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Ocular Therapeutics 4A - OPTM4151
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Faculty: Faculty of Science
 
 
School:  School of Optometry and Vision Science
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.optom.unsw.edu.au
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 6
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisites: PHPH3302, OPTM3231; Corequisite: OPTM4131
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Note: This course is not yet offered. It will be offered from 2009.

Objectives: To provide an in-depth understanding of the management of anterior segment eye disease and the role of the optometrist in this process.

Brief Curriculum: The scope of the course includes diseases of the lids and lacrimal system, ocular surface, anterior chamber, uvea, crystalline lens, cornea and vitreous body; refractive surgery; epidemiology and clinical trials of anterior eye disease; differential diagnosis; new diagnostic tools e.g. Corneal topography, impression cytology, PCR, confocal microscopy, ultrasound biomicroscope, tear analysis, corneal aesthesiometry; management strategies to include both current and future therapeutic approaches, influence of therapy on disease course, iatrogenic disease and ocular manifestations of systemic diseases; management of chronic disease, referral criteria and surgical management.

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