Posterior Segment Pathology

Lecture + Exercises + Seminar: 3 + 3 + 0

Course Aims: Gain knowledge and understanding of common medical retina conditions covering screening and referral with an emphasis on retina imaging techniques; to learn to use the non-mydriatic fundus camera, widefield Scanning Laser Ophthalmocsope (SLO) and Binocular Indirect Ophthalmoccopy (BIO), to detect and document abnormalities of central and peripheral retina; to learn fluorescein angiography (FA), optical coherence tomography (OCT) and optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTa) techniques, in order to understand and make an accurate and appropriate referral regarding diabetic retinopathy, macular pathology and optic nerve pathology; to learn eye ultrasound techniques with an emphasis on vitreous and retinal pathologies, in order to understand and make accurate and appropriate referral regarding retinal detachment, posterior vitreous detachment, hematovitreous etc.