OPHTHALMOLOGY

  1. Name of the unit offering th course: Department of Ophthalmology
  2. Course coordinator: Prof. dr hab. GrażynaMalukiewicz
  3. 4th year, number of hours: 50
  4. Form of classes: seminars: 25, tutorials: 25
  5. Form of crediting: exam
  6. Number of ECTS points
  7. Topics of classes:
  1. Ocular examination techniques (ocular history, slit-lamp biomicroscopy, fundus examination, tonometry, gonioscopy, psychophysical tests, electrophysical tests, perimetry) and imaging techniques (fluorescein and indocyjanin angiography, ultrasonography, optical coherence tomography, imaging in glaucoma, neuroimaging).
  2. Refractive errors (myopia, hypermetropia, astigmatism, presbyopia, aphakia) and correction methods: glasses, contact lenses. Corneal and refractive surgery.
  3. Most common diseases of eyelids, lacrimal drainage system, conjunctiva, cornea and orbit – diagnostics and treatment.
  4. First aid and treatment of eye trauma.
  5. Diagnostics and treatment of uveitis and glaucoma.
  6. Identification and procedures in retinal vascular diseases (hypertensive disease, diabetic retinopathy, retinal venous and arterial occlusive disease).
  7. Diagnostics and surgery of cataract and retinal detachment.
  8. Acquired macular disorders and fundus dystrophies.
  9. Diagnostics and treatment of ocular tumors.
  10. Diagnostics and management of strabismus and neuroophtalmological conditions.
  11. Farmacological treatment and laserotherapy in ophthalmology.
  1. Self-study topics:
  1. Ocular examination techniques and imaging techniques
  2. Refractive errors (myopia, hypermetropia, astigmatism, presbyopia, aphakia) and correction methods: glasses, contact lenses.
  3. Developmental malformations and anomalies.
  4. Diseases of eyelids (tumors, disorders of lashes, allergic disorders, bacterial and viral infections) - diagnostics and treatment.
  5. Diseases of lacrimal drainage system (causes of a watering eye, acquiread and congenital obstruction, lacrimal surgery). Dry eye disorders.
  6. Diseases of conjunctiva (bacterial, viral allergic and cicatrizing coniunctivitis) – diagnostics and treatment.
  7. Diseases of cornea (bacterial, viral, fungal and other forms of keratitis, corneal dystrophies, ectasias and degenerations, keratopathies) – diagnostics and treatment.
  8. Diseases of orbit (thyroid eye disease, inflammatory disease, tumours) – diagnostics and treatment.
  9. First aid and treatment of eye trauma.
  10. Anterior, intermediate and posterior uveitis (clinical features and treatment).
  11. Glaucoma (ocular hypertension, primary open-angle glaucoma, normal tension glaucoma, primary angle-closure glaucoma, pseudoexfoliation, neovascular glaucoma, inflammatory glaucoma) - diagnostic methods, classification, glaucoma medications, laser therapy, glaucoma surgery.
  12. Identification and procedures in retinal vascular diseases (hypertensive disease, diabetic retinopathy, retinal venous and arterial occlusive disease).
  13. Diagnostics and surgery of cataract.
  14. Retinal detachment (rhegmatogenous, tractional and exudative retinal detachment) – pathogenesis, diagnostics and vitreo-retinal surgery.
  15. Acquired macular disorders (age-related macular degeneration, age-related macular hole, central serous retinopathy, cystoids macular oedema) – diagnostics and treatment.
  16. Diagnostics and treatment of ocular tumours.
  17. Drug-induced disorders.
  18. Diagnostics and management of strabismus and neuroophtalmological conditions (papillary reactions, optic neuritis, optic disc oedema, optic disc atrophy, disorders of third, fourth and sixth nerve) .
  19. Ocular findings of systemic diseases.
  20. Farmacological treatment and laserotherapy in ophthalmology.
  1. Booklist:
  • Jack J. Kanski “Clinical Ophthalmology”, Sixth Edition 2007.
  1. Detailed list of required practical skills and confirmation of completing
  1. The proper collecting of ocular and systemic medical history.
  2. Visual acuity examination.
  3. Examination of ocular motility.
  4. Slid-lamp biomicroscopy – evaluation of anterior segment of the eye.
  5. Evaluation of pupil reactions.
  6. Intraocular pressure estimation - tonometry.
  7. Fundus eye examination.
  8. Schirmer’s test.
  9. Examination of visual field.
  10. Color vision examination .
  11. First aid in ocular mechanical and chemical trauma.
  12. Management in cases of superficial foreign bodies (removal of subtarsal and corneal foreign bodies).