65642 - Ophthalmology

Academic Year 2023/2024

  • Docente: Luigi Fontana
  • Credits: 1
  • SSD: MED/30
  • Language: English
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 9210)

Learning outcomes

Describe the clinical manifestations, etiology, epidemiology, risk factor, natural history, diagnosis, staging prognostic indicators and management of the major diseases of the eye, with emphasis on those most commonly encountered in the clinical practice. Identify the major diagnostic and therapeutic options for each encountered clinical scenario, and discuss their benefits and limitations. Present and critically analyze clinical cases, discuss the differential diagnosis, and formulate appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for each case (Problem-Based Learning).

Readings/Bibliography

Kanski Clinical Ophthalmology

Hand Notes

Teaching methods

Power Point Presentation

Hand Notes

Assessment methods

Interviews

Office hours

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