OPHT-911 Faculty Private Practice - Clinical Ophthalmology

Faculty: Clinical Faculty in Ophthalmology
Contact Person: Debby McCurdy
Telephone Number: 852-0710

Length: 4 weeks
Offered year round
Enrollment Maximum: 1 per faculty

Location: Kentucky Lions Eye Center (KLEC) - Rounsavall Eye Clinic                        

Course Description:
Clinical experience in Ophthalmology and its different subspecialties such as cornea and external disease, pediatric ophthalmology, retinal disease glaucoma and oculoplastics disease.  The student will attend all conferences in the department as well as those of related interest in other departments.  Special arrangements may be made to take formal courses in related fields or to gain additional experience in our own laboratories.

Goals:
Acquire the skills of the basic eye examination, utilizing commonly available instruments such as flashlight and the direct ophthalmoscope and acquire an acquaintance with the indirect ophthalmoscope, slit lamp and fundus contact lens; understand the ophthalmologists' role in eye care, referral utilizations and expertise, approaches to emergency eye care and appreciation of ocular manifestations in systemic diseases.

Method of Evaluation:
Observation of performance to demonstrate an interest and ability in basic ophthalmology skills; assigned readings into basic sciences of ophthalmology; and that the student generally displays the talents of a competent physician while on the service.

Students lacking interest or enthusiasm for the program are downgraded on the evaluations.