Course Catalog

 
44-401 CLINICAL OPHTHALMOLOGY
Department OPHTHALMOLOGY Campus Birmingham
Course Type(s) Other AI-Ambulatory, Elective AI Facility Callahan Eye Hospital
Course Director ROBERT TAUSCHER, MD Enrollment Limit 6
Contact JORDAN COOK Enrollment Minimum 1
Email jordanncook@uabmc.edu Address EFH 126
Phone (205) 325-8507 Fax
Weeks
Normally Offered
See Offering Dates		 5-8, 9-12, 13-16, 49-52
Prerequisites Successful completion of Internal Medicine Clerkship. 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites: Medicine, Family Medicine, Neurology, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Surgery
Visiting Students
Accepts students from US LCME accredited schools.
No osteopathic students accepted.
Course Description The purpose of this course is to acquaint the student with a basic knowledge of ophthalmology, especially as it applies to the general practice of medicine. The student will observe and participate in the examination and treatment of patients in the Outpatient Clinic and the Emergency Room and will also have the opportunity of observing ophthalmic surgery in our operating rooms. The student will receive instruction and practical application in the use of the direct ophthalmoscope and the slit-lamp corneal microscope and in tonometry. On completion of the rotation the student should be proficient in conducting a basic ophthalmologic examination. The student will be expected to attend all lectures and specialty rounds occurring during the rotation. Hours of required attendance are 8:00 am to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The student will report to the Chief Resident and/or the Medical Director of the clinic each morning in the Lions Eye Clinic, on the second floor of the Eye Foundation Hospital, 1720 University Boulevard. At the close of the rotation, the student will be evaluated in writing by the Course Director.
Where To Report EFH Lions Clinic, 7:30am first day unless otherwise directed.
Requirements See Course Description.
Evaluation Pass/Fail.
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