- Docente: Maurizio Mete
- Credits: 1
- SSD: MED/30
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 5709)
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from Oct 07, 2025 to Dec 02, 2025
Learning outcomes
At the end of the module, the student:
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possesses knowledge of the main diseases of the visual system in both developmental age and adulthood;
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is familiar with ocular alterations associated with systemic diseases and conditions of the craniofacial district;
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understands ocular semiology and its implications in the diagnosis and treatment of ocular, otorhinolaryngologic, odontostomatologic, neurologic, and internal diseases.
Course contents
Anatomy and basic physiology of the visual system
Diagnostic techniques in ophthalmology
Visual acuity assessment
Refractive errors
Refractive surgery
Diseases of the ocular adnexa
Corneal diseases
Cataract
Glaucoma
Uveitis
Medically relevant retinal diseases
Surgically relevant retinal diseases
Neuro-ophthalmology
Strabismus
Ocular manifestations of systemic diseases
Ophthalmological emergencies
Readings/Bibliography
- Kansky Jack I., Oftalmologia Clinica, EDRA MASSON 2017
- American Academy of Ophthalmology, Basic and Clinical Science Course, AAO, 2024
Teaching methods
In-person lectures
Teaching tools
Projection of slides and videos
Office hours
See the website of Maurizio Mete