Subject Goals
The student after teaching / learning in Ophthalmology should be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of common eye disease in the community and the ability to diagnose and manage the common eye disease in primary care set up.
- Recognize, diagnose and manage (primary management) of ocular emergencies in primary care setting and have knowledge of the indication for their referral.
- Demonstrate knowledge about various causes of blindness and visual impairment in the community.
- Know about various national programs for the control of blindness in the community and their implementation in the primary care setting.
- Demonstrate knowledge about common Ocular drugs, their mechanism of action, their pharmaceutical, indications, dosage schedule, side effect,s and complications.
- Demonstrate knowledge about common ocular surgeries, their indication, and counselling regarding various ocular procedures and indications for referral from the primary care setting.
- Demonstrate knowledge about eye donations, eye transplantation, and eye banks.
- Perform simple ocular procedures as applicable inthe primary care setting.