Course

Ocular Therapeutics 4A - OPTM4151

Faculty: Faculty of Science

School: School of Optometry and Vision Science

Course Outline: http://www.optom.unsw.edu.au

Campus: Sydney

Career: Undergraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 6

Enrolment Requirements:

Prerequisites: PHAR3306, OPTM3131, OPTM3231; Corequisite: OPTM4131

CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

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, optical coherence tomography, confocal microscopy, ultrasound biomicroscopy, tear analysis, microbial sampling (swabs) and analysis, corneal aesthesiometry; management strategies including both current and future therapeutic approaches, influence of therapy on disease course and patient prognosis, iatrogenic disease and ocular manifestations of systemic diseases; management of chronic disease, referral criteria and surgical management.


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