Ophthalmology in pediatric age

Code:

OPT105

Acronym:

OFIP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Medicine

Instance: 2018/2019 - 1S (of 10-09-2018 to 08-02-2019)

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Surgery and Physiology Department
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master in Medicine

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIMED	8	Mestrado Integrado em Medicina- Plano oficial 2013 (Reforma Curricular)	4	-	3	27	81
			5

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

1.To understand the normal visual development in childhood and to know the main signs and symptoms for referral to an ophthalmology department.

2.To identify the different pathologies that affects the eye and orbit during the first decade.

3. To be able to diagnose and refer the different ophthalmic pathologies in the paediatric age.

Learning outcomes and competences

The aim of this unit is to give the knowledge’s necessary to the identification of the main causes of ophthalmic pediatric diseases.

This knowledge’s will train the students to identify the main causes of these conditions and to identify its severity and referral criteria.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Pathophysiology of the main ophthalmic diseases in the paediatric age.

Evaluation of visual function in paediatric age.

Refractive changes in childhood.

Strabismus and amblyopia.

Diseases present in paediatric age (epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic work-up, and therapeutics)

Retinopathy of prematurity.

Congenital cataracts

Congenital glaucoma

Ocular malformations

Metabolic diseases and their ocular repercussion

Phacomatoses

persistent primary hyperplastic

Coats Disease

Hereditary diseases in paediatric age.

Choroidal neovascularisation in defect of Bruch´s membrane

Proliferative retinopathies in paediatric age

Infectious diseases

Uveitis

Paediatric Trauma / “Shaken Baby syndrome”

Retinal detachment in childhood.

Intra-ocular and orbital neoplasias

New therapies in ocular diseases of childhood.

Mandatory literature

Kenneth W. Wright, Yi Ning J. Strube. ; Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, 2012
James D. Reynolds , Scott E. Olitsky.; Pediatric Retina, 2010

Complementary Bibliography

Leonard B. Nelson. ; Wills Eye Institute - Pediatric Ophthalmology (Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Ophthalmology), 2011

Teaching methods and learning activities

theorical lessons (60 minutes each), 10 clinical train ship lessons (120 minutes each); 2 Seminars session (60 minutes each); Evaluation (60 minutes)

Complementary supportive contents will be available in the e-learning platform.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	60,00
Participação presencial	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	54,00
Frequência das aulas	27,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

75% of presence

Calculation formula of final grade

Final mark =0,6 X Theorical exam + 0,40 X continuos assessment grade