OPTO71301 Professional Certificate in Medical Retina syllabus and aims
Credits: 15
Semester: 2
Aims:
- The Professional Certificate in Medical Retina is designed to prepare community and hospital based optometrists with knowledge of common medical retina conditions. It will enable community and hospital based optometrists to make accurate and appropriate referral decisions for patients with medical retina conditions. .
Learning Outcomes:
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Following completion of the programme an optometrist will be able to demonstrate:
- a detailed knowledge of the anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology of the retina, with emphasis on the macula
- an understanding of the risk factors and differential diagnosis of disorders of retinal and macular pathology
- an understanding of treatments of medical retina disorders including the patient’s response to treatment
- an ability to communicate effectively with patients
- an ability to interpret OCT images and fundus photographs for AMD and diabetic retinopathy, with appropriate patient management
- an awareness of the use of fluorescein, ICG angiography and autofluorescence in medical retina service delivery
- an understanding of the principles, processes, protocols, potential benefits and limitations of national diabetic retinopathy screening programmes
- an understanding of diabetes and its relevance to retinopathy screening
- an ability to detect and classify diabetic retinal disease
- an ability to recognise acute retinal pathology, conduct appropriate tests and make appropriate referrals, clearly stating the level of urgency
- an awareness of current national referral guidelines and detailed knowledge of local referral pathways for patients with medical retina disorders
- an awareness of the rapidly evolving nature of medical retina treatments including pertinent treatment trials
- an understanding of current guidelines for management of medical retina disorders
- safeguarding adults and children – equivalent to DOCET Safeguarding Adults and Safeguarding Children level 2.
Please use the following link for your detailed timetable.
The learning objectives for each week’s content are in the relevant folder.
Coursework
The course includes summative assessments of learner’s management/diagnostic skills when provided with clinical data (OCT images, fundus photographs and medical history).
Assessment:
Written Examination (100%)- 20 MCQs, five short answer questions
The pass mark is 50% and compensation rules do not apply to this unit
OSCE (Pass/ Fail for professional accreditation)
Please use the following link for the up to date assessment details (includes candidate and assessor OSCE mark sheets)
https://online.manchester.ac.uk/webapps/blackboard/content/listContentEditable.jsp?content_id=_13004591_1&course_id=_68626_1