| Title of Clinical Placement |
Ophthalmology. |
| Placement Overview |
One week (shared with ENT). Monday am - Ophthalmology Clinical Skills workshop (and ENT induction). As the placement is so short, it requires supplementation: a) four online Zoom sessions, covering interactive cases, b) each student gets one two hour lecture provided by the BHSCT, covering ophthalmology clinical content. |
| Level of Students |
QUB: year 3, UU: P year |
| Placement Duration |
1 week (shared with ENT). |
| Placement Learning Outcomes |
By the end of the year, students should be able to: |
| • to acquire the knowledge and skills required to assess and manage common or sight threatening eye problems |
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| Specific Learning Outcomes |
1. Perform visual acuity measurement, direct ophthalmoscopy, visual field testing by confrontation, pupillary examination, ocular motility assessment and have basic familiarity with the slit lamp; 2. Interpret photos of anterior segments and fundi of common or sight threatening eye conditions 3. Exhibit professionalism; 4. Recognise and manage cases of red eye, sudden loss of vision, gradual loss of vision, diplopia and other conditions (see: https://www.rcophth.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Curriculum-UG-RCOphth-220309.pdf accessed Jan 2025) |
| General Objectives |
• to gain insights into what ophthalmology is like as a hospital specialty, for patients and for doctors |
| • to reflect more generally on doctor-patient interactions as seen in ophthalmology |
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| Student Responsibilities |
- to attend, to engage professionally and with curiosity, and to learn |
| Expected Attendance |
100% |
| Teaching Opportunities |
Each student typically is timetabled to: one Eye Casualty session, on Ophthalmology Clinic, two ENT clinics and one ENT or Ophthalmology theatre session, sometimes more if timetabling allows. |
| Required Clinical Skills |
Visual acuity measurement, direct ophthalmoscopy, visual field testing by confrontation, pupillary examination, ocular motility assessment (and have basic familiarity with the slit lamp). |
| Assessment & Feedback Methods |
End of year OSCE and Progress Test MCQs. |
| MyProgress Requirements |
Needing signed off are: all clinical skills listed above, attendance at the Clinical Skills Workshop, attendance at Eye Casualty and attendance at an Ophthalmology OR ENT theatre. |
| Learning Resources |
The QUB Med Ed portal should be sufficient. The RCOphth INSPIRE platform. Ophthalmology: An Illustrated Colour Text, 4th Ed (ISBN 13: 978-0702075025) by Batterbury, Murphy and Willoughby if interested in the specialty. Kanski Clinical Ophthalmology if really especially dedicated: (ISBN 13: 978-0443110993). |
| Case Presentations (if required) |
No such requirement. |
| Workplace Assessments (if required) |
None |
| Supervision Structure |
At each clinical session, a Consultant is named as their supervisor, and Dr Williams has overall responsibility as both QUB and BHSCT lead for ophthalmology. |