Ophthalmology – Online
Updated: 6/12/20
For non-UI COM students only.
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PREREQUISITES AND PLACEMENT IN THE CURRICULUM:
Career and Non-Career students. Must have completed all core clerkships.
PURPOSE:
Non career students will learn:
- Essential skills of a basic ophthalmic exam
- Ophthalmic vocabulary
- Improved communication with the patient with regards to common ocular conditions
- Improved communication with ophthalmic consultant
- Appropriate and timely ophthalmology referrals
- Impact overall patient care within the community
- Gain ophthalmic knowledge as it pertains to the field of medicine the students are entering
- Affect interprofessional attitudes
- Help with professional socialization
Career students will learn:
- Essential skills of a basic ophthalmic exam
- Ophthalmic vocabulary
- Take students from their existing knowledge to increased competence
- Exposure and involvement in the authentic and legitimate work of the field
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Expected learning outcomes
- Basic ocular anatomy
- Acronyms in ophthalmology
- Basic eye exam skills
- Identify and manage common eye complaints
- Use of a direct ophthalmoscope
- Information, skills, behaviors, or perspectives acquired through attendance and participation
- Online learning curriculum is sequenced and builds on each other through 4 weeks
- Weekly online medical student focused conferences motivate student involvement
- Progression from knowledge acquisition through required reading to application, analysis and synthesis with patient based case discussions
INSTRUCTIONAL FEATURES:
Lectures, Conferences, Case reviews, Case discussions, Demonstration, Oral presentations, Oral and written exam
ASSESSMENT:
Based on summaries of e-learning submitted weekly; and final rotation grade will be based on their oral presentation, oral exam performance on 2 clinical case scenarios, performance on written exam. Midterm feedback given at the end of 2 weeks, based on student discussions and summaries submitted.
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Program Number
ELEC 493
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Program Contacts
Program Director: Pooja Bhat, MD
Email: pbhat@uic.edu
Coordinators: Tammy Maldonado
Email: tamm@uic.edu
Telephone: 312-996-7770 -
Program Information
Duration: 4 Weeks
Night Call: No
Weekends: No
Students Accepted: Min. 4 Max. 8
Housestaff Used as Faculty: Yes
Lectures/Conferences/Faculty Contact: 12-14
Laboratory/Independent Study: 18-20
Outpatient: 0
Inpatient: 0
Total Hours /Week: 32-34