton (dmoult1@uic.edu)