Course Catalog

 
44-404 RETINA AND VITREOUS SURGERY
Department OPHTHALMOLOGY Campus Birmingham
Course Type(s) Elective Facility Eye Foundation Hospital
Course Director RICHARD M FEIST, MD Enrollment Limit 1
Contact RICHARD M FEIST, MD Enrollment Minimum 1
Email rmfeist@uab.edu Address EFH 707, zip 0009
Phone (205) 918-0047 Fax (205) 918-1318
Weeks
Normally Offered
See Offering Dates		 3-4, 22-23, 30-31, 34-35
Prerequisites * * * WRITTEN APPROVAL REQUIRED * * * Successful completion of the core internal medicine and surgery clerkships and any clerkship which covers the content material of the requested elective or acting internship course (e.g. Pediatric Clerkship must be successfully completed prior to taking a Pediatric Elective or AI). 
Specific Clerkship Prerequisites: Medicine, Surgery
Visiting Students
No LCME students accepted.
No osteopathic students accepted.
Course Description The purpose of this elective rotation is to provide medical students with exposure to the wide spectrum of diagnostic, medical therapeutic and surgical aspects of vitreoretinal diseases by allowing medical students the opportunity to spend time in the retina subspecialty of ophthalmology. The rotation will consist of time spent in various offices of the attending staff of the University of Alabama Department of Ophthalmology headquartered at the Eye Foundation Hospital. Some faculty members maintain off campus offices to which the medical students will have access. The rotation will be structured as either a 2 week or 4 week elective. The primary component of the rotation will be clinical work but opportunities will exist for clinical research if desired. The student will be evaluated on a subjective basis based upon the attending physicians interview with the student and observations of the student's performance.
Where To Report Richard M. Feist, M.D.
Requirements See Course Description
Evaluation Pass/Fail based on:
Subjective assessment by the attending ophthalmologists
Notes This course accepts students from non-LCME accredited schools with a TOEFL Score, sponsorship by an ophthalmology faculty member, and written approval from the Course Director.