Description
This 15-credit module aims to provide you with the knowledge and skills to work effectively in a multidisciplinary medical retina team where work settings and responsibilities may include:
- medical retina new patient triage clinics
- AMD treatment - retreatment clinics
- slit lamp diabetic retinopathy screening and grading including referral outcome grading
- diabetic macular oedema assessment and monitoring.
Learning outcomes include:
- an ability to obtain a clinical history
- an ability to undertake a detailed slit lamp examination including Volk lens indirect ophthalmoscopy
- an ability to use and interpret OCT imaging software and fundus photography to review data and make accurate diagnoses
- an understanding of the principles of fluorescein/ICG angiography and
autofluorescence in the differential diagnosis of macular disorders
- an ability to differentially diagnose retinal and macular conditions and manage or refer as appropriate
- an ability to diagnose wet AMD with a provisional recommendation for treatment
- an ability to diagnose retinal vein occlusions and refer or manage as appropriate
- an ability to recognise other ocular abnormality and refer or manage as appropriate
- an ability to make re-treat decisions for wet AMD according to local protocols in a consultant ophthalmologist-led pathway, including the ability to determine when further investigations are required in the event of atypical or sub -optimal responses to treatment
- an ability to detect the features needed to accurately grade diabetic retinopathy according to modified UK ETDRS criteria in addition to National Screening protocols
- an ability to communicate with patients about their diagnosis and potential management options
- an ability to communicate with colleagues within a multidisciplinary setting
- an awareness of NICE guidelines and local protocols for AMD, diabetic macular oedema (DMO) and retinal vein occlusions
- an ability to work within a clinical governance framework of the ophthalmic unit
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.
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