Course: Ophthalmology

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Course title Ophthalmology
Course code OCC/VA041
Organizational form of instruction Exercise + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study 4
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Sapieta Martina, MUDr. FEBO
  • Jakubíčková Simona, MUDr. FEBO
  • Řehák Jiří, prof. MUDr. CSc., FEBO
  • Šimičák Juraj, MUDr.
  • Vláčil Ondřej, MUDr.
  • Mlčák Petr, MUDr. Ph.D.
  • Karhanová Marta, MUDr. Ph.D., FEBO
  • Marešová Klára, MUDr. Ph.D., FEBO
  • Mudroch Tomáš, MUDr. FEBO
  • Malušková Miroslava, MUDr. FEBO
Course content
Training in investigation techniques for the diagnosis of eye diseases and procedures for their treatment.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
Learning outcomes
Students get familiar with the issue of diseases of the orbit, anterior and posterior segment of the eye. Then they should get familiar with ophthalmological inspection procedures needed to obtain a valid diagnose, they should get acquainted with ophthalmological medicaments and surgical techniques used in ophthlamology as well.
Each student should make a diagnosis on the basis of his/her knowledge of eye disease, measure refraction and determine correction, examine the perimeter, measure eye pressure, evaluate exophthalm and master other examination methods (X-ray, CT, sonography), examine the external segment and perform differential diagnostics of disease of the external segment, perform first aid for eye injuries. After completing the whole course student is able to obtain a medical history of patient and determine precise ophtalmological diagnose using basic ophthalmological inspection procedures a then to propose suitable therapy.
Prerequisites
Completed 3rd year of studies.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam

Practicavit requirements: Attendance at all lectures and exercises. Demonstration of eyelid eversion, recognition of posterior eye diseases on the retinoscopy simulator is required. Oral exam.
Recommended literature
  • Riordan-Eva, P., Cunningham, E. et al. (2017). Vaughan & Asbury's General Ophthalmology. McGraw-Hill medical.
  • Salmon, J. et al. (2019). Kanski's Clinical Opththalmology. Elsevier.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Study plan (Version): General Medicine (2025) Category: Medical sciences 4 Recommended year of study:4, Recommended semester: -