Ophthalmology

Code:

MI438

Acronym:

OFTAL

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Medicine

Instance: 2024/2025 - 1S

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	126	Plano Oficial 2021	4	-	3	28	81

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

To show the students the extent of the eye specialists' professional performance.

To stimulate the choice for a professional career as an eye specialist by the students who feel a vocation for the scientific-professional area of Ophthalmology.

To transmit basic notions that allows future doctors to contribute to the screening, diagnosis and treatment of the main ocular diseases

Learning outcomes and competences

The program develops with three different types of teaching methods.
Theoretical teaching (10 sessions; 50 minutes), theoretical-practical teaching/seminar (5 sessions) and direct contact with clinical practice in the ophthalmology clinics.
Theoretical sessions will be in person for all students.
In practical sessions, each student will have the opportunity to attend 5 outpatient clinics sessions (2 students per teacher), 1 period of patient observation in the emergency department and a period of clinical observation in the operating room.
During the clinical practice sessions, a set of basic ophthalmology clinical maneuvers applicable to clinical practice in general will be trained.
This teaching is complemented with 4 theoretical-practical sessions with the aim of integrating theoretical knowledge with the observation of patients in the clinic, promoting discussion and knowledge acquisition.
The seminar (1h) aims to integrate knowledge with that of the Pathology UC.

With this methodology, it is intended to integrate in the teaching/learning process the theoretical knowledge with the main attitudes and specific performances of Ophthalmology

Working method

Presencial

Program

Visual acuity assessment. Refractive errors;

Red eye (differential diagnosis between the most frequent and the most severe red eye syndromes; diagnosis and therapeutics; referral criteria);

Glaucoma (pathophysiology, classification, workout, therapeutic options and prognosis);

Cataract (pathophysiology, classification, workout exams, therapeutic options and prognosis );

Strabismus and pediatricophthalmology. Ambliopia, ambliogenic conditions (therapeutic options and  prophylactic attitudes);

Fundoscopy. Identification of the normal and pathologic fundus appearance. Fundoscopy in the major retina diseases (diabetic retinopathy, age related macular degeneration, retinal vascular diseases, retinal detachment and hypertensive retinopathy);

Neuroftalmology: fundoscopic evaluation of the optic nerve head. Evaluation and interpretation of the light pupillary reflex. Optic pathway lesions and its visual field repercussion.

Ocular oncology. Diseases of the orbit, eyelids and lacrimal system.

Mandatory literature

John Salmon; Kanski's Synopsis of Clinical Ophthalmology, 4th edition, Elsevier. ISBN: 9780702083730
Paul Riordan-Eva, James Augsburger; Vaughan & Asbury's General Ophthalmology, 19th Edition, McGraw-Hill QDR, 2018. ISBN: 9780071634205

Complementary Bibliography

Bradford, C. A. ; Basic Ophthalmology for Medical Students and Primary Care Residents, 1999
John F. Salmon; Kanski's Clinical Ophthalmology,, Elsevier, 2019

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes (9 h), Theoretical-Practical (04h); Seminars with the Pathology UC (1h) Internship (14 h)
The information will be complemented with the availability of contents and exercises on the master's program e-learning platform.
Assessment methods: Evaluation mode: Final classification between 0 and 20 values determined from the following partial grades: Multiple choice test 46 questions (6 picture identification questions and 40 multiple choice questions) - 17 marks (minimum for approval 8,5 marks in 17).
Continuous evaluation- 3 values.
Minimum classification for approval in the discipline - 10 values in all.
Getting Frequency: Attendance at least 75% of all classes.
Final classification calculation: Final grade = multiple-choice test grade + continuous assessment grade

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	85,00
Participação presencial	15,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	53,00
Frequência das aulas	28,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

75% attendance to all classes is obligatory.

Calculation formula of final grade

Exam: (17 marks; minumum for approval 8,5 marks in 17)
6 questions related to practical classes - 0.5 each +
40 questions related to theoretical classes - 0.35 each

In-person participation:
- Continuous assessment - 3 marks

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students with special status, if unable to attend practical classes, will have the possibility to take practical exam with teachers of Ophthalmology.